Should the Republican Party nominate Bernie Sanders?

[RJ]

This might sound like a sham of an idea but consider this:

John Kasich's claim to fame is that his numbers against Clinton are the most favorable of any of the major Republican candidates(although I still have trouble thinking of this fool as a major candidate). He claims that it's only a matter of time until his message resonates and his cause picks up momentum.  Mr. Kasich also has been in this process since the git-go which means he has campaigned from the start, attended every debate, been involved in every vote and has spent quite a bit of money. Unfortunately, with this message he's trying to get across and campaigning he has done has only garnered about 15% of the vote in the primary, which tells me his own party does not appreciate his efforts. Still, he thinks the Republican party officials at the convention should overlook the fact that less than 1 in every 6 votes in this process went his way and he has right around the same amount of delegates as a man who left this race a month ago.

Using his logic wouldn't Bernie Sanders also be able to vie for the Republican nomination? I'll bet in a national election of all voters and not just Democrats, Sanders could defeat Clinton, and easily at that. He's also not the candidate supported by the majority of the Republican party. There are those who have questioned Kasich's status as a Republican, a claim I'm certain they would also have about Sanders.

According to Kasich's logic, Sanders would be as good a fit as he for the Republican nomination would he not?

[Erc]

On a different tack...I sometimes wonder how Sanders would have done as a full-on entryist candidate in the Republican race.

[Matty]

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[MisSkeptic]

If the Republican party somehow nominated Sanders then the whole party will collapse! While I know it's most likely impossible for Sanders to become the nominee, I just can't imagine him having a strong support with Republican voters, and still having his supporters support him.

Multiple Republican politicians risk being labeled a "R.I.N.O" if they don't fit the criteria for registered Republican voters, popular conservatives like Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh, etc. Seeing that Bernie Sanders views and positions conflict with many views of modern conservatives I see it as a recipe for disaster if Bernie somehow found himself as the GOP's nominee.

You also have to look at his supporters. I don't see them being happy if he became the GOP nominee. It's not that they're most likely to be Democrats, it's that his voting base feels alienated with conservative viewpoints already. It would be treason seeing him not fighting to the end for the Democrat nomination.      

  

[RJ]

your thread is bad and you should feel bad

Let's examine this a little more:

Kasich is from a state that has the legislature(and just about every major office) firmly on his side, yet he accepted the Obamacare funds and rules and gave up on making our state a "right to work" state fairly easily. Some of his social views involving things like guns and gay rights are also a lot closer to Sanders than to his own party.

On a different tack...I sometimes wonder how Sanders would have done as a full-on entryist candidate in the Republican race.

In spite of Sanders views on economics and such I have to wonder if he could come close to matching Kasich's performance in the primary process. I bet he'd win his own state for starters and would he pull %15 of the vote just being an alternative to Trump and Cruz?

[RJ]

If the Republican party somehow nominated Sanders then the whole party will collapse!   

You're absolutely correct! But wouldn't it be chaos for the GOP if Kasich was nominated through a brokered convention?

[Xing]

Yep, and the Democrats should nominate Ted Cruz.

[MisSkeptic]

If the Republican party somehow nominated Sanders then the whole party will collapse!   

You're absolutely correct! But wouldn't it be chaos for the GOP if Kasich was nominated through a brokered convention?

That's true for any candidate. And I agree. The Republican party has created a mess this election season. And unfortunately for their supporters any hope they had to win the White House back seems to have left the building. 

[Erc]

On a different tack...I sometimes wonder how Sanders would have done as a full-on entryist candidate in the Republican race.

In spite of Sanders views on economics and such I have to wonder if he could come close to matching Kasich's performance in the primary process. I bet he'd win his own state for starters and would he pull %15 of the vote just being an alternative to Trump and Cruz?

I was imagining more that Sanders would be trying to win the delegate selection rather than the delegate allocation race, but that's tough when you're staring down Cruz.

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Sanders is the frontrunner for the Republican Party, silly.