you have an interesting take on these things
to say Hillary is too left and socialist Bernie Sanders is more acceptable is, an interesting take on these things, I have no dog in this fight, I only try and call these things as I see them from years of observations
I said Hillary will get called a far leftist by Republicans. The same fate that happened to Obama.
Sanders is more acceptable to people because they trust him more and he also brings out extra voters. I think Sanders proposals are unquestionably more popular among the base than Clinton's. If it were just based on that, he'd already have won the primaries. Clinton's supporters mostly come down to those that think she's a safer bet in the general and/or want to elect the first female President. There's almost no reason why anybody on the left would actually think her platform is better than what Sanders is espousing, especially if they've come to the rational conclusion that neither will be successful at moving bills through the House.
There is something to be said for Sanders hope of having millions march in the street. I mean, it certainly
could make a difference. As intransigent as the Republicans are and how they seem to fear their pay masters and a primary challenge more than the actual voters, I think if you have thousands of people calling them up and millions supporting a big minimum wage increase (something even supported by a strong majority of Republican voters), they would eventually have to budge. I mean, are you
not going to listen to the many constituents in your middle of nowhere district that would like to make $15 an hour instead of $8, especially when not doing so will clearly show where you stand?
And good lord. Latest Fox News poll has Sanders trailing Clinton nationally only by 12 points. CNN poll from the same day has him down by only 14.
Hard part for Hillary is that Sanders is basically a steam roller. People find out about him, they like him and they stick with him. It's just a constant upward momentum both nationally and state by state with, at worst, a few stalls rather than drops in support. So the question is really will her padding and time be enough to narrowly beat that momentum. Because as it stands, nothing her campaign has done yet has been effective in actually giving Sanders a downtick in polls. If the surge continues at its current rate, that would obviously mean she'd be getting annihilated by the time Super Tuesday rolled around...
...so how much gas is actually in this steamroller? That's the question. Sanders may very well eventually get to a point where he has nailed every conceivable primary voter he can get.