womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
a total outsider who's been in the Senate for, what, 25+ years?
the comparisons to '08 are being made by Sanders supporters -- that he's the new Obama, able to command a stadium full of youngs with the wave of his hand. the truth, though, is that Obama's crowds were much larger, he drew off a broader coalition, and Clinton was closer to him throughout (likely due to racial anxiety amongst the working class whites who were her base in '08).
so i don't think your framing of the comparison to '08 is accurate at all.
i think his message is an important one, and one that is likely to resonate especially with the young. it also doesn't appear to have been terribly thought through. but it's emotional appeal is undeniable and obviously working.
while HRC has clear weaknesses as a candidate, i don't think we should underestimate how skilled Sanders is. he has a real message and he's sticking to it, which is part of her problem -- what is she offering beyond "i know a lot and will work really hard and do a really good job"?
I agree with you here, especially the last part. Bernie has stuck with one message, over and over and over and over and over and over again. In fact it's the reason i bailed on support for him.
I loved him and then got to a point where i would instantly switch the channel because he NEVER talked about anything else other than stating stats of income inequality and wall st. info.
BUT, in the simple world of politics to the masses. this plays. Big talk, no detail, No nuance, no grey, no stopping to analyze. Hillary is all about grey, nuanced, details and analyzing. To me, this makes an infinitely better president, unfortunately, not a a better candidate.