All other concerns aside, would you prefer Sanders or Clinton?

[stevenleser]

124. Political consideration concerns aside, who would I want for a political leader?

I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm just trying to show you the problems with the question you pose.

I think Hillary would be a better President. I dont think Bernie would get much of anything through congress. I think Hillary would get more through than he would/could.

I think Bernie's entire Presidency would be marginalized inside of 60 days.

I think some on DU have this mistaken idea that being President is about having the most perfect policy positions. If that was all there was to it, many DUers would make great Presidents.

Being President is as much about assembling a governing coalition in the people and in congress to move your agenda forward as it is having the right policy positions. That is actually true of mayors and governors as well. If folks are not lining up already behind someone thinking of running for President in the things they are doing and have been doing, that's a bad sign. Kucinich got very little passed in congress. That was a bad sign. Does Bernie seem to have a ton of people lining up behind him in the senate?

It doesnt seem so. Again, that is a very bad sign in terms of someone's abilities to assemble and maintain a governing coalition.