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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: To Defeat Oligarchy, I Would Run for President [View all]quakerboy
(13,918 posts)If we nominate someone who may beat republicans, but will govern poorly, then we lose.
Someone who can beat the Republicans.. when we go with that as our standard, we do oh so well (Kerry anyone?). And when we put our money on a long shot (multiracial freshmen senator elected mainly as a result of a republican scandal with scanty national political experience, and a name that sounds more like the name of USA enemy #1 than like that of any president in the last 200 years).
Or flip it.. Republicans have been picking based on who can "beat democrats". Thats what Romney was. Their move to the middle. Thats what McCain was. An "electability" choice. Its worked out just as well for them as it has for us.
But lets set aside the clear myth of "electability". Lets run with your standard of someone who can beat Republicans. Who would that be?
We've only had two serious candidates in the last 4 elections who could beat Republicans. Gore did it, and Obama did it. None of the others were able to manage it. So who new is on the scene with that potential?