Oh, no. I absolutely disagree. She is a neo-con, and we have that very evil "philosophy" to blame for 99% of the problems in this country, including the scams masquerading as war.
She's a troublemaker, man. A guy like you should have been backing Bernie over her, especially if you want to beat Trump (as you say).
"She's a troublemaker"?
That is your thoughtful critique? I hope you can do better... in life... if not on this board.
President Obama respected her enough to place her in his cabinet and he will certainly support her candidacy. That is good enough for me.
As for Senator Sanders? No. Not even close.
Sanders has not raised money for Democratic races; he does not have a constituency within Congress; despite his thirty plus years in public life only one Senator has recently endorsed him. That is very telling! Without supporters in Congress there is no way he could execute the “revolution” he repeatedly talks about. Even his talk is problematic. “Free college” is one example. As we all know: NOTHING IS FREE. What he is really talking about is subsidized (public) education. All the money to fund that education cannot and would not come from taxing Wall Street; eventually we would all pay higher taxes to enable the “free” college that Sanders casually mentions—and he should say so. By the way, college should not be free. Students should have financial skin in the game. Certainly, no one should be graduating with six figure debts for an undergraduate degree, but when you think about what young people are willing to borrow for a new car, I see nothing wrong with a student loan of $10k or $20k. I graduated with more than that (since paid it off) and see nothing wrong with reasonable student loan debt.
The real problem with Sanders’ candidacy is that he, himself, is not versed in any of the details on how to execute the revolution he is calling for--despite his long tenure in Congress. For example, when specifically asked in interviews how he would break up the banks... what that would look like... how it would ripple through our economy... contingencies for unintended consequences... etc. he spoke haltingly, stammered . . . and ultimately could not answer the question.
This is one of the central pillars of his campaign, but he can not talk about it in any meaningful detail; all he offers is generalities. The real world does not work that way. You have to be able to drill down into the nitty gritty... Sanders has never demonstrated a capacity to do that. I get his avuncular appeal; he has not been under public assault from the GOP for the last 25 years so he appears pristine, but the man simply has not done his homework and is nowhere near ready to serve as President. I would support both Martin O'Malley (Maryland Governor) and Jim Webb (Senator from VA) ahead of Bernie Sanders.
