Democratic Primaries

Establishing that in 2016, fully a quarter of 'Bernie' voters did not cast a vote for our Party's nominee, Mrs. Clinton, in the general election. About half of these voted for the cheap thug, the rest for the Green or the Libertarian candidate (a vote for the latter being, on reflection, as odd for supporters of a Socialist as a vote for even a 'blue-collar billionaire').

So 'Bernie' devotees have form in this regard. However the current polling cited seems to show a diminution of intensity among the man's fans, which bodes well for the prospect that Sanders' jihad against the 'Democratic Establishment' will not prove as damaging and disruptive as it was four years ago. The reduction of expressed intensity jibes with the reduction in turn-out among his most supportive demographic groups in the current primaries.







"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."