There's nothing redeeming or politically valid in Sanders speaking at Falwell's Liberty University

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My worry is that a candidate that seems utterly selected by the establishment and has a ton of Wallstreet money is not going to do much to reform the problems of inequality in America.

I think worse that if we end up with an election of Bush vs Clinton it will fail to properly turn out our base as well and it will drive away infrequent voters because they will see this more as a contest of coronations rather than a proper election. As Democrats we ALWAYS want voter turn out to be as high as possible AND we need to turn out our base in a big way with lots of energy. Republicans typically win by suppressing the vote (see also Ohio and Florida in years past)

Clinton activates the conservative base that has been running against her for between six and eight years while slightly dampening a contingent of the progressives that were are better off having show up than not. (Hell if you include the Clinton years in the Whitehouse, the Clinton hate becomes practically multi-generational)

Sanders is an independent that has a history of bucking the system a bit and pushing progressive issues after many Democrats have given up. He has a good record for winning votes and he holds tightly to his progressive ideals and votes his conscience.

He can make this election about people vs money in a way that Hillary is going to have trouble doing with her funding and past with the banks.