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asdfoster  ·  3403 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Case Against Bernie Sanders by Barney Frank

I disagree.

I think that if the left was having reasonable issue-driven debates during the primary without any mudslinging (Sanders isn't one to sling mud, hopefully Hilary doesn't either) as a contrast to the republican circus, it would help the party as a whole. It would make them seem like a reasonable counterpart to the republican zeal.

I think that painting themselves as the reasonable party in contrast to the Republican bickering and mud slinging and money and "everything that's wrong with politics in this country" would serve the democrats well.

But hey, I'm no political scientist so what do I know.