My state's governor has lost it

[Weltall]

Bernie can't win (if nothing else, the word "socialist" alone dooms him), and I'm fine with Hillary too (in '08 I supported her over Obama), but it's great that a definite liberal is running, and getting attention.

Does the word 'socialist' really doom him? The GOP has never been shy about painting Obama, in particular, as not just a socialist but a radical Marxist who summons his spirit animal Vladimir Lenin in order to discuss how to destroy America. This more or less applies to any person whose politics aren't over the right-wing cliff these days.

I personally think that the people who really are terrified of the word 'socialist' are people who A: have no idea what that big scary word actually means, or any real sense of the ideology behind it, and B: would never vote for that socialist Marxist Hillary Clinton anyway. The rest? Well, I think it's very safe to say that six years of "socialism" under Obama has left the country better off than it was when he assumed office.

I think Bernie's biggest obstacle is Hillary. Nobody in the GOP clown show has any real chance. The Electoral College is very stacked against them no matter who becomes their nominee, and when Donald Trump is #2 in that group, that says to me that next year is going to be a catastrophe for them.