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sc94597 on 04 May 2015
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gergroy said:
sc94597 said:

Clinton is pretty much a moderate, cut from the same cloth of the likes of Obama, Bushes, McCain, etc. So Sanders would likely get the support of "informed" liberals and more extreme leftists who don't vote for what is popular, but more with regards to whom they agree with more ideologically. 

yeah, he definitely is going to be coming at Clinton from the left... I mean he is so far left that he doesn't even call himself a democrat...  I'm just curious how far that far left support will get him.  He evidently had a good first day at fund raising, brought in 1.5 million in the first 24 hours, so he is getting some good financial support at least.  

Right now, the democratic primary just looks lonely compared to the Republican primary that is looking like a blood bath waiting to happen!

I don't think he'll win the primary, just because he doesn't have the numbers among non-ideological democrats, but the people who do support him are quite strong about it (hence the high fundraising.) If anything I think debates between him and Clinton should show Clinton's hawkeyness to the Democratic voter base, and possibly could help reduce how much said issue would hurt Republicans, or might even help certain Republicans who don't adhere to neo-conservative/progressive interventionism.