McGovern comparisons are dumb, but it's fair to argue Sanders is could be a disaster. The nation is too partisan for us to ever see something like 1972 again. The benchmark for a modern electoral college blowout is 2008.
Sanders is on tape praising Castro and various other dictators....so take Florida off the map. He's advocating raising taxes on the middle class. He has a limited understanding of basic policy, and listening to him for 5 minutes will make that clear (which is why he repeats himself and yells). He's not a good debater (not that I think debates matter much). His surrogates are stupid and chaotic, and the power struggles during a campaign will be ugly. Why should I believe he can win?
Why should I believe he can go into the midwest and tell union workers that their insurance is going to be shyt canned and replaced by a giant government run program? Why should I believe he can even compete in Florida? You might argue no democrat is going to win Florida and sure maybe you're right...but you want to compete there, and force Trump to waste money. Sanders isn't gonna do that. Why should I believe he's going to generate the type of black turnout needed? Why should I believe his team can put together a decent national convention?
I'm not making this argument and then hitting you with "meanwhile I think x candidate can do all those things," because that candidate doesn't exist (unless Obama gets to run for a third term). These candidates are bad, folks. And they've spent half a year slaughtering each other while having little to say about Trump. I don't like what I'm seeing. Barring an economic downturn, it's hard for me to see Trump losing. I thought Biden would crush Trump, if he could get the nom. I knew he was a bad campaigner but figured as long as he can get into the general, he'll be fine. But after 6 months of watching this dude, he is NOT there mentally. Yea you can say it's the stutter, not mental...but dude just sounds off to me. That was the best shot to me. Maybe Warren if she didn't go full retard with this far left shyt.