How exactly is populism ridiculous? That literally means theyre doing and saying what the people want. Bernies positions are wildly popular among every demographic. If given the choice between Hillary and Trump whats gonna happen? Trump is going to HAMMER her on her record of taking big money contributions from wall street even harder than Bernie has. All he has to do is set up the dichotomy that shes corrupt and hes not. And thats a very easy dichotomy for him to set up. If its bernie vs trump what is he gonna say? That bernie takes big money? He doesnt. Truth is its a lot harder to argue against Bernies stances because theyre very popular and very genuine and he doesnt have a shit record weighing him down.

His programs are fanciful? What exactly is fanciful about wanting healthcare as a right for all people? What is fanciful about raising the minimum wage and regulating wallstreet? Weve done both those things in the recent past. Odds are the democratic party will gain power by electing Sanders as the nominee because theres good reason to believe that many seats in the house and senate will also fall to Sanders-esque characters or at least democrats because of his popularity. Sanders knows how to play politics. If he comes out with a bill that would raise the minimum wage, something even 80% of republicans favor and it gets blocked hes gonna come out to the people and say "hey these fuckers are not representing you" and their political careers will be jeopardized. People are getting VERY tired of the republican obstructionism in congress and if that persisted into a Sanders presidency there would be a significant push back against them. And even if he does have to concede some things to either party, he is still gonna get more done than hillary. Because all of hillarys stances are already concessions to the right. She starts in the middle. And no matter what you do your proposal will be pulled to the right. So if you start in the middle you end up with right wing policies getting passed. Bernie starts from the far left meaning that when he has to wheel and deal youre only gonna get pulled toward center left and not all the way to the right. Hes gonna end up passing what Hillary wants to pass right now and Hillary isnt gonna get any of it passed. Furthermore, Hillary is gonna get something passed then give up. Shes gonna pass a college affordability bill then never speak of the issue again. Bernie is gonna pass the same bill then continue to hammer bill after bill through congress continuing to build on that progress and work toward his actual goals of college tuition for public institutions.