Bernie as VP. That's my 2 cents

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10. The way to have capitalized it was to have nominated him.

To think that either of those two would have been willing to take the VP slot profoundly misunderstands how truly different they were from each other. Or how elective politics actually works.

Honest. I was a strong Bernie follower, and I'm still genuinely angry that he didn't become the nominee. But in the end I voted for her, even though I live in a very Blue state that came out pretty strongly for her. I knew there was no point in voting for a "third party" candidate. People who think they can do a "protest vote" that way don't understand that we do not have a parliamentary system and if you're not going to vote for either the R or the D, you may as well not bother to vote.

Again, this was widely suggested, at least here on DU, way back during the primaries. It was never going to happen. Never. And trying to project backward and suggest it doesn't make sense.

Yes, Bernie was the best thing that has happened to the Democratic Party in a generation or two. Unfortunately, between the DNC rigging this for Hillary, and the mainstream media ignoring him, he didn't really have a chance. But he came incredibly close. I seriously doubt he'll run in 2020. Our best hope is that he continues fighting the good fight in the Senate.