We should be asking ourselves these two things

1.) Which candidate broadens the Democratic base (not just this election, but overall and for years to come)?

2.) Which candidate would provide more down ticket advantage (which is also a different way of stating the above, but with more immediate electoral concerns)?

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I just read another article posted here on DU that "Hillary Clinton doesn't need white men" and it got me thinking that maybe she doesn't (at least this time) but what about in 4 years and what about the rest of the government?

Is it really smart politics to act like you don't need a 1/3rd of the electorate?

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If the reason Bernie Sanders' ideas are "fantasy" unicorns and rainbows it is because we are still dealing with a Republican House and Senate. To act like Clinton will somehow have a different congress or "bring them to heel" is the real fantasy.

If you look at the trend over the past 30+ years we have trended away from Democratic a house and senate and toward a more republican one.

What is anyone's plan to deal with that (considering the congress is voted district by district and state by state, which tends to advantage Republicans)?