see https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287516458

not only would Bernie get hammered in the GE, but we can kiss the Senate goodbye and possibly the loss of the House, that would put the Mango Menace in total control, with the added nightmare of his nominating 1-3 possible SCJ's, which would fuck America for generations to come.

I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee but I really hope he isn’t.

The self-defeating prophecies by the Media and non-Bernie Supporters will do more harm than the Senator’s nomination itself.

There is bad blood from 2016. Fair or not, it is reality, and a drag on his campaign this time. It wasn't fair in 2016 that republicans had a 30-year head start on the smear campaign against Hillary Clinton - but that was a fact of reality that I wish more people had soberly considered.

I am on the ground in Texas and I am working on a number of races. sanders would be poison to down ballot candidates in Texas

Republican wins at the state and local level would take a generation to reverse. Compounding the problem is the fact that 2020 is a census year, meaning the Republican gerrymandering would become much more extreme than it already is. But hey, we'd lock down the precinct in central Vermont that encompasses three communes and two organic farms.

Bernie will damage the Democratic Party brand so badly we’ll have only one party - tRump Republicans

Most people are not politically savvy... They do not even know their local candidate and the the coattails of the candidate at the top of the ticket carries them....

I consider Austin to be the liberal bastion of Texas and I do not foresee the democrats making any down-ticket gains even in Austin if Bernie is at the top of the ticket.

Umm, OK. A lobbyist doesn't want Bernie to win.

Bernie is polling #1 in Texas. If Bernie does well in Texas, why would down ballot races do poorly? That's not how things work. Anyone who votes for Bernie is going to vote for the other Dems on the ticket.

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75% of Texas Democrats do not want sanders at the top of the ticket.

sanders would be poison to down ballot races

Biden and Bloomberg will absolutely destroy voter turnout numbers.

The concept of a magical voter revolution is debunked

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That's higher than any other candidate. No one but Bernie does well with every demographic.

Like in 2000, 2010, they are determined to fuck things up for another decade plus. Texas democrats, like Florida democrats, are yelling "please DON'T nominate Bernie Sanders", so far they aren't being heard.

We have made a great deal of progress that will go down the drain if a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders is on the top of the ticket. After the 2010 elections, there were 101 republicans members of the Texas state House compared to 49 Democrats. We flipped 12 state house seats in 2018 and need 9 more to take control of the Texas House. We flipped two Congressional seats (Lizzie Fletcher and Colin Allred). The DCCC is targeting 7 congressional seats. I have hopes that HJ Hegar could beat Cornyn. Texas would be a battleground state if Biden is the nominee

If sanders is the nominee, we can kiss Lizzie's and Colin's seats goodbye. sanders would be poison.

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obviously most of us are definitely not 'sweating' it.

Just because the vote against sanders is split does not mean that sanders is popular with mainstream. sanders has a cap of around 25% and has not exceeded that cap

BTW, that means that 75% of the Democratic voters are NOT supporting sanders

Hmm.

"The drain at the top goes down to the bottom.” <- what does that even mean?

I particularly enjoy your Tweet of the Day.

Have a couple of hearts, RandySF!

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TX CD 22 is an open seat with Pete Olson retiring. The DCCC has targeted this seat for flipping. There are 15 candidates in GOP primary including the grandson of GHW Bush. Another candidate, Kathleen Wall, is running in the GOP primary and she spent $6 million in 2018 running in GOP primary for TX CD 2 and did not make GOP primary runoff. I have had Wall block walkers come to my house twice (I live in a very GOP neighborhood) and I have found Wall doorhanger on my door twice now.

Pierce Bush is running against socialism

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