You should get out more then.
Seriously though, there are a lot of people who think all sorts of wacky things. If that were not true, then the Republican Party would still be the same as it was 50 years ago instead of a hotbed of lunacy.
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@Blondesjon Hard to say really. Many Vermonters though the same thing when he went for his first term in the US House, especially since he ran as Socialist rather than Independent. Then they thought he wouldn’t get re-elected. By his third term though, people kind of went by his record rather than his party affiliation (or lack thereof), and he had >70% approval rating when he decided to take Jefford’s Senate seat instead of go for a ninth term in the House.
Sanders is an old man in a position where most people (or at least their careers) die young. And given the issues Hillary Clinton and Debbie Wasserman Schultz are having, I think that “The Establishment” will break if they take too many more swings at Bernie. (Not that Schultz’s antics should be a surprise; that’s how they roll in Florida.)
@Cruiser True, as far as you go. The difference being that the anti-establishment liberals have someone with a decades long track record of ideological consistency whereas Trump is a true wildcard. Didn’t he run as a Democrat? But regardless of which side of the aisle one is on, the “Outsider” card plays well, which is why Trump, Carson, and Sanders have all done better than Jeb. And the only reason Hillary is even doing marginally well is a combination of name recognition and DNC cronyism.