Which is it, Bernie? Can Hillary 'absolutely' defeat Trump, or are we 'courting disaster?'

[bigtree]

Elizabeth Landers @ElizLanders
Minutes ago to press, @BernieSanders: "I'm not here to say Hillary Clinton can't defeat Donald Trump, I absolutely believe that she can."

Alan Kestrel ‏@AlanKestrel750 30m30 minutes ago
Good. Don't let Weaver pen fundraising emails that basically say nominating Hillary is "courting disaster" though.

[kevinmc]

1. She will win n/t

[Thinkingabout]

2. We are not sure how far an unvetted Sanders can go with Trump. Now the

GOP has worked hard to get Sanders as the nominee but I doubt they would help him win the presidency. Sanders is not beating Clinton now, she would have to release some of her delegates to give him the nomination.

[silvershadow]

3. He said she can. He also said he's the better candidate to do so. He

never has said she would, and I doubt she will.

[thesquanderer]

4. Right. "She can" is not the same as "she will."

"She can" means he absolutely believes it's possible. It says nothing about how likely he thinks it is, or where he thinks the bigger risk is. There's no contradiction.