Bernie Sanders is the ideal Democratic candidate . . .

[Chichiri]

. . . for Republicans to run against.

But for Bernie? You have not yet seen the right wing morph his face into Stalin, Fidel Castro, or Hugo Chavez for being a socialist. You have not yet seen the Republicans go after him for being an out-of-touch tax-and-spend Vermont liberal. You have not yet seen them use the failure of single payer in Vermont and tie it around Bernie nice and tight.

You have not even seen the tip of the iceberg of the Republicans' opposition research on Sanders. They will put together an effective destruction campaign before Bernie has a chance to spell "democratic socialism." They will not just destroy Bernie Sanders; they will link every vulnerable Democrat to him in every conservative or moderate state and district and take them down too (how will a "how can you defend Obamacare when even your party's socialist nominee thinks it's so bad it should be replaced?" question work out for a vulnerable Democrat?).

And what will happen when the Republicans win against Bernie? They will be immediately able to claim a mandate to not just reject ideas to expand the social safety net but also justification to roll back progress we have already made: to abolish Obamacare, to privatize Social Security and Medicare, to roll back banking regulations, to bust unions, to tear apart immigrant families, to deport DREAMers, to grant police carte blanch to shoot unarmed black kids, to cut taxes on the very wealthy and to raise them on everyone else.

Bernie Sanders is the dream Democrat Republicans have been looking for. A Sanders nomination will hand the GOP their wildest goals, not just politically but in public policy. It is their best opportunity to roll back both liberal policies and liberalism 50 years or more.

From TPV: http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/23/bernies-billionaires-ugly-truth-alliance-sanders-wall-street