I think Sanders is probably what he appears to be--I like his ideas, and would love to live in a country that could put them into practice.
But I don't think he has any way of having any bills passed. The Republicans own the House for at least the next decade, thanks to redistricting, and we saw that even with a majority Democratic House and Senate, Obama was able to get only one really big bill through. So Sanders is a dream, not a reality.
Hilary can get things done, but I don't like her corporate connections and some of what Bill did as president. If she's the Democratic candidate, I'll probably vote for her--she's not in the ballpark of the evil that is Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, etc. But I don't really feel very hopeful about anything different from the last eight years under her lead. I like Obama, but the government is such a mess that only a reborn FDR or LBJ could do anything, and maybe not even them.
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But I don't think he has any way of having any bills passed. The Republicans own the House for at least the next decade, thanks to redistricting, and we saw that even with a majority Democratic House and Senate, Obama was able to get only one really big bill through. So Sanders is a dream, not a reality.
Hilary can get things done, but I don't like her corporate connections and some of what Bill did as president. If she's the Democratic candidate, I'll probably vote for her--she's not in the ballpark of the evil that is Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, etc. But I don't really feel very hopeful about anything different from the last eight years under her lead. I like Obama, but the government is such a mess that only a reborn FDR or LBJ could do anything, and maybe not even them.