# Bernie Sanders **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962 "2016-03-04T21:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/1 "2016-03-04T21:45:15Z")
Does he have a real chance? Do the democrats have a real chance the only time the democrats dominated the wh:eek:ite house was the fdr years ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/2 "2016-03-05T15:01:10Z")
Sanders has a very small chance of being the D nominee. And zero chance of being President. Next question. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/3 "2016-03-05T16:06:44Z")
Sanders has the same chance of being the nominee as you do. Since FDR, the Republican have held the White House 36 years and the Democrats 28 years. That’s one term away from an even split. When Clinton wins and gets re-elected they’ll have evened it up. There. Does that make you feel better? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/4 "2016-03-05T16:08:21Z")
Sanders is just in the way. He’s just wasting money and will most likely fade to black by July. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/5 "2016-03-06T02:39:33Z")
Yes, he apparently has a real chance. But he’s had a hard time getting his organization in place. He was way behind Hillary to start, and so far he has mostly been behind her in national polls–but closing. It’s one of those things where people that like him realize late in the day that other people like him, and this could work. Or we may be saying later it “could _have_ worked.” ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/6 "2016-03-06T03:05:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sanders has a very small chance of being the D nominee. And zero chance of being President. Nope and Nope. There is a very real chance that Clinton will be indicted by the FBI over the email scandal. And Sanders can beat Trump in november. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/7 "2016-03-06T03:31:02Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Nope and Nope. There is a very real chance that Clinton will be indicted by the FBI over the email scandal. And Sanders can beat Trump in november. Help me here, but AFAIK the FBI can not indict Clinton, they can only recommend it. And the chances for that possible Recommendation? Very low. [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-wages-of-derp-are-derp-lots-of-it](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-wages-of-derp-are-derp-lots-of-it) > [@](#): > > Here’s the reality. Who knows what we will learn in the future? And this has nothing to do with the political impact of the “emails controversy”. But as a legal matter, the chances of Hillary Clinton facing any kind of indictment are very, very low. > > Start with the fact that as far as we know, she is not actually even being investigated for anything, let alone facing a looming indictment. The simple facts, as we know them, just don’t put her in line for an indictment. **The first reason is the facts, which rest heavily on intent and reckless negligence.** The second is tradition and DOJ regulations which make professional prosecutors very leery of issuing indictments that might be perceived or in fact influence an election. This was my thinking. But as the press coverage has become increasingly heated, I started trying to figure out if there was something I was missing - some fact I didn’t know, some blindspot in my perception. > > So I’ve spoken to a number of law profs and former federal prosecutors - based on the facts we know now even from the most aggressive reporting. Not like, is this theoretically possible? Not, what the penalties would be if it happened. But is an indictment at all likely or is this whole idea very far-fetched. To a person, very far-fetched. I think that is more on the money because virtually all the talk of indictments are coming from right wing media and blogs that got it wrong regarding Obamacare, Benghazi and many other big controversies. (And many on the right just never demand better from their sources as usual.) As the article points out, the mainstream media is also behaving like they do with the climate change issue, they are stuck in a false equivalence setting because consulting proper experts would kill the narrative, and the mainstream media does need a horse race. They are expecting us to sent their kids to college. Ivy league even. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/8 "2016-03-06T03:33:54Z")
The only way Sanders can ever win the Presidency is if somehow he’s convinced to be Trump’s running mate – which would have a good chance of beating Hillary – and Trump is assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/9 "2016-03-06T13:17:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The only way Sanders can ever win the Presidency is if somehow he’s convinced to be Trump’s running mate – which would have a good chance of beating Hillary – and Trump is assassinated. Bzzt Wrong: > **[2016 General Election: Trump vs. Sanders Polls | RealClearPolling](https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2016/trump-vs-sanders)** > > Explore poll data on the 2016 General Election between Trump and Sanders. Gain insights into key trends and electoral dynamics with RealClearPolling. He has a better chance of beating Trump than Clinton does: > **[2016 General Election Polls: Trump vs. Clinton | RealClearPolling](https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2016/trump-vs-clinton)** > > Explore poll data from the 2016 General Election, focusing on the Trump vs. Clinton matchup. Gain valuable insights into key trends and electoral dynamics with RealClearPolling. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/10 "2016-03-06T13:27:26Z")
The real question is exactly how many times in how many different threads we will have the exact same discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders/747962/11 "2016-03-06T13:59:17Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Help me here, but AFAIK the FBI can not indict Clinton, they can only recommend it. And the chances for that possible Recommendation? Very low. > > … That’s the way i understand it. It be up to the Attorney General and who appointed her again? Dead issue.