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The left is making fun of The Clown Car meme, but they risk pulling the Democrat Party too far to the left.
Republicans don't have to win moderates. They just have to be competitive. Democrats have zero chance if they lose moderates. The more Bernie Sanders is on the stage, the lower the probability Hillary wins.
Not a chance. In fact, his presence pretty much guarantees that the opposite will happen.
Why?
That's like saying the extremists on the Right are good for the GOP because it makes the eventual candidate look better.
The left is searching for a hero. The more Sanders is in the limelight, the greater the push to the left, and the more skittish moderates become.
TPP is a good example. Hillary supported that as SoS. Now she's silent because the base opposes it, and the party moves left.
Because with Sanders in the picture it's impossible to label Hillary "far left"
Also on a lot of issues the country really has moved left. Not saying this just as a partisan, but a lot of issues that were once rejected are now a lot more the norm.
I think the country is moving left, but not Bernie Sanders left.
The leftists here seem not to see about themselves what they see on the right.