Just for the sake of discussion what if Bernie was nominated?

[JHan]

24. I'm not so sure, hard to say..

I found his tax plan appalling and many of his policies ( not the ideas but the policies) ill-thought out.

I even hoped technocrats would have been able to tie up the loose ends in his policies but Bernie's obstinacy didn't give me much hope that would have happened.

I think Trump would have pushed hard on the "Crazy Bernie" label, but I don't know how Bernie would have responded to it - there's really no way of knowing.

What democrats should not be doing is looking into the crystal ball of woulda shoulda coulda and contemplate the fact that we always:

1) Tear down each other and our allies - which leads to losses

When we should:
-Focus on the strategies we could have employed to greater effect..
-clinically assess how Republicans have managed to game the system and find strategies to counter it.

My impression is that we didn't do enough to combat voter suppression or apply enough focus to retaking the house. The presidency isn't all that's important: State legislatures, governorships, the congress - these things matter.