Hillary Clinton is facing a myriad of challenges in her bid to become president, but losing the Democratic nomination to Bernie Sanders is not one. Ironically while Clinton was widely considered to be far to the left of her husband’s Administration, she is now facing a party that has moved strongly to her left. Sanders is capturing the imagination and passions of not just the left but younger, more idealistic voters. He is the new, shiny object (though six years older than Clinton), promising an idealistic world with no college tuition and Medicare for all. Good luck trying to explain to his fans that Sanders’s proposals are totally unrealistic and financially untenable. But having said all of that, and no matter what happened in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders is not going to be the Democratic nominee. He fought Clinton to a virtual tie Iowa and will likely do comparably well in most of the other 14 caucus states. The caucus process inherently favors strongly ideological candidates because they have the most passionate supporters. After all, few normal people bother
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