Sanders as a third-party candidate.....might it work?

[Magda Hassan]

I reckon it would definitely worth it. There is going to be a ton of people who just will not vote for Hilary. Partly because they are sexist pricks. Partly because she has appalling policies.And I reckon Saunders would also get a lot of Eisenhower type Republicans who want US manufacturing and infrastructure etc and would want to make a protest vote against Trump. We had a party here who sacked their leader and were right on the nose with the public for doing this (even if the rules allowed it this is was considered very bad form) The person who took over from him was a woman. We also had a hung parliament so she could only govern with the involvement of the minor parties and independents. It was not too bad (Royal commission into church child sexual abuse) but she never had the acceptance or legitimacy from the electorate because of the way she came to her position. There was some significant sexism in some quarters but also her style and many failed policies had a lot to do with it. The original leader was there waiting with his original good policies for a come back but the party was so stupid they would rather the opposition win rather then reinstate the person the electorate had overwhelmingly chosen in the first place. They refused until the last minute to reinstate him for the next election. They lost of course. People had really had enough of the contempt. I see the Democratic party in the same light. For them it is all about Hilary. Sanders is just a distraction. Never mind that he fills out stadiums everywhere and Hilary barely get any. But she can't beat Trump. So the Democrats will rather give you Trump than use the winnable Sanders. But if Sanders runs as an independent that could really throw things up in the air. I hope there is a good coalition of them getting together and I will have my fingers crossed for them.