Of course realistically speaking my opinions and efforts will have no impact on the outcome, it will be what it will.
But I'm modestly pleased with the situation so far. Taking the polls as they currently are, a Bernie near landslide in the general would still probably yield, at best, half a dozen senate seats leaving that body a seat or two one way or the other and in the house maybe 20- still a republican majority. Although it will certainly be framed otherwise he'll not have the capacity to impose a socialist agenda.
Probably a one termer in these perilous times anyway, and given that things aren;t likely to be good during the first two of any administration that is elected, he probably doesn't even hold that in the midterm.
One benefit of Bernie is that he's in the unique position to keep Israel at arm's length although expect that the Israel Lobby will come at him hard. Even though he'd probably get a huge majority of the Jewish vote (not that it matters much) the money guys will fight him tooth and nail both in the primary and the general- mostly among the christianists.
It is impossible to know for certain what will be best for our troubled republic as it enters an historic crisis. My fear, that I think is reasonable in the light of facts, is that a hard right supermajority will fail by any of the metrics that are typically used as measure but will nevertheless double down to try to make sure minority rule is permanerntly enshrined. Which would leave us either in a death spiral or facing a more profound convulsion. Not the preferred outcome for Burkeian conservatives.
