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Originally Posted by wittynickname

I think Sanders, even without winning the nomination, has been good for Hillary as a candidate. He forces her to talk more about plans, to push farther left than she normally would, rather than falling back on her experience and hoping it's enough.



I'd love to see Sanders win the nomination, but it's highly unlikely. But as a candidate against Hillary, he's done some very good things and forced her to talk about actual issues that progressives are concerned about. O'Malley did the same, bringing up gun control, which forced Hillary to deal with that as well.



The GOP half of the coin is still just such a clown show that I can't tolerate watching any of them speak. Even the so-called "moderate" of the group just defunded PP in his state. Horrifyingly enough, Trump may actually be the least awful of the GOP nominees. Cruz wants a Christian Theocracy, not a Democracy. Rubio has no idea what he's doing most of the time and rarely shows up for votes. Carson is just a flat out nutjob. Kasich plays the role of moderate when he's actually almost as extreme right as the others. At least with Trump, a lot of it feels like rhetoric and chest-beating without much conviction.



God, living in the US is just depressing right now.

I wouldn't call it depressing, but flat out scary. If Trump becomes President I hope he builds a wall on our border.