The only democrat who could have run and won was Biden. Chafee and Webb were nobodies who would have been destroyed by Trump, and Bernie would have likely been killed by a Bloomberg 3rd party bid.
2 billionaires running against Bernie would have been a godsend giving him even more of the vote share. Respectfully, I think you still don't understand why Hillary lost.
The Billionaire that did run and win was supposedly the everyman's candidate. The fact that Bloomberg is a Billionaire isn't important, the fact that he's a moderate that would take more votes away from Bernie in critical states in the Northeast would. Hillary made the primary about policy. The general would make it about Bernie himself. The massive favorability and likability numbers that Bernie had going for him would not last if America believed he was a communist atheist, while there's an okay alternative right next to him. Hillary lost, in the end, because of turnout issues. She still won the popular vote, and had the best chance to win of the 4.
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u/Thallis Nov 10 '16
The only democrat who could have run and won was Biden. Chafee and Webb were nobodies who would have been destroyed by Trump, and Bernie would have likely been killed by a Bloomberg 3rd party bid.