Sanders can't beat Trump/Rubio/Carson, I don't think, bc if Sanders wins, then Hillary will stick it out like she did with Obama in 2008, and Bloomberg will run, and the Demo party will get split badly.

" In 2015 he finally started to implement some of the progressive agenda he sold in 2008. His aproval rate is now raising. Too bad he hasn't started since it's first day in office, he could have done more.

As for Sanders, he won't be a passive president, be sure of it. He'll use and abuse of pres. decrees if needed."

It's not 'too bad', it's unconstitutional. We don't want someone who will trample over our founding documents and ignore the law. And the best measure for approval rating I can think of are elections; Republicans have crushed Democrats in Congressional elections simply by running against Obama and what he stands for.

@GeneralPE, if decrees are a presidential tool, they can be used. It's not unconstitutional if it's in the constitution ;)

And republicans won the congressional elections because of low voters turnout. Whites are more likely to vote in congressional elections then blacks/hispanics. And a large base of dems are on the minorities.

Where to start.....there is nothing about 'decrees' in the constitution. Executive action (which is what I assume we are talking about) are meant to enforce existing laws - for instance, Congress passes a law saying we need more parks, so the president orders an executive action making a dozen new parks. He can't just make up laws out of thin air. Name the law his illegal immigration executive order is enforcing. Name the law his gun-related executive action enforces. Executive actions are just regulation that the president himself writes. They aren't laws. Idiots will say Reagan used more executive actions than Obama, but Reagan's didn't write new laws. Not only does he fail to enforce existing law on illegal immigration, he writes new ones. Congress is the branch which writes laws. The president just enforces them. Checks and balances were the foundation of our government, and his illegal actions completely ignore those checks.

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We shouldn't dismiss Sanders. That being said its too early to predict that Hillary will collapse and Sanders will upset her like Obama did in 2008. I think a huge section of the progressive-wing of the Democratic Party sees Hillary as unelectable. I think we should wait and see what happens in S. Carolina and Nevada. If Hillary doesn't win huge (and I mean huge) with minority voters (Blacks and Latinos), then we can say she's in trouble. But overall, there's a reason that Sanders only really appeals to Whites. Its the same reason why Trump only really appeals to Whites (and admittedly some working class blacks).

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I told you Sanders would win!

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