What Hardcore Dems Fear Most

I'm back, Friends,

Our move to Las Vegas was arduous, but we're here in one piece with all of our stuff, save for only one crappy little K-Mart bookshelf broken into pieces.

Hey, we have some view from our bedroom window. Just kidding,
but Vegas is fantastic no matter which way you look at it!

It is great to be back in this town. And the drive here from Bellingham, WA reminded me of just how beautiful and enormous this country really is. Driving across this country first horizontally and then vertically puts things in perspective, and I suggest everyone do it at least once.

All this talk of  my driving of late segues nicely into blogging about a conversation I had in my little red MG the other day with a lifelong Democrat whom I admire very much.

We rarely talk about politics, but the subject of Bernie Sanders' recent successes came up, and I sensed a bit of fear begin to well up in him.

He readily admitted Bernie was the inspirational candidate of the two Dems remaining, and that Hillary Clinton's credo of 'think small and get things done' resonates only with the very oldest of the die-hards. But he held to the belief that a Socialist will never be elected president.

And this could mean only one thing if Bernie Sanders gets the nomination--Ted Cruz, God forbid, will be the next president. This is the most frightening thing that could ever happen: a veritable doomsday.

I believe, however, the outcome would be very different.

The thing is, very few voters under the age of 30 even know what a Socialist is. If Sanders were branded with a hammer and sickle as Donald Trump says he'd do, it would have no meaning at all to millions of first-time voters who've felt The Bern.

Putting a label on Bernie would have about as much impact at this point as $600 million did on the Jeb Bush campaign.

Telling people to tone down their dreams and aspirations was never a sure-fire way to win an election. Jimmy Carter remembers well what telling the American public to suck it up and lower their expectations did for his presidency.

Hillary Clinton does nothing to inspire us. That should be the Democrats' biggest fear.