The Sanders campaign suffered another big blow Tuesday during Super Tuesday part three. Hillary won big in three of the states (one of them was closer, but still a clear win) and Bernie won big in the state of Rhode Island. So, what does that mean for Bernie Sanders going forward? Should he drop out in an attempt to unite the party? While most Democrats may answer ‘yes’ to that question, I don’t believe that he should drop out of the race just because his chances got smaller.
After the blowout in New York, Bernie Sanders’s chances dwindled down to about a 10 percent chance, by my estimation. I didn’t care for the outcome, but I am biased towards reality and facts, and that is how it turned out. So, what are his chances after Tuesday night? I would say about 5 percent, maybe even less. It doesn’t look good at all for Bernie or his "Bernie or Bust"-ers. It is time that I begrudgingly admit that Hillary Clinton is likely going to beat Bernie in pledged delegate count (whether she gets enough to avoid a contested convention remains to be seen, but I expect the convention to be contested). As far as I can see, there is only one way Bernie Sanders can become the Democratic nominee, and it is something that nobody in the mainstream media is bringing up because it isn’t a thing that people really want to think about… but I feel that it needs to be said: What if Hillary Clinton gets indicted? I know, I know, it is an unpleasant topic to discuss, but to pretend that it is impossible is being dishonest.
Hillary’s supporters and other Democrats hate the thought of Hillary being indicted by the FBI, and understandably so. I don’t want Bernie to win that way, but I would be fooling myself if I said that it was impossible. Hating the idea doesn’t mean that the thought just goes away, and for Clinton to just brush it off is completely arrogant. The FBI has already granted immunity to many of Clinton’s staffers and has even come out to say that there will be some sort of action. So it really isn’t a matter of if, but a matter of when.
The head of the FBI (appointed by President Obama) is a conservative. I think that it is possible that he holds off on the sentencing until the general season in order to help the Republican Party. Imagine if that happens. If you think that the media and the GOPers are hard on Secretary Clinton now, imagine if she gets indicted. They will go after her balls-to-the-wall, and they won’t let up. And I believe that many independent voters will turn their backs on her because of it. You can’t be president from a jail cell. So, if the FBI holds off to take action after the primary season, it could hand the election to Donald Trump (because lets face it, despite Cruz’s running mate announcement, Trump will win the nomination rather cleanly). Should we risk a Trump presidency? I don’t think so.
But what if they decide to indict her before the convention in July? Democrats have a very important decision to make: do we go with the Democratic front-runner who will now get defeated in the general, or do we go with the socialist Jew whom independents seem to prefer anyway? To me, it doesn’t see like too hard of a decision to make. We can’t risk a Trump presidency. I said that to the Bernie or Bust group last week, and now I say that to Hillary’s most stark supporters. We need to put away all of the ugliness. The movement that Bernie kick-started will continue only if we actually have a country left. Just something to chomp on.