Originally Posted by rubber soul

Actually, Chula's partly right. If Sanders had a Republican Congress about the only think he'd accomplish was not getting Obama's policies overturned. Look at the trouble Trump is having with the congress supposedly on his side. On the other hand, he would have the bully pulpit, and maybe that would convince voters to go more progressive in the Midterms. I certainly think we would have been better off if Sanders did end up with the nomination and defeated Trump in the election. At least things wouldn't be getting worse and we'd have a President we'd actually like as a whole (I don't think Hillary's numbers would have been all that much higher than Donald's).