Hoping For Bernie and Trump at the Top

YOU HAVE TO HOPE FOR A Bernie Sanders Donald Trump match up in November. America would love it, and the world would eat it up. American entertainment at its gaudy, distorted best. Bernie has, in the past few days, surged even or ahead of Hillary in both Iowa and New Hampshire, which might not mean much, or, might. Trump is doing nothing but maintain his thus far commanding lead in republican opinion polls, and every day he continues to maintain a large lead, the harder it will be for the party to get rid of him. Both these candidates are obvious indicators of the anger of the American people, and the nation's polarization. Extreme left versus extreme right. Wild old socialist versus billionaire nut case. Extreme, at least, by American standards. In the general election, Trump would have trouble with those voters who insist on reason and a modicum of sanity from their candidates, and Bernie, of course, would be victimized by the American tendency to wrongly equate socialism with tyranny, evil, and godlessness. It would be a match up of two seemingly vulnerable candidates, but candidates who offer something new, and are most definitely not mainstream, or boringly normal. America appears ready to revolt from the mainstream and boringly normal. Hillary Clinton somehow seems too old school, not liberal enough for far left wingers, yesterday's news, even though she may win by default. Who else is there? All the republican contenders are either crazy, too establishment, too low in the polls, or too conservative to attract anybody in the middle of the political spectrum. If the republicans end up stuck with Trump, they're in trouble, against either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, both of whom come across as far more reasonable and intelligent. Can you imagine Donald Trump making it entirely through a complete presidential campaign without making everyone either angry, terrified, or both? Grab your pop corn and settle in, the fun's just beginning.