It's funny that people love to point out he's the same age as Joe Biden, and I bring up that point because I think that's the larger problem. It isn't that Bernie is "old"... it's that Bernie LOOKS physically old. Physicaly speaking by comparison, Joe Biden stands tall, upright, is well groomed and full of energy. Bernie is stooped over in a near hunch, his hair's a bedraggled mess, and has a very dottering old man aspect to his physical actions.
Don't get me wrong, while I would gladly vote for Bernie over Biden - I'm just saying average G-Q citizen who can't tell the difference between Bengazi from Dumbassery will just brush him off for not just old, but practically dying. >_<
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I think you've been watching too much TYT or, heaven forbid, that dumbass inexperienced kid Kyle Kullwhatever. ;P
On the flipside though, I do agree that I've been growing fond of that Ranked Choice system that worked in Maine recently... but I do believe the Democrat side of things isn't as "rigged" as you're making it out to be. Hell... AOC beat out a textbook "Clintonite" (what the heck is that, anyways? I'm assuming it means previous-generation Democrat?) without ranked. And the fact we've got FIVE "Sanders policy wonks" is already pretty damn amazing, with many of them (Particularly Harris and Warren) currently very popular with the Dems as a whole.