It isn't clear if Donald Trump will be the republican nominee. But that doesn't change the fact that although Hillary was able to sit through a republican stupidity fest, it doesn't mean that she could win in the general election.
H.A. Goodman writes at Huffpo:
Hillary Clinton is a polarizing figure for both Republicans and many progressives. Even with polls extolling Clinton's lead within the Democratic Party, underlying data shows that low voter turnout could result in a GOP victory. A CBS News article titled Hillary Clinton still leads Democratic race undermines its own title by stating some inconvenient truths regarding favorability numbers:
Just under half of Democratic primary voters nationwide say they would enthusiastically support Clinton if she became the party's nominee. Twenty-seven percent would support her with some reservations and another 11 percent would only back her because she is the nominee. Fourteen percent would not support her in a general election.
In order for any Democrat to win in 2016, a nominee can't have "fourteen percent" of Democratic voters staying home on Election Day and not supporting Clinton in an election.
Those high untrustworthy
numbers you see on so many polls? They aren't just republicans. Hillary's extreme
flip flop history has poisoned the well. Look at what happened when Black activist DeRay McKesson tweeted out the news that Hillary was not going to accept anymore money from the private prison industry. Take a look at those comments. Whoa. No one believes her . There is complete distrust. What can she do to regain trust? Flop back again? People recognize her pandering to get votes.
The notoriously apathetic millennials are over the moon for Bernie. They are the generation who will inherit the environmental, economic and humanitarian mess left for them. They can see through the bullshit and are pretty much immune to pandering.
Millennials understand that with climate change this is no time for maintaining the status quo. Even incremental progress won't work now. We must have economic and political systemic change to tackle climate change. They won't bother to show up for Hillary.
First woman president? That's important but she needs to be the right person. One who's not beholden to the status quo power brokers who are responsible for our current crisis.