Hillary v. Bernie

Many independent voters always vote for Democrats. (The great majority of independents are not swing voters; they support one party or the other nearly all the time.) Independents who support Democrats--Bernie Sanders is such a voter--are a large enough group to constitute America's third party. The time is coming, maybe, when Independents outnumber Republicans in California. The Democrats need their votes and in California let independents vote in primaries and help select the Democratic candidates. (The Republicans reject Independent voters, which helps explain a lot.)

The Democratic contest between Hillary and Bernie is proving hot, so we need to be careful. There's a lot of angry BS in the air, and some friendships may be at stake. I say, look at what people actually care about. Some consider the most important thing is to elect a woman President. Some consider it most important to elect an outsider lefty as President. Those are understandable human goals we can accept. Let's not make fantastic claims. Let's not claim that Bernie is a woman or that Hillary is a lefty.