the narrative (earned or not) speaks to why putting him up against Trump is such a bad idea. as you said, there was enough this two evils/two sides of the same coin talk out their with Hillary for people to either not care, go third party, or take a shot on Trump. Hilldawg outspent Trump something like 2-1, and had the David Frum (and Bloomberg) crowd on board.. Running an actual Republican is just gonna be that much worse.

it's also probably why Warren could have been the perfect balance of holding onto the left without scaring the middle away... if she wasn't so bad at this.

if he's the nominee, i'll definitely still vote for him. and he'll lose.