Sanders: Not sure about Hillary

[Mr. Morden]

Could he be looking at a run himself?

Ummm….of course he is.  He's been saying so publicly over and over for the past nine months.  Haven't you been paying attention? 

E.g., as discussed at great length in the tea leaves thread:

Bernie Sanders is touring the South this week, and says that he's "willing to consider making a run if no one else with progressive views similar to his ends up taking the plunge":

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20131115/NEWS03/311150043/Sanders-wants-progressive-presence-in-2016-president-race

Sanders again floats the idea of running for president:

http://swampland.time.com/2014/03/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2016/

As mentioned in the other thread, Sanders talked some more about 2016 in an interview with The Nation:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/178717/bernie-sanders-i-am-prepared-run-president-united-states#

Sanders is traveling to New Hampshire.

Yep, twice.  One trip on Saturday, and another later this month.  Also sounds like he's leaning towards running as a Democrat:

[Mr. Morden]

These baby penguins are also not sure that Hillary Clinton would make a good president:

http://www.clickhole.com/article/8-baby-penguins-are-pretty-cute-dont-stand-chance--686

[Mr. Morden]

Bernie Sanders is definitely running for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton. While I only see him winning the Vermont primary, he can potentially give Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary by receiving 20-30% of the vote in them.

So you're thinking he will become a Democrat (last I checked, he wasn't) just for the sake of running against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries?  

From his public statements over the past nine months, that's exactly what it sounds like he's going to do (should he run).  He says that he doesn't want to be a spoiler in the general election, and he's highlighted the fact that if you run in the primaries for either of the two major parties, that gives you an opening to participate in the primary debates.  So that sounds like he's looking at running for president as a Democrat, but nothing's official yet.

[Mr. Morden]

Bernie Sanders is definitely running for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton. While I only see him winning the Vermont primary, he can potentially give Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary by receiving 20-30% of the vote in them.

So you're thinking he will become a Democrat (last I checked, he wasn't) just for the sake of running against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries?  

From his public statements over the past nine months, that's exactly what it sounds like he's going to do (should he run).  He says that he doesn't want to be a spoiler in the general election, and he's highlighted the fact that if you run in the primaries for either of the two major parties, that gives you an opening to participate in the primary debates.  So that sounds like he's looking at running for president as a Democrat, but nothing's official yet.

Never thought I'd say this, but I think the party establishment should shut him out. He's not a legitimate Democratic candidate if he's not even an actual member of the party. Doesn't he do the same thing in Vermont every time he's on the ballot? He runs for the Democratic Nomination but ends up being an independent.

I don't agree.  The last thing we need is a Nader 2000 style situation in 2016.  And Sanders caucuses with us in the Senate, so it's not like he's some random nobody trying to run.

Also, I'm not sure what "shut him out" even means here.  The DNC can't stop Sanders from getting on the primary ballots.  If he wants to run as a Democrat, he'll do so, and doesn't need anybody else's permission for it.