Motley,

You're right, I often forget about Jimmy Carter.  My guess is, like Jimmy, Bernie would be steam rolled and a one term president.  It seems we have come full circle back to Lynn's comment.  I wish Bernie and his supporters well.  I hope he and they don't suffer the same fate as the Populist Party in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries.  Hillary could easily become their William Jennings Bryant.  We need people like Bernie and even the Donald in the game bringing in folks with enthusiasm and conviction as agents of change.  Whether we agree with them or not we need them, because the status quo is leading us down the road to eventual oblivion.  Somehow reform has to take place in the two major parties to break the strangle-hold the entrenched get re-elected at all costs status quo has on them.