The scenario is this &quot;the idea is aggressively sold during the campaign, and is a key issue in not only the Presidential election but a substantial number of Congressional elections&quot;.<p>Of course, even if Sanders is elected, its likely that there won&#x27;t be sufficient support to.adopt his programs unmodified in Congress, and some alternative or compromise will be necessary. The same is true, for that matter, of any Presidential candidate.<p>Part of why you campaign on plans is to shift the public dialogue and set the groupies ds for the eventual compromises that are necessary as part of governing  when you aren&#x27;t a dictator. Holding back preemptively doesn&#x27;t help that, it just cedes ground to the other side before the work of compromise starts.