MSNBC reports on a former Sanders supporter:
[Alex] Mendola was a firm Sanders supporter – that is until Monday, when he walked into Nashua Community College Monday morning to hear Bill Clinton pitch voters on his wife.
“I was a solid Bernie voter, but now I’m not so sure,” Mendola said after listening to the former president’s remarks, which focused on the stakes of the election and Hillary Clinton’s experience. “If Bernie won the primary and lost the general election, I think that would be disaster. So even if don’t like Hillary as much as Bernie, I feel more confident that she would win the general election. And I think that’s what’s going to persuade me to vote for Hillary if I do.”
He was not the only one to express that view here, and the Clinton campaign is hoping many more voters will follow. [Emphasis mine]
Hillary Clinton tweeted the story, saying,
This 19-year-old voter in New Hampshire was on the fence until he heard @billclinton speak on Hillary's experience.
It’s a logical argument for Hillary to make. But it strikes me as bizarre that Clinton tweeted a story where a person who’s voting for her openly admits that he likes Bernie better.
Why would a candidate proclaim that while people may like their opponent more, they should still vote for you? What is the argument there?
It’s an argument based on fear. Fear of a Republican, fear of the other side, rather than hope for actually creating something better than what we have now.
Well, if electability is all that matters now, even if we really like what Bernie has to say, I guess we’d better vote just based on electability?
Oh. Wait. Sanders is more electable in the general election.