I don't care about Sanders' supposed "honesty". His delusion of how economics works is scary and he is someone I wouldn't want to see in office. Can't happen? Probably not, but could happen if the liberalMedia cooks up enough fake stories about Trump to turn public opinion.
I don't care if Biden is dishonest, they all are. I think he is relatively harmless if he gains office.
Well, Sanders has been in office for 13 years, so apparently enough folks in Vermont agree with his policies. Don't know if you can generalize that to all U.S. voters, but it's sure scary.
He's a pretty powerful speaker with a strong convincing "command voice," and that probably counts for a lot.
He's an independent, but "Before entering each race, he pledged to serve as a Democrat if elected." So I guess he could abandon the Dems and, with financing, maybe swipe a good amount of votes from his "former" party...
... and another "Democrat," Mike Bloomberg, has both the money needed for a Sanders-Bloomberg (or vice-versa) Presidential ticket and has no problem switching parties.
Terry
REFs (For what they're worth):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sandershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg