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Former Obama And Tory Party Adviser Thinks Bernie Sanders Can't Win In 2020

Jim Messina, a former President Obama and UK Conservative Party adviser has recently come out against Bernie Sanders and claimed that the Vermont Senator would not be able to win a general election against sitting President Donald Trump and further mentioned that Democrats would "struggle" if Sanders was the nominee.

So, who exactly is Jim Messina and why should we trust his opinion? Messina was hired as Obama's national chief of staff in 2008 and was key in his election victory that year as he controlled a $750M budget and also worked for Obama's 2012 campaign but subsequently left in 2011 and begun giving paid corporate seminars and speeches to companies such as Apple, Facebook, Zynga, Google, Microsoft and DreamWorks.

Furthermore, in August 2013, Messina signed on as a paid consultant to the UK Conservative Party to work for both David Cameron's and Theresa May's campaigns in 2013 and 2017 respectively. Seemingly, Messina's advice didn't seem to work particularly well as David Cameron left office after calling a referendum on the UK membership in the European Union and unexpectedly having to deal with a 'vote Leave' win and then Theresa May's complete capitulation in allowing a hung parliament result in 2017. Both David Cameron and Theresa May subsequently resigned as Prime Minister after delivering humiliating results.

Let's move forward a little bit, towards 2016 and Messina's thoughts on Trump winning the Republican Primary. On his Twitter account, Messina was praising God because of the fact that Trump was looking increasingly likely that he would become the Republican nominee for President in 2016.

Should we really trust a man who worked on two failed Conservative election campaigns, and praised Trump looking on course to win the Republican nomination on Sanders chances in the 2020 primary and general election? I certainly wouldn't.

To answer the question about whether or not Democrats would struggle to win if Sanders was the nominee, lets look at the polling averages. Sanders currently leads in Iowa, New Hampshire and California - these three are three early states that could create a very positive trend for Sanders. Sanders is also leading amongst political independents in a hypothetical matchup with Donald Trump, which would put you in good standing for a general election campaign given that independents are the largest voting block in America. 
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