I thought he was easily the most interesting candidate and would've supported him were it my election, but it seems to me that in the US, "socialist" is a truly horrible label and it would've made for easy attack ads. He would've copped it for his age, with the idea that he'd destroy the economy and whatever else.

I spotted this on Twitter and thought it was insightful:

"Both parties nominated the only candidate that the other side's candidate could beat," Karl Rove, apparently.