I hope intramural battles don't commence over the Dem nominee race. I will still vote for whoever makes it, however, I am officially announcing an exception to that... Tulsi Gabbard.
Marianne Williamson spared me the agony of excluding a crystal worshipper, as I support my clients.
If the progressive wing would consolidate, they would be ahead: Bernies numbers plus Warren's are together higher than any other candidate by a bunch. But we know how much bernie loves his crowds. His ideas could be adopted in various forms by others, in fact, they basically have been.
Backlash from trump might be enough to finally enough to get a progressive elected, but it would be a hell of a gamble. There really isn't a safe play... biden is like an unpinned grenade at any given moment (albeit a smoke grenade). If bloomberg succeeds in buying his candidacy, well, I would hold my nose and vote for him, too, as he understands Citizen's United and the horrible present state of the law of the election land.
A deadlocked convention that reached a compromise by selecting Al Franken would be my pipedream, with Kamala as his VP. Actually, Kamala would be an assist to ANY candidate.
Since the race is complex, here is a simplification: