As I said to mook: then make your arguments based on things that actually can be done through executive order, or based on judicial nominations.

I don't think I understand, either. I mean, I'm acknowledging it, but I can't say I understand it.

Trump's only ideology is Trump - his problem isn't about being too far right or not far enough, it's about viewing the presidency, the Republican party and the entire US government as just another tool to promote himself, his ego and his bank account. I suppose I even agree Trump is closer to the centre than Sanders - some of his support is certainly far-right and at times he caters to them, but I do think he'd happily toss them under the bus if that became more convenient, the same way he's tossed so many others under the bus already. Sanders isn't so flexible - but I do think he's still flexible enough that, if elected, he could set the grandiose plans aside and work with the Dems in Congress to pass more realistic measures to deal with the problems he's identified.

Also: you might end up supporting Bloomberg or Biden over Trump? You're not even sure?

I understand of course that in the US you have to make binary choices which will often be more difficult for people with such preferences. But considering that Trump is leading Republicans down a populist path where fiscal conservatism is a dirty word and nobody gives a damn if the budgets are balanced as long as you have some libtards or foreigners you can blame, and considering the points I've made about how much of Sanders' rhetoric can't actually happen, I genuinely think you'd be better off holding your nose and voting for Sanders, so at least the Republican party can clean house. No doubt it would have been much better if Trump had gotten primaried and some serious Republican was running whom you could support wholeheartedly against Sanders - but the way he's bullied the party into slavish obedience is precisely why it's urgent to get rid of him.

Maybe not at the cost of an actual socialist revolution, no; but certainly at the cost of a guy who likes to talk about the socialist revolution, but in reality would be only a bit more left-wing than Obama was. Except possibly on foreign policy, to be fair, but that doesn't seem to be what most concerns you anyway.