“He does poll better than Hillary does in the GE. “
Not according to the RCP average of polls - he loses to Hillary by more than 10 points.
It’s either Hillary of Bernie in a landslide. Why? Because republicans and conservatives have collectively ‘decided’ on the worst possible candidates. The nation was theirs to win but now it is too lose.
No, he polls better than Hillary in current GE polls, because she is so hated
Clinton V. Trump, Clinton +10.5
Sanders V. Trump, Sanders +16.5
Clinton V. Cruz, Clinton +2.8
Sanders V. Cruz, Sanders +10.1
As I said, I don’t think he could sustain that once the guns are trained on him, but we’ll never know cause he won’t be the nominee.