THREAD: Let's talk about "electability": Electability is a word that the establishment uses to attempt to dictate messaging about which candidates are viable, and thereby control who voters ultimately decide to support. The first time I remember hearing the word used was in the run-up to the 2004 election. Pundits at the time were saying that Howard Dean, who at the time was very vocally anti-Iraq War and was considered to be anti-establishment by many (he has since become a *part* of the establishment), just wasn't electable. Instead, John Kerry, the