John McCain clinched the nomination in March of 2008 but Hillary kept a runnin'

[Luminous Animal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030401984.html

That meant the Obama and Hillary were battling out to the end.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. And it didnt hurt us in November.

Sanders staying in only makes our side more interesting, AND it keeps specific policy areas in the conversation - like marijuana legalization- that the Debbie Wasserman Schultz crowd would just as soon pretend dont exist.

[Luminous Animal]

2. Nope. Even when her campaign pulled out some pretty eye-poppling despicable things.

[thucythucy]

3. Hillary staying in as long as she did

made her action at the convention--announcing the New York delegation voting Senator Obama over the top -- all the more dramatic.

Staying in is helpful as long as folks stick to the issues and don't indulge in character assassination, which only helps the GOP.

I think Bernie has done great things this year. Win or lose, he's made a substantial difference.