Bernie Sanders, the Zombie Candidate

[ericson00]

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-primary-campaign-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2004-lessons-kerry-dean-edwards-gephardt-213884

When he first decided to run for president, Bernie Sanders had a goal in mind: to start a political revolution by getting big money out of politics.
If he wants to do it—if Sanders wants to build a lasting movement to fight money’s outsize influence—he has to close one door to open another. The transition from contender to gracious supporter of the nominee isn’t easy for any presidential candidate, but he needs to make it, and soon.
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We already know Sanders isn’t going to win the Democratic Party’s nomination; Hillary Clinton has amassed more than 92 percent of the delegates needed to secure the nomination, and she’ll easily pick up the rest. So right now, Sanders’ campaign is the walking dead: a zombie. And having worked for John Kerry during the slugfest of the 2004 primaries, I’ve seen up close how much damage this sort of prolonged "zombie" candidacy can inflict on the eventual nominee—and what’s ultimately at stake for the country.

[Orsino]

1. Bullshit thesis that also misses two big points.

"Must close one door to open another" is an arbitrary assertion that the author doesn't bother to support.

Misses:

1) Sanders didn't start the revolution. That's been brewing for years in America, and happens to intersect with Sanders' existing agenda. He didn't suddenly develop presidential ambitions a year ago.

2) A primary campaign isn't only about who gets the nomination. Therefore there is no obligation for any candidate to drop out when a laay Politico writer suddenly asserts a deadline.

[pangaia]

2. Oh god, not again !!

[Mnpaul]

3. I love this comment

The party is the zombie, not Sanders. Nailed it.

People blindly follow their BS without putting any critical thought into it.

[frylock]

4. The Party is what's undead.