Can't compare PUMAs to Bernie or Bust. Easier for establishment to support movement than vice versa
Even though most Sanders supporters (at least according to Pew Poll) have come around to Hillary, there will be more "Bernie or Bust" who don't come to Clinton than there will be PUMAs who didn't come to Obama. Obama was a movement. He was a movement who won the nomination and of course the establishment was going to fall in line. However, it is more difficult to get a movement to fall in line with the establishment, and thats what Bernie's candidacy represented. This is an anti-establishment year. Democrats are more liberal in identification than they were 8 years ago. Now I think in the end things will be ok. This has been a rough 72 hours and I believe there will be more angst to come, but I think the worst of it will be coming to an end in terms of the optics. Its the national convention and the die hards are out there protesting because it is their last chance to have this sort of coverage.
But, I do believe there will be more Bernie holdouts than there were Hillary holdouts when Obama won. Thats just the nature of what we have to deal with, what Hillary and her team will have to deal with, and why I've actually taken more of a leave of absence from work to work on my volunteering for Voto Latino and the Democratic Party. I believe that the numbers and demographics within the key states, and organization is on Hillary's side, but we can't be complacent. We have to register and make sure registration is accurate. We have to not let what we are seeing divide us. Does it piss me off? Yes. But this is the right of Sanders supporters to do this. I wish it would be more respectful but what can I do about it now. I will be heading to Philly tomorrow morning and just really hope that I don't have a run in with one of these "Bernie" folks because I wil be wearing my Clinton paraphernalia PROUDLY!!!! I'm a god damned Democrat and I'm not here for any disrespect.