Bernie is a second class candidate. How dare he besmirch the Pure Democratic Primary,

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8. No, he really doesn't.

He has relationship building within the Congress on a level slightly above that of a Republican working with Democrats to get legislation past.

He has not built any sort of relationships within the party itself on a national level. He has no inroads into state party structures whatsoever. He hasn't spent decades raising funds for Democratic candidates at all levels all across the country.

Simply because he caucuses with Democrats in Congress really has no effect whatsoever on interparty politics on a national level. Never has and never will. It is far more complicated than that and Bernie has precisely ZERO EXPERIENCE with the Democratic Party on a national level.

It is not a bold statement to say he is inept at the sort of interparty relationships required to run a presidential campaign. He's never had to deal with that sort of networking or relationship building.