Conservatives are having a complete meltdown... Enjoy.

[RiverNoord]

106. Thanks for your kind words.

Honestly, I don't understand why the argument should even have to be made. The turnout disparity between primaries and caucuses is a very simple matter. The process isn't - it's much too complex and can vary radically from state to state. But that's why the only thing we've really got to go on to assess support is the pledged delegate count.

I won't make an argument that the candidate who comes out with even, say, a 10% lead in pledged delegates shouldn't be the party's nominee. The process may have been deeply flawed, especially with respect to the people who ordered the media blackouts of Sanders's campaign. But if we disregard pledged delegate counts, we're just in a hopeless mess.

I also won't do Bernie a disservice and write in his name on a ballot, if he doesn't win the nomination. He's earned much better than that from us, and, if Clinton lost with a lot of Sanders write-ins, the legacy of his campaign would be forever tainted by the 'spoiler' moniker.

I just wish that more of us were scrutinizing the big picture from a neutral perspective. Actual reality doesn't change solely due to a person's preferred candidate in a political contest. Perception of reality does, and that's a problem that we all should be acknowledging as we consider possible futures.

As for 'the nation is full of idiots,' I won't argue with you on that point. Except that I pretty much include everyone in that group. Each of us is an idiot now and then. And our Constitution's model of representative democracy isn't idiot-proof, as the members of the Convention understood quite well. It does a pretty good job, on the whole, of trying to check the excesses of people engaged in organized idiocy, but there are lots of loopholes.