THEY SAID NO!

[JCanete]

76. be fair though, Sanders didn't have the machine behind him. by choice, and as far as the money goes,

that was certainly due to his political history and choices. If he'd had the machine he'd be a different kind of politician who wouldn't have had the groundswell support that he had instead, so I'm not saying he tied his hands, but to say he was rejected or that his message didn't resonate is not being entirely honest about how much reach his message had, especially later on in the campaign. That it started to grow in spite of his lack of big money support or establishment backing, and in-spite of his early deficit that was being pronounced as insurmountable by the media already, is a testament to something. That his campaign was financed by an average 27 dollar donation and that it generated as much spending capital as it did, is a testament to something.

To myself be fair,

That Clinton had so much establishment support says something as well. She has been quite a force in politics. She has played and shaped the game, and she has survived in a world that is unfair to women and demonizing of Democrats, and in-spite of being made public enemy number one for the last 15 or 20 years, has risen to the top of one of the two primary parties...and that is a hell of a lot more challenging in the Democratic Party than it is in the Republican Party. She had coalitions. She had inroads, all presumably in the service of doing good. Whether or not I think that approach was ultimately good for us cannot take away from just how impressive the achievement is, or how beloved Clinton is by her colleagues and by a huge base of the Democratic party, and yes, she absolutely, not surprisingly in the least, won the primary.

That means a lot. When money is in the picture though, it doesn't tell the whole story to take that result out of context.