A false claim about Heath Mello in a front page diary has been corrected. Thank you, Daily Kos.

[Demit]

44. I suspect you're right. Which makes the criticism of Sanders this past week perfectly legitimate.

I've really been disliking the accusations here that we who are criticizing Bernie Sanders for his recent actions are doing so in some kind of knee-jerk way, and not for valid reasons.

He's been an interesting character to watch. I certainly was sympathetic to his message during the campaign, but when he dragged his feet for a month, before conceding, letting his followers believe he might contest the nomination at the convention—I didn't like that at all. It read as petulance to me, and I got the feeling his newfound celebrity had gone to his head. He wasn't the most gracious politician in defeat; it was written all over his face at the convention, whenever the camera caught him in the audience. I think it's very possible that he's not always acting out of high-minded ideological motives. I still need to be persuaded that he will be a net plus in pulling voters to the Democratic party. I'm hoping his actions here on out will do that.