Democrats have nothing to gain be telling Bernie and his supporters to go to hell

[Demsrule86]

123. If history is a lesson...Bernie voters can't win a primary. And I dispute your election

prognosis...None of the candidate endorsed by Sen. Sanders have won a special election. And Northam went down yesterday in the governors primary. Supposedly, the young Sen. Sanders voters would put Perriello over the top...they didn't. It looks like Northam won in Virginia without the help of Sen. Sander's supporters.

..."Perriello channeled the energy — and endorsement — of progressive leader Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as he tried to shake up the Democratic Party, but fell short in his bid to bring in enough new voters from among the young and working class to overcome Northam’s command of the Democratic machine, including the endorsement of nearly every Democratic elected leader in state or federal office.

Celebrating at a restaurant in Arlington, Northam led a giddy crowd in a call-and-response chant, ending with a call to take back the Democratic majority in the GOP-controlled House of Delegates. He said he had spoken with Perriello and “we agreed that we’re going to bring all Democrats under the tent starting tonight. This is too important an election. This is the bellwether of the country....”