(CNN) Sen. Bernie Sanders : 'Democratic brand is pretty bad'

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223. Ugh - this kind of attitude is childish.

This is the kind of thing that keeps us fighting - this grade school "I know you are but what am I" schoolyard taunt, completely detached from reality.

You dont like Bernie, you disagree with his followers, that is obviously fine. But this sort of juvenile dismissal ignores the fact that Senator Sanders had massive, unprecedented success. His campaign was a very different model than we've seen, and his campaign committee raised (and spent) more money than his opponent, largely from small online donations. In the end, the Sanders campaign outspent the Clinton campaign, even though she received over 97 times more money that he did via outside groups. He received 43% of the vote nationally, representing the choice of over 13 million Democrats.

To simply dismiss this offhand with "so what, he lost" is to ignore the views and voices of a massive portion of Democratic voters. It diminshes the clear implication that a different kind of campaign, with a grass-roots/small donor focus, has been demonstrably proven to be a successful path for Democratic candidates. Despite the feelings of many here, it is clear that the ideas and vision promulgated by the Sander's campaign resonated widely with our voters and supporters.

When we allow such casual dismissal of Senator Sander's campaign, regardless of which candidate we supported, we are willfully donning blinders at our own peril.