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

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235. "relentless vindictiveness" ??

I guess that whole snowflake thing has basis.

He is making the same arguments he has made, and you are clearly sick of hearing them. Many of us are not. From my perspective, many on our team are unable to get past the difficult primary, are still holding a grudge against Sanders, and childishly dismiss *anything* he does, says, or supports as unsuccessful and impossible.

Almost half the party's voting electorate supported him and his ideas, and a tiny fraction of the other 56%, over represented here, stamp their feet, stick their fingers in their ears, and insist that anything in any way associated with those ideas and Senator Sanders himself must be dismissed.

At no point have I seen him ever indicate that the party must "adopt his thinking wholeheartedly," or in its entirety. Nor have I seen anyone "dismissing" the majority. Instead I see a politican who had a message, elevated it, and continues to articulate it now that it has shown to have sizeable support from those on the left side of the line in American politics. He *still* disagrees with the path chosen by centrist Democrats, and chooses to voice that. I see nothing wrong with that. We cannot win with only half of our electorate's support, and continuing to voice his ideas is a way to ensure that those policies that resonate with many of us continue to be discussed.

Purity, from either side of the Democratic divide, will mean more losses. Neither sore losers nor sore winners help us. We must toughen our hides and accept criticism if we are to win again.