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In reply to the discussion: Sanders booed by House Democrats [View all]Squinch
(58,042 posts)moved to supporting that winning candidate. That is a historically high number at this point in the election.
The party is NOT divided.
And here's the thing: Hillary won. She has a platform. That is the platform that won. Of course you want to hear the party platform take on as many of Bernie's stances as possible. But that is not how it works. The majority do not have to do what you want, and the majority do not have to sacrifice their winning platform for the loser's losing platform.
Hillary has already given more concessions to the loser than any candidate in recent memory. To give any more would change her winning platform into his losing one. It would lose her more votes than it would gain her, because the 18% of BS supporters who are not now supporting Hillary are, by definition, an unviable fringe.