Former Sanders campaign chairman: Don't expect email list to be shared with DNC

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141. Many Hillary supporters do not realize that the most important difference between

Bernie's and Hillary's campaigns was Bernie's emphasis on economic disparity including the difficulty in getting jobs, the burden of repaying student loans and general unfairness in the economy. Hillary somehow did not emphasize the economic issues as much as Bernie.

So it is a mistake to say that people voted for Trump because of his stance on jobs and that Hillary and Bernie said the same things on that issue.

Jobs and the fact that the Republicans considered Hillary to have somehow done something wrong with her e-mails, etc. were the reasons that some who would more likely vote Democratic in the Midwest voted for Trump. Trump of course completely misrepresented, lied about what he would do about jobs although he did drop out of the TPP in order supposedly to protect jobs.

If Democrats want to unite the party, Democrats will have to emphasize economic, jobs and wages issues. Democrats will have to wrestle with the tax bill issue, keeping what is good for working people and getting rid of what is only good for the few at the top of the economic heap.

Democrats won by 3 million votes in 2016 but it was not a large enough margin to win the electoral college because those 3 million votes were in blue states that are cheated out of a voice in the electoral college.

Democrats need to embrace the Berniecrats if Democrats are to win in 2018 and 2020. It may be frustrating. Remember a lot of Berniecrats are young and have no experience in politics. But if we really want to win, we have to include in our Democratic Party people who voted for Bernie. It's up to the winners and the majority to reach out to people who may have disagreed and campaigned for Bernie and even voted for Trump.

Forgive and forget if you want to be elected in 2018 and 2020. And talk about economic issues. They are important. And the tax bill invites a vehement discussion.

Things look good for the Democratic Party this year. But we have to include people who voted for Bernie and Trump or we will lose. Time for bitterness is over. It has been more than a year. We as a nation and as working Democrats lose too much if we hold on to the bitterness.