"Sorry, Bernie Bros, delegate math not adding up for Sanders" (Clinton Group) [View all]

[Stuckinthebush]

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/sorry_bernie_bros_delegate_mat.html

NOTE TO ALERTERS: The title of the article has "Bernie Bros" in it.

I've often wondered whether it hurts more as a candidate to get beaten by one vote or by a landslide. It's like if the University of Alabama ever manned up and played UAB. If you were a Blazer, which would be worse, to get shutout by the Crimson Tide, or lose by a field goal in overtime? Yeah, it's easy to say that the nailbiter would be some sort of moral victory, but that's not the way the close ones feel in the moment.

That's where Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters are right now. He's outkicked his coverage. Someone who was supposed to be an also-ran, who was doing this to make a political point, for a moment appeared to be within striking distance. But Hillary just split the uprights. I try my best never to say there's a 100 percent or zero percent chance of anything, but it's hard to see how Sanders has any path to victory now. But try explaining that to Sanders' supporters. I feel for them. I do. But here's the facts about where things are right now.

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However, it's also time for Sanders' supporters to begin preparing themselves for a gentle landing and not try to kneecap the Democrats for the sake of making a point, the same way Ralph Nader gave the country George W. Bush. It's time for them to come to terms with what's at stake, and not risk losing it all over losing a little.

Politics is about compromise, not sabotage. That's the sort of thing a Trump supporter would do.