I think it's pretty clear (Hillary's Group) [View all]

[MSMITH33156]

That Sanders and Co. are trying to escalate things.

Every day now, there is some new level of fake outrage at something Hillary didn't even do, some further demand on her to jump through some new hoops they just invented, and a growing devolution of rhetoric and behavior (see Eff her buttons and the like).

My advice..don't take the bait. If you look at exit polls, her numbers in terms of Democrats "would be satisfied" if she is the nominee are extraordinarily high for a primary. What we're dealing with is not a majority and not a plurality of Bernie's supporters.

We're dealing with a very narrow minority who is lashing out immaturely. Those are the ones trashing Hillary, lying about her, saying they'll vote for someone else. But again, vocal minority, and very tiny minority at that.

And why is Sanders acting like this? That's politics, frankly. Hillary did the same thing in 2008. When you're behind, and not just in polls but in actual votes that have been cast by a large amount, the only thing to do is go negative and try to force a game changer. I don't begrudge him a single thing. He has to try.

This is especially true in a primary. In a primary, your candidates mostly agree. There is very little daylight between Hillary and Bernie on most issues...which is why it gets more personal. You can't talk about how their positions are out of whack, because you share them. So it necessarily shifts to the past and nitpicking minor things...and, unfortunately, to personal attacks. If you remember 2008, it got quite nasty.

But what we judge the loser (Bernie, in this case) by is how they handle it. When Hillary suspended voting on the Democratic Convention floor and threw unanimous support behind Obama, when she gave a rousing defense of him at the Convention, when she campaigned for him...she actually cut the legs out from under anyone who wanted to question not voting for him.

I expect the same thing from Bernie at the convention. Until then, this is the business we've chosen. It's nasty.

We should all just move past it, past him and his supporters. Hillary is doing a decent job, but I think she is probably engaging him too much. She could easily go fully negative on him. She has not called him a communist, ripped into the fact that he has no plans and Wall Street Speculation isn't even a tangible thing....but she doesn't have to because she'll win. He's going to get uglier, and she needs to just stay above it.

And we should as well. It'll make us all happier. Just keep building that delegate lead and rising above it.