2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I re-registered as a Democrat after spending my entire adult life as a Green. [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,538 posts)Democrat, so they couldn't claim that he would run as Independent and split the vote. Bernie has been clear he would support the Democratic nominee if it is not him.
Nader tried, but it is very hard to go up against the most powerful people and corporations in the world. Most of us wished he had bowed out after it was clear he couldn't win.
Bernie has managed to build and grow his campaign despite all attempts so far by these forces, media included. The only way to wrest power from this shadow government is by people, lots and lots of people. We have to have a leader, and Bernie is the right man to do it. What Bernie and his supporters are doing will be of historical significance. Capitol isms domination of America and the world has run riot, witness the TPP!
Bernie has run on the issues, Hillary has gone full on Republican, by introducing her political endorsers and surrogates to her big Donors, she has used them to go full on Swift Boating Bernie using Rovian tactics. Should Bernie win, there will be nothing new the Republicans could use against him! The Master of the Artful Smear will prove Bernie's point, using huge corporate money, and even the DNC, to defeat the Oligarch's worst nightmare! She is earning every penny of the hundreds of millions she and Bill have received!