2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Winning the 13-State-Bible-Belt. Sanders is Still Winning the 37-State-Not-The-Bible-Belt! [View all]Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)think we could agree that, from a strategy perspective, Sanders has done better. Right?
I'm not sure what Sanders' campaign tactics were but I assume that he did as well as he could and hung on until he got past the part of the primary calendar that was titled in Hillary's favor. I'm just glad we're all past that part of the calendar now.
You say Sanders is "paying a price"? If you think campaigning is a chore and you don't like to go to your own rallies, having to keep campaigning might seem like "paying a price," but when Sanders describes his campaign as a movement, what he's telling you is that the campaign is the job (whereas for Hillary the campaign is a necessary and unpleasant chore she must undertake to achieve the ambitious goal she has set for herself). I don't think Sanders feels like he is "paying a price" for anything - he's leading a movement.