If Bernie isn't a "real" Dem, why does he owe Hillary any allegiance?

[riderinthestorm]

59. Post the rule that says he has to endorse her

I'd like to see that.

Beyond that point however, I'm not the one insisting Bernie isn't a real Democrat. There's a hell of a lot of Hillary supporters who insist on that and even Hillary has taken swings at Bernie on the issue.

And i know that saying. Politics ain't beanbag and I presume Bernie and Hillary are entering the time frame when the blows get bloodier.

I've been thinking a lot of Bernie’s position in the Democratic party if he doesn't win and I wonder if he's calculating on this candidacy being a major effort that he expects to have ignited and others will have to carry on.

If he won (always a long shot), then he has a powerful bully pulpit. If he lost, he has to have known the Clintons will destroy his career anyway no matter how graciously he endorses/works for her. You and I both know the Clintons will never forgive him for running against her (and double the sin of actually doing well).

So I think he's well aware his Congressional career is over if he doesn't win the nomination. If I were him, I'd be thinking what the hell, I'm going to do everything I can to ignite as many people as I can on these issues...

Hillary has telegraphed nothing but disdain for Bernie in the past weeks, her camp even questioning whether they'd give him any speaking slot at the convention.

And Nader was a hell.of a lot younger when he tangled with the PTB and has had to endure many years in Siberia. Bernie’s a grumpy old man - he knows whatever purgatory they sentence him to (and they will), he'll have kept his integrity to the end.