2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There is a much biggger picture than just Bernie vs HRC supporters [View all]politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)than count her out. Bernie's supporters have a million reasons to not vote for her, and they change every day. Bernie needs to understand, that the WINNER gets to set the AGENDA, not the LOSER. That would seem to me to be the fair outcome in most situations. Hillary has already tried to make some concessions to appeal to the Sanders supporters, but they just call her a liar everyday and talk about how much they can't stomach the idea of ever voting for her.
The Clinton's legend of all their evil wrongdoings is now larger than the Legend of Big Foot and the JFK assassination, according to Bernie's Supporters. Enough is enough. At some point you make it impossible for the Party to recover from its self-inflicted wounds. But than, that seems what many had in mind in the first place. This won't be the first time the Democratic Party couldn't seem to resist the urge to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Why start now?