2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So apparently Bernie's going to the White House tomorrow [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)move, NurseJackie, but my guess is he'll load Bernie up with respect. Have you read that Politico article about how bitter and angry he has become? Of course, this is just his bailing staffers' side, worried about their own marketability, but very interesting anyway.
One thing they said was that Bernie definitely should not be pushed. He's, well, as I said elsewhere, it really sounds as if as a DUer he'd fit right in with the more angry and irrational GD-P crowd when things aren't going their way. And he's been under a lot of losing stress, of course. Accordingly to the article vengeful and resentful, tossing good progressive colleagues under his bus, even while--get ready for this--actually hoping for an indictment to save him, just like his DUers.
Here for anyone who hasn't checked it out:
...and he takes personal offense every time Clinton just dismisses the possibility of picking him as her running matehis guiding principle under attack has basically boiled down to a feeling that multiple aides sum up as: Screw me? No, screw you. ...
Aides say Sanders thinks that progressives who picked Clinton are cynical, power-chasing chickens like Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of his most consistent allies in the Senate before endorsing Clinton and campaigning hard for her ahead of the Ohio primary. Sanders is so bitter about it that hed be ready to nix Brown as an acceptable VP choice, if Clinton ever asked his advice on whod be a good progressive champion.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041