2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Advice to Hillary in advance of her meeting with Sanders on Tuesday [View all]LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)is not in place.
I see the platform to hold a lot of agreement. The question is the degree.
Sanders only won 9 of the states that Obama won in the general election. Throwing out that Sanders won 22 states is a useless comparison. The states Clinton won in 2008 had a census population of just over 174 million unlike the nearly 89 million for states Sanders won.
The states Sanders won are not all the same ones that Clinton won in 2008.
Most young people of any political persuasion don't trust anyone that is old.
There is nothing anti-democratic about the unpledged delegates. What is undemocratic is for outsiders demanding that an organization change their process. Those unpledged delegates are leaders and members elected to their positions within the DNC. They represent Democratic Party members in every state and territory. Some are wanting them be eliminated. In effect, denying members of the DNC the right to participate in their own convention. How democratic is that?
State and national convention delegates don't have the right to determine the party rules. Nor to determine the leadership of the DNC.
As for change. Change by itself is not enough. They type change is important. And all change is not all good. Rather change should be built on what Obama has accomplished instead of tearing it all down.
The nearly 44% vote does not give Sanders the right to be at the table for decisions that Clinton makes. Sure, if he has a good choice it should be considered. But he should not be the sole person to provide advice on the matter.