2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What is so difficult about letting Bernie exit on his own terms? [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)he rather pointedly has said there will be no endorsement before the convention. and as of yet hasn't even conceded that she won.
right now, there's a non-aggression pact, not an alliance
instead, his priorities are:
1) collecting scalps of people on his enemies list, like Barney Frank and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz;
2) trying to push a series of 'reforms' whose transparent purpose is to delegitimize Clinton's win, as the only thing they have in common is they address things that would have helped Bernie get more votes, upshot being "the voting process was unfair and that's why I lost"
3) acting as if he won and thus gets to write the platform
4) making demands of Clinton before he fulfills his promise to do whatever it takes to defeat Trump.
If he wants credit for making a promise, he doesn't get to attach strings.
when he says "she won because more people voted for her" then we'll know he's serious.
But he needs to acknowledge the legitimacy of her win and the need to respect the will of the voters--the latter point he clearly threw in rubbish when he pursued his stupid superdelegate flip talking points.