2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: EXPOSED: Leaked Emails Show DNC Colluded with Media to Push Clinton Nomination [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Bernie didn't know himself how big the support was out there. No one did, not the Democratic Party, not the electorate, not the media, not the professions and industries that exist to analyze such things.
If he had any idea he could actually win, I'm sure he would have done things very differently. He might even have snuggled up to some of his colleagues to get enough endorsements to look...not rejected, and he certainly would have hired as professional a staff as would agree to work for such an unlikely candidate. His strategy of course would have changed too. As it was, his strategy had to continually re-evolve to meet the new realities his success created again and again.
You're bitter? How about him?
Btw, I still believe the Right's lies and attacks would have turned him into something most resembling a bloody pile of ground meat. You'll never have to watch and find out how extremely vulnerable he is to them, never have to listen to outraged conservatives demanding his arrest and prosecution on trumped-up lies. ONLY Trump could have saved his candidacy. Maybe.