2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is making his long goodbye count - By E.J. Dionne Jr. [View all]Chathamization
(1,638 posts)on defeating Trump, and has framed the current progressive movement as being one inside the Democratic party. Sanders supporters have said that they feel his arguments are compelling, and while he's making them Sanders supporters are migrating to support Clinton. So the target audience is receptive to the message, and the intended results are happening.
That should be what matters. But what I keep hearing is it doesn't matter if Sanders message resonates with his supporters, and it doesn't matter if we're seeing the desired results (Sanders supporters now supporting Clinton) - what matters to some is that Sanders speaks to Sanders supporters in a way that pleases people who don't like Sanders or his supporters. As a poster above said, the focus should be on electoral victory, not massaging egos.
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