Clinton still 'disappointed' Sanders held off on endorsing her in 2016

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107. It will happen again.

Late endorsement. Will have to suggest his supporters get behind the same political system and Democratic nominee that he has assured them are corrupt.

"Clinton's unqualified endorsement of Obama was an immeasurable help in uniting the party. In contrast, weeks after Clinton had officially secured the majority of pledged delegates (on June 7), Sanders was still delivering his stump speech ... . Strikingly absent was an endorsement of Clinton. Instead, he emphasized 'the significant differences between him and Hillary on VERY, VERY important issues' (emphasis Bernie's) and called on his supporters to continue his 'revolution': 'We need new blood in the political process, and you are that new blood.' Those of us expecting an endorsement were not only angry, but insulted. Many of us considered ourselves political progressives, yet to Sanders we were apparently just old, stale blood, clogging the veins of the revolution, agents of a corrupt 'establishment.' And when he spoke of taking the party back for 'working people' and young people and out of the hands of rich donors I wondered -- not for the first time -- how the hundreds of thousands of African-Americans who supported Clinton fit in. Did he think they all owned Bentleys or were simply too old to matter?

"When he finally endorsed Hillary on July 12, speaking to a crowd in which many of his supporters jeered her name and held signs saying 'Won't Vote Hillary,' he looked grumpy and grudging and devoted most of his speech to congratulating himself and his followers on the 'fight to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent ...' . ... It was not exactly a rousing call, designed to energize his supporters and redirect their passion toward Clinton. While Clinton had focused her endorsement for Obama on his accomplishments and abilities, Sanders returned once again to his own campaign, citing the impressive attendance at his rallies ... ."

Susan Bordo, "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton"