re: #298 Anymouse

I was a strong Sanders supporter. Now that the Democratic voters have spoken (Hillary Clinton took more states and more votes), I want Mr. Sanders to do the right thing and support our nominee.

Mr. Sanders cannot advance any part of his agenda if he stands on the outside screaming get off my lawn.

It is my belief that Senator Sanders will come round. I would hate to be a political candidate and see that for which I was campaigning defeated. It must be hard. (Fortunately, in my little local elections I haven’t had to face that.)

There is no way any part of Senator Sanders’s agenda could possibly be adopted under a Donald Trump presidency (shudder), or with a majority Republican Congress. Senator Sanders has been a politician for a long time, he must know the calculus.

I am not sorry I backed Senator Sanders in the primaries, but if he decides to “bern down the house” I will be sorry. It is my firm belief, however, that he will accept the will of Democratic Party voters and back our new candidate for President.

I agree with you, and disagree with those who think Sanders is going to try to wreck Hillary’s chances. It was perfectly rational for him to continue campaigning hard, and he had to maintain the pretense that he could somehow win the nomination in order to have any chance of winning in California, which many polls showed was close. He won’t immediately concede, because he wants to bargain with Clinton for some concessions, but I am confident that Bernie is a rational actor, and that he will endorse Clinton and deliver a barn burner of an anti-Trump speech at the Convention.