How Sanders Squandered His Influence

[DonViejo]

Joshua Green: “Looking back, it’s clear that Bernie Sanders reached the apex of his political power in the weeks leading up to the June 7 California primary. His improbable rise had galvanized millions. He’d put a scare into Hillary Clinton. Although he had no plausible shot by that point of winning the Democratic nomination, he looked capable of carrying California, which would have inflicted real damage on his rival. Clinton understood this and signaled she was ready to bargain for his endorsement. He never placed the call.”

“Sanders lost California, and he lost the nomination. And with each day that he withholds his endorsement, he loses a little more of the political capital he gained during the primaries. Sanders undoubtedly shifted the balance of power in the Democratic Party and exposed its generational future. But his personal involvement in these changes is quickly fading.”

Greg Sargent: “But if Sanders is squandering his movement, it is odd that he continues to rack up meaningful victories in the battle to transform the Democratic agenda, if not the country.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/07/07/how-sanders-squandered-his-influence/

[brush]

1. IMO he lost it in NY with that ill-advised trip to Rome. Then he lost the NY election

It was over then as other big state dominoes fell after that.