2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please Suspend Now, Bernie! [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)primary. That's the only purpose her continuing served--her personal ambition to put herself in a better place to run for President again eight years after 2008. Bernie, on the other hand, is fighting to move the Party toward traditional Democratic principles, not because he wants to prepare for another run eight years from now. Whether Bernie will also make a deal re: the party platform (or whatever he feels serves his goals) remains to be seen. I imagine a lot of that will depend on Hillary, much as the Clintons' backing Obama after the primary ended depended on what Obama was willing to agree to.
So, no, the two are not the same. Bernie has no personal deal to cut; Hillary did. Bernie is fighting against Wall Street, money in politics buying laws, etc. Hillary wasn't. But they are not as totally dissimilar as your post suggests, either.