2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is itching for a convention fight [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... Bernie just can't quit it.
He went from being a little-known politician from a small state to being the centre of national and international attention.
Suddenly he was drawing huge crowds, appearing on political programs, late-night talk shows, and the cover of magazines. His every utterance was reported, discussed, repeated, and journalists clamoured for his opinion on every topic imaginable. His name was on billboards and yardsigns; his image was on T-shirts and banners.
It went to his head - and quickly so. When his supporters started saying that only Bernie could save democracy, only Bernie could achieve progressive goals, only Bernie could beat Trump in the GE, he actually started to believe it.
I think that's why he refuses to concede, refuses to endorse HRC, refuses to even acknowledge that he lost the primary. He doesn't want to leave the spotlight after living in its glow for over a year and, at this point, he's willing to make a damned fool of himself in order to cling to the fame he will never know again in his lifetime.