2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Politico: Sanders booed by House Democrats [View all]MineralMan
(146,345 posts)I didn't believe that for a while, but he does seem to be holding out some sort of hope that he will become the Democratic nominee, even now. The only circumstance that could lead to that would be a Clinton withdrawal. The only think I can think of that would cause her to withdraw would be an indictment.
I can't really come to any other conclusion. Sanders appears to believe that there is some mechanism that might lead to his becoming the nominee. He must know that won't happen, but he continues to refuse to work toward unity. It's puzzling and more than a little disturbing to me.
Yes, he's pushing ideas and positions, but he could do that after conceding as well. He still has a large number of people who supported him during the primaries, but those primaries are over. At this point, there is no point in continuing to insist that he's still campaigning.