2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Politico: Sanders booed by House Democrats [View all]MineralMan
(146,287 posts)He's been someone I've respected for many, many years. However, at this point, he is harming the chances that his positions and ideas will become policy in this country. He ran to become the Democratic nominee, but failed to win election to that position. It's an extremely difficult goal. Someone else won. When that happens, candidates who did not achieve their election goal almost always support the candidate from the same party for the general election. They do not continue to pretend that they are contending for the nomination. Such a pretense is detrimental to one's goals.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders share many priorities. Since he did not win in the primaries, it is now past time for him to enthusiastically endorse the candidate who did. To do otherwise lessens that candidate's chances of winning, and that's especially true in this election year.
I'm disappointed in his decision. I don't attribute it to misogyny, though, or to anything but ego. That's also disappointing to me. I wish Senator Sanders would take a few days to reflect on what his support could mean and compare it to what his non-support might mean. I truly do.