And, now the real story is emerging.

His basic character flaws prevented him from succeeding.

Classic narrative of vaunting ambition bringing down the "hero".

He could have bowed out gracefully and got so much more and retained his respect now he will be known as a bitter delusional narcissistic loon

The fact that Sanders is still mad at Barney Frank is very telling to me

Barney Frank said some unpleasant truths about him and he can't get over it.

He appears to be as thin-skinned as the Talking Yam.

laugh of the morning, Surya!

pressure cooker days and weeks.

Perfect.

you want to be pissed at you. He is brutally honest...Bernie made a huge mistake getting on his bad side.

What a bitter man!

We dodged a bullet. Good riddance,Bernie.

have disturbingly similar characters.

Please no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And he proved it time and again. Remember in Rome when he walked by the woman who stood up to shake his hand because he did not like what she had said about him? And, he did the same thing to Debbie Waserman after a debate. And now he wants to exact revenge on Barney Frank.

He became extremely negative against Hillary because of a slight? And he wants to stay in the race in case she is indicted!?

True colors.

He and the Talking Yam have disturbingly similar character flaws--and both are unfit for the Oval Office.

That was hysterical--because if fits so aptly!

John wanted more than anything to be Bill Clinton. John thought he was smarter. Elizabeth Edwards despised both Clintons. She had made than known. If John Edwards had not been in the Iowa primary, Hillary would likely have won Iowa in 2008 and history would have been changed just like it was last night, and Baracj would have been her VP, and winning the nomination this year. Elizabeth Edwards knew about John and his lady. She knew about if months before the Iowa primary. But she hated the Clintons so much that she said nothing.

Bernie and Jane are a perfect comparison with John and Elizabeth Edwards. All bitter people that think what they have to say is more important than what others have have to say. Words and actions do matter, and Bernie has shown his true colors and they aren't pretty.

FOREVER. I cannot stand the sight of either one of them. Grifters is all they are.

This is where politics works, the nuts and bolts.

Back in the days of magazines, Time and Newsweek devoted entire issues to after elections

This one is good but a little off. BS has always been a stubborn micromanager going back to his Burlington days. It has always been his way or the highway.

Nothing new there, it is his major fatal flaw and why he lost.

A bullheaded man is NEVER a good leader. The only tool in BS kit is a crowbar. Tear down but don't build up. It's easy to be a demagogue He would've made a horrible President

But many of us knew this months ago. Which brings me to the next point. The bitter last days were no different than the first days. This campaign lost in March. Again old news

The other thing this article does not address is how his bitter stubbornness translated to his followers, you know the Berniebros and their online and social media trashing of other people. This was a huge turn off for many many people and a complete reflection of their bitter humourless leader.

Lastly all this revolution bullshit. Nobody wants a revolution lead by and full of mean and grumpy types.

VERY astute observations about the fundamental character flaws that define the Bern.

Especially these passages:

There are articles from his Vermont days that describe his testy behavior. One of his workers described how he micromanaged the number of hot dogs at an event way back

As an observer, I want to thank you for your contributions to this forum

I hope you are healing well

I'm on the mend. Walking without a cane now, except when I'm tired and have to go out in the street.

This I can believe:

Wonder if he has to protect it somehow, when he's not speaking. Maybe he has a little finger "sleeve" to keep it warm and fit.

the campaign staff throwing Bernie under the bus. It's very likely accurate that he is "driving the train," but Weaver, Devine & Company want to make sure the right person is blamed, and that's Bernie.

... the negative stories about inside the Clinton campaign at the end of the 2008 primaries. I assume some were let go, just as with Bernie's campaign. We distrust purely negative reports about Hillary. I suspect we should take this article with maybe a quarter teaspoon of salt as well.

Quite frightening, even from my perspective as a psychologist.