If he inspires young people so much, why aren't they getting off Instagram long enough to vote? His movement doesn't seem to be moving very far. Time for a reality check, I think. If he can continue to advocate for liberal causes in the Senate, good for him, but it's time for him to suspend his campaign and work with the party he doesn't want to be a member of to get Trump out of office.

I’m no Bernie fan but when I see people who think he can still win and believe it with all their hearts, it just makes me feel bad for them now, rather than annoyed.

that have led to the sad state of our nation’s people - structural issues enabled by greed for several decades.

needs to do it today...everyday that goes by is a gift to Trump.

Hillary was our nominee and she won by millions of votes. Joe Biden is our nominee now and he has won by millions of votes.There is no need to him to continue...except for ego or money...I am not saying that is what it is...but what other reason is there?

....and he's leading by double digits in all the remaining 27 contests.

In a high school AP civics or history class.

How will sanders get anything done or his agenda adopted in the real world without his magical voter revolution?

Bernie has changed the discussion in the direction needed to save our planet, our democracy, and our people - and that is a very good thing.

As Bernie and Warren changed the discussion, citizens - and other politicians - have adopted their positions. So far, it’s mostly a thought revolution.

...a minimum wage in just about every state since the Great Depression. Arguing that is should be higher isn't "changing the discussion".

Same thing as universal healthcare - we already have the ACA, "medicare for all" isn't a novel idea, it's just a repackaged, renamed ACA.

So what's this so-called "thought revolution"? It's an illusion.

Nothing new. Same old recycled stuff.

But we all have fav movies that we think are trendsetting, innovative and pioneering.........while the next person thinks meh.

So we've gone from revolution to "thought revolution". Next week it'll be something else like "misunderstood revolution", and the week after it'll be "ahead of his time revolution".....etc etc etc.

And give its adherents some of these as souvenirs, if it makes them feel better:

How has sanders changed anything in the real world? Biden has been responsible for increased voter turnout

In the real world, sanders has no meaningful legislative accomplishment and it is sanders who is promising a magical voter revolution. sanders fellow Democrats in Congress do not take sanders seriously which is why sanders has no legislative accomplishments in the real world

I admit that I never considered sanders to be a serious candidate and never understood sanders appeal. sanders has no significant legislative accomplishments in his time in Congress in large part because sanders never bothered to attempt to get his fellow members of congress to support his programs. In the real world, it takes hard work and getting along with people to get major legislation passed. I was not surprised with sanders admitted that he does not try to get along with his fellow members of congress and that he was not good at pleasantries

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which is to get citizens to expect more for their tax monies - and from their leaders.

He worked to change the discussion because even when voters elected a Dem prez and gave Dems both houses, the people did not get the serious structural change that is necessary to put this country back on track.

Sure, Dems throw more crumbs than RepubliCONs but it hasn’t been enough. And that unwillingness to put people and planet above all else has helped create the mess we’re in. Bernie has inspired people to think bigger so that we can solve the enormous problems that face us. Too bad some here don’t get it, but more of the same ain’t gonna dig us out of this hole.

If anyone thinks serious structural change can happen in that short period of time without supermajorities and bipartisanship (Newt Gingrich's politics as war and extreme partisanship by Obama's presidency had become complete obstruction), they don't know how government works.

Again, I have never considered sanders to be a serious candidate because I live in the real world where accomplishments matter. sanders is ignored by his fellow Democrats because all sanders does is talk and sanders does not engage in the hard work necessary to get legislation adopted. Even Senator Warren is tired of sanders

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who don't about what we "don't get" or what we "miss."

We simply reject the message and the messenger. Again I am not sure why people consider sanders to be a serious candidate in that he had no legislative accomplishments in the real world sanders is a poor messenger given this lack of legislative accomplishments

In the real world, sanders did not win any major argument https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-didnt-win-any-larger-argument/2020/03/19/39b9a402-69f2-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

He's rehashing tired ideas that have been around for decades now.

Rage Against the Machine was advocating those very things, in that very manner, all the way back in the 90s.

Votes win. It's like, I am thinking about voting, hmm wait, what was I thinking? Thoughts. Yeah that's it.

That's the best one yet.

...Sanders has dropped 22.9, a change of 70.7.

The longer he waits to drop out, the deeper the hole becomes.

Others do suggest themselves, ranging from the 'tear it all down; nihilism of the 60s radicals to the simple grift of campaign contributions.

"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

It's from the Washington Post, which of course is part of the evil Establishment Corporate Media, so I guess it doesn't count, but:

Thank you for posting this article. In the real world, one does not win a debate by having your ideas rejected

the direction of the party and set its platform? You see, that's how it's going to work. At the convention this summer, the new platform will be adopted and voted on by the delegates at the convention. A majority of those delegates will be supporting Joe Biden, who will become the head of the Democratic Party when he is elected as President.

Bernie Sanders will lose the nomination. He will not be the nominee, and his delegates will not be the majority at the convention.

So, where does Bernie Sanders get off "pushing" the party anywhere? He has tried twice for the presidential nomination, and will have lost twice. Why does the loser get to "push" anything at all?

I think you may be confused about how the Democratic Party works. It works in a democratic way, and the majority decides on all issues having to do with the party's positions.

Why are you still pushing Sanders' positions, as though he were still a contender for the nomination?

Hard to eulogize the undead.

Spewing hatred against Senator Sanders may make some folks inner demons feel good, but his ideas have taken hold with an entire generation that are the future of the country. I'm older than the Senator, so I won't be around to see the results, but it brings me pleasure to know that I was part of the movement. Thank you Bernie!

I haven't notied that Senator Sanders wasn't on the job. He is daily reaching out to the people with his Corona Virus videos and doing an excellent job.

It's telling the truth.

Do you understand the difference?

Back in the 90s, when plenty of liberals were saying all of the same things.

So why did you sit that out?

The neo-libral movement to get rid of Glass-Steagall to set us up for the 2008 crash? I've been a progressive all my 70+ years of life. Don't accuse me of sitting anythig out!

He is longer a serious contender.

After a series of crushing defeats, he doesn't have a lot to offer.

Him, not us.

That is the reason why he runs.

Doesn't come from thin air, ya know!

All the economic and societal ills Sanders constantly cites to rile up his followers will only improve if Biden wins. And without his followers' anger and frustration, Bernie's "revolution" would be starved of oxygen.

They all leap into the limelight when a RWer wins the WH; under Barack and Clinton, they withered and pined. So one has to wonder.

People like Sarandon were just positive that Trump would win and usher in a revolution for the Bernie movement.

Didn't happen. Won't happen in Trump wins again, either.

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He is obviously intellectually incapable of doing so, but so is Trump.

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In the real world, sanders did not win any major argument https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-didnt-win-any-larger-argument/2020/03/19/39b9a402-69f2-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

Facts make Bernie run.

They make him run far away, and fast.

It's a fact that he's not going to be our party's nominee. But, he refuses to recognize/believe/accept/acknowledge that.

It's his right to do that. To each, his own. But, I'm personally having a hard time thinking of Bernie Sanders as being aligned with the Democratic Party. In my opinion, Bernie Sanders is aligned with Bernie Sanders only.

In my opinion, Bernie Sanders is Jill Stein...with more exposure.

sanders was appealing only to 30% of the party and after South Carolina the rest of the party moved to Joe Biden to stop sanders.

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