2016 Postmortem

That still isn't a reason to insist he drop out of the primary. The primary itself is a winnowing process that will reflect that lack of support over time.

If all those concerns were true and universal among black democrats, great, he wouldn't make it to the finish line without that kind of bulwark support. Doesn't mean Bernie's campaign doesn't serve a purpose. I viewed it as an opportunity to drag a war-hawk to the left*. Where the two candidates diverged were opportunities to get assurances and campaign promises on-record for later.

Something that has ended up not mattering after all, unfortunately.


(*Recall the 'we came, we saw, he died' and ensuing laughter Hillary put up, in an interview about Gaddaffi. Children were killed in the airstrike that flushed him out, and led to his death. I never saw Obama joke or laugh about it. I question the basic humanity of anyone who would joke or laugh about that, but for shorthand, I'll just chalk it up to 'war hawk' and leave it there.)