2016 Postmortem

" the realities of the entrenchment of the democratic establishment better than you explain here. People who think you can change things from within by somehow getting the very insiders to turn against the mechanisms that put them there is either naive or disingenuous. The appeal had to be made to the members of the party at large. "

No he doesn't. His recent proposal to implement some sort of law to prevent businesses from setting up part of their business abroad is him not understanding the economy. Thinking protectionism should be a thing in 2016 is him not understanding the economy. and I can go on and on.

"There is not a move Sanders could have made if it generated enough noise to be heard that you would have actually been happy with. You don't agree with his diagnosis or his solutions, so anything that reached people's ears would have been either selling fantasy in your mind or undermining a united democratic party. " -

Why question my motives? Address my concerns - deal with the points. It doesn't matter if I am a HRC supporter or a Sander's skeptic or vice versa - riddle me this: Was Sander's approach optimal and politically sound? The result clearly shows it was not.

"There is not a move Sanders could have made if it generated enough noise to be heard that you would have actually been happy with. You don't agree with his diagnosis or his solutions, so anything that reached people's ears would have been either selling fantasy in your mind or undermining a united democratic party. "

- A Democrat is someone who has dedicated their lives to the Democratic party, how on earth are you surprised there would be those skeptical of Sander's intent?