Democratic Primaries

I stopped watching after a while - I think most people did. Sanders had plenty of air time (and tended to hog more than his share of it) to get his point across. He hasn't changed his stump speech from four years ago, so nothing that he will say or do will significantly affect how people perceive him at this point. If he wants closure, then he can hold another press conference or three, say what he's going to say, and then get further trounced in Florida and elsewhere.

The reality is simple. People are scared right now. They are frightened of a disease that has no apparent cure, has a high mortality rate, and a long enough incubation and susceptibility rate to kill one person in twenty of those who get it. They are tired of Trump's bluster and frightened that he will tear the country down before ceding power. They want someone who exudes calm and competence, who has been tested, and who isn't afraid to take the battle where it needs to go. Bernie could have been that person, but to be perfectly blunt, Sanders has, at no time in this campaign, acted presidentially. He has whined and complained about not getting preferential treatment, has made easy to fulfill promises that he's reneged on, and has encouraged his followers to engage in a campaign of harassment, intimidation, and abuse eerily similar to the man he's attempting to replace. I think Sanders has a few good ideas, and Sanders the prophet has indelibly put his stamp on American politics, but I think Sanders the man is not the one to make those ideas happen. This is what a lot of other people have seen in the last few weeks, and I think this is the reason his support is drying up.