Democratic Primaries

I believe that those on his staff, among others, think themselves to be cadre, but I believe they are simply using Bernard Sanders (I-VT) as a vainglorious figurehead to help them build the new "Party" of which you speak. Sanders has a high position in government, and is easily flattered by flattery and encouragement of his vainglory. He is an ideal figurehead, with his flying locks of white hair and his booming rhetoric.

Sanders, however, has been duped by those younger, more energetic, political operatives into believing that he can rise to power in his dotage and accomplish things that have previously frustrated his attempts to lead. He follows their subtle lead in a final attempt at relevance.

Of course, it is highly likely that those oh-so-clever staff members are, themselves, dupe and stooges of an even stronger, more powerful leader whose motives they do not understand. A brilliant, yet cruel, leader of another nation who seeks an even more encompassing goal.

Perhaps it is dupes and stooges all the way down, to borrow a metaphor from Hinduism.

So i conceive, Sir, in any case. However, I admit that I might not be imagining things completely accurately. There could be yet another level of corruption I am not detecting.