Democratic Primaries

A goodly number of people who voted for 'Bernie' in 2016 had no intention of voting for him in the general election. As an example, some 40% of those who voted for Sanders' in the West Virginia primary told exit pollsters they would vote for Trump even if Sanders got the nomination.

The energy in this election comes from middle of the road types grown disgusted by the cheap thug, and the passion of rank and file Democrats who hate the cheap thug like poison. Anything much by way of concession to 'Bernie' will repel the former group and enrage the latter group.

'Bernie' is a dead weight, and a dead loss, no matter how you look at him this year.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"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."