Democratic Primaries

I certainly see no reason to repeat my slow description of several plain sentences in straightforward English.

The writer points towards Sanders claiming a 'hidden hand' is working against his campaign, by having removed Sen. Klobuchar and Mr. Buttegeige from the race, so that he is left to face but one opponent, when he had hoped to face a field of several candidates throughout the primary. Sanders did in fact claim it was pressure from the 'Democratic Establishment' that altered the field against him, and seemed genuinely flustered that other politicians behaved as those who practice the trade generally do. He seems honestly to have expected all contenders would hang on till the last dog died, even when their hopes for success were in the 'zero to naught' range. It is what he does, and people do tend to judge others by themselves.

Should the above prove beyond your understanding, it is difficult to see what might suffice.





"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."