Mark Shields: "He lost the nomination, but he won the future of the Democratic Party."

...compared to the Republicans. Bernie's a hero. We have them under a barrel!

At least one can hope.

Shields is being very kind and generous, but each and every one of us has a helluva lot of work to do. I'll vote for HRC because we can continue that work more successfully within the context of her administration than in a maniac like Trump's, which would probably precipitate a constitutional crisis and coup within weeks.

I liken Sanders more to John the Baptist, in the jeremiad tradition. I don't know how good an administrator he could have been anyway. He has helped wake millions of people up and set the stage for our own hard work, conversion, and redemption (which is what Jesus, a man, symbolizes anyway). The Good News for which John the Baptist was paving the way IMO wasn't for someone divine to rescue you and whisk you away from all of your troubles, but for you to learn (through the Gospel) how to liberate yourself and help your fellow human being through often difficult but very rewarding, transformative daily spiritual choices and practice.

He's "won" by waking people up, but what we do with it is on us.

When he was mayor of Burlington he surprosied everyone bywhat a pragmatic and effective CEO he turned out to be.

We blew abig opportunity.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/31/socialist-even-conservative-could-love-burlington-mayor-sanders-was-able-out-republican-republicans/SCmh2TLifXxXRPFKC8NMjO/story.htm

lhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/bernies-burlington-what-k_b_7510704.html

and we need people like Bernie to constantly show us that. I love your post. You made many good points.

in ALL of its permutations. We DO get it right quite often.



How can any sentient person not see the devastating contrast with the fast-disintegrating GOP? Running away in droves from their nominee and his appalling rhetoric.

going to be the nominee. I've always said it would be Hillary, but in no way did I expect Sanders' success in dominating the political conversation.

happy now......

by young voters. They are the future of the party.

favored Sanders.

Except that she really wasn't of course. It wasn't a rejection of her then, nor of Bernie now, voters had a different preference, and a lot of factors go into that. And sometimes people don't vote for who they really prefer, they pragmatically vote for who they think will win. Bernie had the highest favorables of any Democratic candidate. Democrats polled nationally were happy with their choices this year, none were "rejected"