2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party has proven what a gutless mess it has become [View all]Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)EG: NYC and NYS Dems.
Only two DEM elected that I know of have endorsed Sanders : State Senators Perkins and Sanders ( no relation).
OTOH, there is a whole daisy-chain of DEM who have fallen in line to endorse Clinton. Including some, like de Blasio who have flaunted their alleged cutting edge progressivism.
Clinton is in large part a product of the NYS party and the party expects people they have funded and "brought along" to PLAY along.
The relationship between party and "partiers" reminds me a bit of what some have observed about the composition of the German National Socialist Party and the Soviet Communist Party: that a lot of people signed up.... not because of ideology... but because it's the way you were able to get ahead.
Professionally, that is.