2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary reminds the Bernie folks that he wasn't a Democrat until now, and they don't like it. [View all]karynnj
(59,529 posts)and promised NOT to run in the GE as an independent. That was when his ceiling was thought to be maybe 10 percent by generous estimates.
The Clinton people, considering him a weak opponent, but fearing the impact of a third party candidate, were very happy then that he was running as a Democrat. He has followed every rule doing so. The only problem the Clinton people have is they now fear that even if he loses, the contrast emphasizes some of Clinton ' s negatives.
Not tto mention, she clearly has the lion's share of party support, far greater name recognition, more advocates in the media. Not to diminish Sanders, but could part of the problem be her own weaknesses, either as a person or candidate? Think about it, either Sanders is a phenomenal candidate or she has problems for him to have gotten to a point where he is as big a threat as he is.
One take away from yesterday's event, was that Bernie genuinely does respect the people who ask him questions. Hillary was cold to any not pandering to her.