2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Guccifer 2.0 Leak Reveals How DNC Rigged Primaries for Clinton [View all]brush
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Hillary's lost to Obama in 2008 was razor thin (she actual had more votes, he more delegates), yet she conceded before the convention, campaigned for him pre-convention, and at the convention called for suspension of the first ballot and asked that Obama be declared the nominee by acclamation.
There was no holding out for "policies and trustworthiness", she accepted her loss, a much, much closer loss than Sanders has suffered, graciously and moved forward to help the party defeat the repug opponent.
That's how it's done. Defeating Trump now is way more important than anything else at this point. It's not too late for Sanders to pitch in. It will be soon though as he risks permanently damaging his legacy if he continues with his refusal to even acknowledge Clinton's win and fails to endorse her.