Can we please lay this to rest now?

[auntpurl]

7. Gosh, what odd responses you've gotten to this OP.

For me, as a Hillary supporter, I say YES. Moving forward and working hard is what I want to do. Bernie did a classy thing last night. He did exactly what he's always said he would do - support the nominee, and I believe he will work hard on the stump and help get Hillary elected too. He understands what's at stake. He gets it.

We can quibble about timing - on the one hand, carrying on after Hillary was the presumptive might have made things harder for his younger supporters because they continued to hold out hope and we are seeing the rather explosive deflation of that hope on cable news, but on the other hand, he got a lot of his platform into the Dem platform and Hillary is now running on those policies. I think he did it so that his supporters would have something more to vote for, but then the timing thing made it harder for them to accept that it was over. I don't think he could have really won either way with some people here.

As for me, while I might have been impatient with Bernie during that last month or so, I think it's worked out probably the best it could have, and his behaviour has been exemplary throughout. I have a lot of respect for him, especially after last night. That couldn't have been easy. I look forward to seeing him on the campaign trail for Hillary.