Hillary needs the Bernie progressives to win the general election. Once president, she doesn’t need a lot of disgruntled Bernie supporters attacking her.
On the contrary WE need Bernie's supporters to apply a flamethrower to her feet to ensure that she does not hew to the right, to the Third Way, to the dictates of the DLC and her corporate masters.
It's a fact that she will face blistering opposition from the GOP in Congress. No honeymoon, no compromise.
The last thing a Hillary administration can afford to do is alienate her own party, and here's the clincher:
Bernie, win or lose, HAS changed the face of liberalism and of politics in general. He has now promised to do his part "to keep the GOP from winning" if he loses the nomination but he and Jane have also promised to take the movement permanent.
(And NO, he is NOT running third party)
Bernie Sanders will return to Congress with his head held high and most likely with a lot more political capital, and only a fool would waste an opportunity to spend that.
I do not hate the Clintons. They saved my son's life, literally.
Without their early work on childhood health care, Daryl never would have gotten the three open heart surgeries he endured before age five.
So...I don't hate Hillary. But she is obligated to serve the oligarchy and that is the last thing we need today, so we need a Bernie Sanders movement to ensure that she doesn't move the party (and the country) even further to the right.
Nomination or no nomination, election victory or no election victory, Bernie Sanders has already won. And his support for Hillary is not unconditional, nor should it ever be.
And those who are working down-ticket, this is your final notice.
You serve the establishment at your own risk.
Regardless of who takes the White House in November, some 400 of you are at risk of losing your seats.
There are already a good many "Bernie Democrats" running for office down-ticket. This is about way more than electing a president.
I intend to continue supporting Mr. Sanders as long as I can perceive a chance. Primary season is not over yet. Once I see the California results, if they are not favorable to him, then I may have to consider all options.
But that won't change my overall mission to do whatever I can to swing this country at least back to a center, if not center left once again. Forty years of a tack to the right has damaged everything this country is supposed to stand for, and has stood for.
Enough.
