2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Simple solution Skinner, a POLL, should Skinner "Call It"??? [View all]highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)Because you are not going to win in November with Hillary supporters alone. You are going to need other people, and those who are supporting Bernie or who lean Bernie, whether or not they are Democrats, Independents, or Republicans are our very best shot.
The rules for registration, valid or fair or wise or not, have been set. (By the way you can register in CA till May 23, so your October "fact" is just wrong.)
But what does this have to do with whether or not Bernie should stay in the race? With whether or not people supporting him should still get their say?
I would suggest that Hillary supporters get used to the strong possibility that Bernie is in this until the convention. I also suggest they wise up and adopt the Bernie supporters as fellow Democrats and include them and even their popular positions in the Democratic Party. Many of them have been Democrats at least as long as you have, and hold their values of what it means to be a Democrat just as dear.
Let's quit with the snark and the dismissive attitude. There's something to be learned here. There's something to be embrace and incorporated. Let's try to act wisely and like adults. Let's try to win this thing together.