2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Twitter Just Unleashed on Hillary Clinton and It Is Savage [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)in preferring to lose everything rather than compromise and cooperate. That's a defining characteristic of extremists.
Remember how the Tea Partiers proudly destroyed not just themselves but any chance of achieving their stated goals through unwillingness to compromise even a little bit? Their counterparts in Bernie's camp are willing to do the same thing.
Over 80% of Bernie supporters are not zealots and will vote for the candidate she is, nothing further needed. Hopefully Bernie will make a deal after California at least, A FULL MONTH AWAY. Then he can step down, with or without asking his followers to vote for her, and the zealots can disperse to wherever they're going.
Unfortunately, the convention is TWO MONTHS AWAY, meaning if Bernie won't make a deal before then, he will be fighting the primary and double-teaming with Trump to tear her down for two whole months before conceding.