2016 Postmortem

Not fair, I know, but it is what it is. I saw this coming months ago when didn't graciously withdraw from the primary when Hillary won the necessary delegates to win the nomination. And please don't use the "but the super delegates" argument because they supported Hillary and were not going to change their mind.

His supporters did not have enough time to grieve his loss and he led them to believe there was still a chance when he knew there was not. This led to some of his supporters becoming very vile and ugly and they refused to vote. The BOBs behaved horribly and did help Trump win and many people will never forget that. Those who won't forget will also very likely associate Bernie with the entire ordeal. As a result, Bernie's political career as a candidate is all but over. He can do some activism or take a non-elected role or do something in Vermont, but other than that he's finished.

Stein may have taken some of the heat instead but she sort of saved herself by this whole recount thing. Part of me thinks that's just a ploy to try to win over more Bernie supporters and lure them away from the Democratic Party.