2016 Postmortem

This isn't about Bernie Sanders; this is about a huge swath of long time Dems to the left of the Clintons, and also about the millions of first time voters Bernie attracted. The Democratic Party really needs them and all of us right now.

If your intent is to drive millions of voters out of the Democratic Party and splinter the Left, bitter recriminations and refusal to rationally evaluate what we can do better are an effective way to benefit Trump and the Rethuglicans.

Newsflash:
Primary opponents criticize each other. Politics is a hard fought game. Like it or not, it's one of the ways in which a Party airs its differences and works things out. You might as well blame the very existence of a primary election if you're going to blame Bernie Sanders.

Hillary Clinton lost the election for many reasons. Some of them were her fault and that of the Democratic Party, but I think most of it was outside factors. We need to calmly and logically understand all of it (internally and externally) as best we can, then work together to be a more effective political force in representing the interests of the American people.