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Bernie Sanders is almost certainly not going to be the
Democratic nominee. Though he retains a devoted following, the crowds, the
attention and the money are no longer what they were — death for a campaign
built on momentum. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, holds a virtually insurmountable
lead in both delegates and votes.
Passion is a valuable commodity in politics, and the time has
come for team Sanders to redirect it. There are two useful paths at this point.
No. 1 is joining Democrats, sensible Republicans and the rest of civilization
in defeating the appalling Donald Trump. If Sanders and his troops can graft
their idealism onto the realism of Clinton’s campaign, then Trump goes down in
a pink puff of stage powder smoke.
No. 2 is turning that liberal energy into an enduring political
force. That would require making the “movement” less about Bernie and more
about ideas.
The thorny question is, how much of Sanders’ support is tied to
one man? Sanders has won many young hearts, but turning a fan base into a
voting bloc is not easy.
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