2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Updated: No wonder they are already demanding Bernie withdrawal from the race. [View all]Corporate666
(587 posts)The evidence is right here on this site - look at the division and anger that's developed. Every loss Bernie suffers makes his supporters suffer, and that leads to anger and frustration. I don't just mean primary losses, I mean every negative thing Bernie complains about. That includes complaining about the news media, and about Nevada, and about statements from the press and other politicians. The longer he stays in, the more losses he accumulates and the more anger and resentment and bitterness develops among his followers.
Unless your claim is that his supporters haven't gotten more entrenched with time or that he hasn't suffered losses, then what you're saying is just silliness.
As for voting HRC, it's not moving target at all. It's relevant to the question of whether he is hurting HRC. You acknowledge he is keeping votes from HRC, and clearly not all of those votes will go back to her, so it's irrefutably harming her by staying in.
And it would be nice if Bernie's radicalized supporters was an "off the deep end" suggestion, but there's already a plan (backed up with a permit, IIRC) to disrupt the convention, and we've seen his supporters in action in Nevada and sometimes at Trump rallies. That's not good for HRC or for the country.