worst of the Clinton supporters including Dworkin, Moulitas, and others are suddenly all about how great Sanders is. Do not be fooled - they know that if they fail to unite the party prior to California the party (and Dkos) is completely screwed. In their minds they have five weeks to put Humpty back together again. We owe it to ourselves to make sure that doesn't happen.

If he gets out of the race he needs to give his list to Jill Stein.

to a wellspring of enthusiastic new voters, but can't make them not shit on them and kick them under the bus.

perhaps he has honored his own expectations. All of this had to happen in some way, shape, or form. So many were unaware, so many were in denial, now it is obvious to the most casual observer. It would seem that she who cried foul the most and loudest about rw conspiracies against her is now in the center of one of her own making. The supposed "progressives" at MSNBC, the NY Times, writers everywhere from the Guardian to the Globe shilling their little hearts out all knowing that she is unfit: desperately trying to put her above the law and beyond the reach of any sense of justice. If she goes down to an indictment and they say "I didn't know", then they are the worst "reporters" in history. Bernie has forced them out into the open simply by showing that there IS a there there. His opponents have been measured and found wanting. They have shown their colors and cannot hide. If Bernie is not elected President, then everything that happens in the White House will strengthen our resolve. Think of it as watching something gloriously corrupt and malevolent breaking down. Four years from now there will be four more years of young folks expecting something different than what we grew up with and four more years of the vested interests will be dead. To the same degree that we are cursed with this corrupt system we are blessed by witnessing the opportunity to push it out of the way. Hurrah for the only elected official to stand up against it! Hurrah for the light that is shined into the darkness! Hurrah for Bernie Sanders!!

I cannot believe that we will nominate nor elect either front-runner. Perhaps I'm merely in denial. I will never vote for HRC. I don't care who runs against her. If Trump wins - as Carter says, he's maleable - but HRC wants this power more than anything and I am for denying her that power. No one has the kind of money they have by doing the right thing - NO ONE.

Indeed, Bernie has exceeded expectations of many. He has met mine and continues to meet them - everyday in every appearance, every election, everything he says and does.

"We have two parties less popular than irritable bowl syndrome."

It will not be easy, but we can't give up. I believe the DNC, RNC, the media - basically, the corrupted powers that be, want/expect/are counting on our either falling in line and holding our noses to elect Hillary or to give up and not vote at all. Bogged down in depression and apathy, we don't get in their way. The corruption stinks from sea to shining sea. I think we can agree on this. I believe we need a third party and to rid this country of electronic voting machines. For all the work we do, getting out our message, raising money, getting out the vote, it is for naught if a program can flip votes. This will continue until we tell them loud and clear that we will not allow it anymore. We do have to power to change it. It will take many of us over the course of an extended period of time. Meanwhile, we need to fight against these "trade agreements" that President Obama is pushing down our throats. We can't allow the multinational corporations to become any more powerful than they already are.

Bernie has given me hope like I never had before for our political future. But he has also helped open my eyes to just how awful things are. I'd long given up hope for the Dems. However, I had fallen for the MSNBC, NYTimes, DKos, etc. being on "my" side. It feels so much more powerful and enriching seeing that millions of others recognize that a full on progressive agenda is the right path, but it also feels lonelier since a vapid, pointless, vanity campaign has been able to swat us back simply because money and shitty politics.

I didn't see Bernie coming. So I can hope that something csn build on his accomplishments, something currently nonexistent. Green Party maybe. But Bernie, assuming that a miracle doesn't happen this spring, needs to make a big de vision over the summer to make sure that Hillary is the last time that a rightwing candidate is presented to us as our beat option. He cannot support her without destroying everything that has been built over the last year.

I saw that beg diary, it's been front paged, if it wasn't there before....
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I noticed Markos desperately trying to heal wounds [to stop readers leaving] that go well beyond his blog,

They have completely blown past the fact that a lot of us are flat-out fucking done with that party. If that's what they were trying to accomplish, well, now they're getting their wish. If Kamp Klinton hadn't been so focused on the short-game, she wouldn't have to worry about cheating in the General. Now she's gonna have to do that. And that's not quite the same animal as cheating in a primary, especially if turnout on the GOP side is yuuuuuge.

The only thing that worries me is if they saddle Trump with Paul Ryan as VP. THAT would completely be worth voting against, because if that happens, Trump might find himself on the short end of a slashed Secret Service budget, or some such....

in my po box, and email is easy enough to filter out.

Debbie Wasserman-Shultz probably figured that I'm a lost cause here in Florida., I registered only for this party to vote for Bernie in their primary.

I haven't cowered down to the Borg Collective yet, they won't be assimilating me into their network of cybernetic drones. They got Markos, poor soul. He never had a chance.

Resistance is indeed constructive and worthwhile, it will not be futile for me.

I see thru the hypocrisy and institutional corruption.

The best critique of our current political parties:

"We have two parties less popular than irritable bowl syndrome."

This one is worthy of a comment of the day trophy.

It's been good , and sad , reading the comments; we're at a very real time. I have a different take on the future and will try for brevity.
Bernie keeps running strong, amassing delegates, exposure, and activists. He comes in strong to the general. He does not cede anything to Clinton before hand. In his nationally televised, 20 minute speech ( maybe 25) !, he lays down the law for the dem party re voter integrity, big money, progressive inclusion, and other essential planks from his campaign message. If the party accepts, and they will have to sign on national tv with the whole world watching, he stays a dem and we begin the takeover of the dem party.
If the party declines, he releases his delegates and becomes the national leader of a new Progressive party.I believe he stays out of the race to focus on the creation of the new party..but I'm not sure. At this point, he is drawing on a huge voter population of active, aware people who are so ready for this to happen. His demand list to the dems then becomes the governing outline for the new party. He has $$ and operatives standing by, and still has a formidable funding mechanism. He goes to a 50 state strategy. Each state has a convention, elects leadership, and begins work on finding and funding candidates - local , state, and national, with an aim to be ready to roll with heavy turn out for the 2018 mid terms. There is , in 2017, a national convention of the new party. The next two years is spent consolidating these gains, and choosing a 2020 presidential candidate. We run that candidate along with a full slate of national candidates and kick the sorry butts of the two shadows-of-their-former-selves parties. The new party will keep the fire(s) going and will not want for legit issues around which to organize. By 2018, I believe we can create the largest political party in the country, fueled by activists from all races, ages, economic and environmental persuasions. By 2020, we mount a serious campaign for the presidency with a platform and candidate beholden only to us and our ideals. And we win. From there on, the party grows stronger and more democratic ( small d) and representative. We do have the numbers of voters right now, we just lack organization, and here is where the gold of Bernie's campaign comes front and center. We also hit the ground running as soon as the new President is in and gather up a lot of the energy that so wants to be involved and have a political home. I think and feel it can work now, for the first time in over a century in American politics. I know you all will ot be shy about your criticisms ! I look forward to them. La Feminista, I'm jumping in on your diary. Should I post this as a separate deal ?