2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Susan Sarandon and the Berniacs Who Wanna Watch the World Burn [View all]R B Garr
(17,882 posts)Obama gained an early delegate lead in the Southern states. Bernie hasn't done that. It's the opposite. Hillary has the Southern states. The exact opposite of 2008.
And I remember Obama at the DEMOCRATIC convention in 2004 (was Bernie there?...) as the Keynote Speaker. He was magnificent; I fell back in my chair watching him. So he laid his groundwork and obviously had a superior and knowledgeable campaign staff that completely dominated and out manuevered Clinton. It wasn't just that the cynics rejected Hillary, which is your easy answer.
Like Bernie all you want, but so much of this Hillary hate is purely irrational cynicism. And this thread is about the cynics completely bashing the frontrunner and other Democrats. So the attention on Sanders' supporters is earned due to their hostility and negativity.