The long term effect of Bernie Sanders making his little tilt at the Presidential windmill will be the forcing to the surface of that portion of the Left that despises the Democratic Party even as it has been shielded for decades by the Party.
Lurking in the darkness they have been free to cultivate their fantasies: powerful, numerous, and far more intellegent than anyone could credit. Bernie brought them up into the light, and it turns out that the American people don't agree with their own assessment of themselves. Which is one function of elections, if some people need to be reminded.
So now the Left has been split, and one faction of the Left is going to run the country while the faction of the Left is going to whine and complain and insist on thinking of itself as the only True Left. In consequence, it will be ignored - no one likes a nag and a scold - until it finds a way to make itself relevant.
Which is great. A line is drawn, and we know know who stands on which side.
The long term effect of Bernie Sanders making his little tilt at the Presidential windmill will be the forcing to the surface of that portion of the Left that despises the Democratic Party even as it has been shielded for decades by the Party.
Lurking in the darkness they have been free to cultivate their fantasies: powerful, numerous, and far more intellegent than anyone could credit. Bernie brought them up into the light, and it turns out that the American people don't agree with their own assessment of themselves. Which is one function of elections, if some people need to be reminded.
So now the Left has been split, and one faction of the Left is going to run the country while the faction of the Left is going to whine and complain and insist on thinking of itself as the only True Left. In consequence, it will be ignored - no one likes a nag and a scold - until it finds a way to make itself relevant.
Which is great. A line is drawn, and we know know who stands on which side.