[ernie]

To Bernie not ending the campaign....The dems are taking a pretty soft stance on him today in "letting him make the decision on his own time" type of thing. Part of that is to not annoy his support base but it is also likely because they know he is likely to step down if discussions with Clinton go OK. There is one final primary (in D.C. no less). Let the campaign run out the clock and then look to see Sanders concede on that night or next morning and the Dems will move on. He's already laid out the start of that framework by saying he'll work with Clinton following the meeting Obama. IMO, that's only a promise you make at that point if you recognize it has come to an end and you are essentially entering the final stages of negotiation with the Clinton camp.

They aren't a party that in the end is nearly as fractured as the GOP. The GOP pretends they've made up and then immediately fractures appear as soon as Drumpf says something stupid (which honestly is a good thing...it indicates that the GOP may actually have some decent people in it).