[Senator Clay Davis]

Superdelegates do not have anything to do with the Democratic base being primarily made up of minorities and women. Bernie lost badly with them, so keep ignoring that fact if you'd like and go with the conspiracy angle instead. And using the "Obama built momentum" and they "prevented Bernie from doing so" argument is laughable. Obama won the southern states (aka the base of minorities and women) to build his momentum. Bernie lost many of those states by 30% or more. The reason Trump usurped the GOP nomination is that he stole the base. Bernie did not. Try and make it more complicated and nefarious than it was, but it was all about wonderful math.

The enthusiasm gap is an interesting point, because Bernie shares blame in that. The math made it abundantly clear he had lost the primary process after Super Tuesday (true story: by going to the end he ended up losing by more delegates than if he had he quit after Super Tuesday). You think it might have made a difference if he quit after Super Tuesday instead of spending three more months attacking her in a fruitless effort that needed a miracle for him to win (namely her getting indicted)? Nevermind that he was effectively untouched from an attack perspective, and his time in the 80s kicking it with Central American communist, anti-American governments was going to be a big problem in the general. Bernie supporters still can't get over that he was not the foolproof, shoo-in candidate they want to deify him as.