Frankly, if the pro-Bernie crowd is going to do what it did last time, throw a tantrum and take their ball and go home because they don't get precisely what they want, this thing's over already. Because bending over backwards to placate that group is going to simply result in alienating the rest of the people who might be inclined to vote for whoever the Democratic candidate is.
From that perspective, Bernie might actually be the best choice, because he's automatically got those people on his side and can focus solely on selling himself to the blue collar crowd, rather than trying to fight a war on two fronts just to get the base to sign on.
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