Was it really all down to Obama and the endorsement game? Is there anything we can learn from it, or is the lesson "Dems will never accept even simple reforms and should be let go"? Most importantly: how do you answer when people say "you mean the same Bernie that couldn't even win the primary?" Other than the truth which is: Dems couldn't accept someone the party was completely hostile to, had the field been level we'd have sweeped.
It really should've been his to win.
I'm not one for being obsessed with electoralism, but he came close enough that there's a possibility for meaningful discussion of things he might have done to win
Sure. But I feel like what needs to be said on the matter has been said already. And I'm not sure how relevant Bernie's campaign is to ongoing political campaigns at this point. We're entering the end of the primary election cycle and there are protests happening up and fucking down this country. I do believe that electoralism is an avenue worth pursuing when the moment is right, but that doesn't feel like the place our energies should be going now. Talk of the campaign just feels like people are chasing a high they can't get back at this point.