Subject: What next for Bernie Sanders | The Economist
From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:35:19 -0700

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21698314-hillary-clintons-leftist-rival-can-lose-democratic-nomination-and-still-be

But campaign platforms are soon forgotten and do not bring lasting change, cautions Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont who staged his own insurgency in 2004. Mr Dean briefly led the presidential primary field with an internet-driven revolt against his own party, which he denounced for supporting George W. Bush’s tax cuts and invasion of Iraq. Mr Sanders is “not thinking clearly right now” says Mr Dean, adding: “I have been where he is, this is a very difficult time.” Admitting that victory is lost is not as hard as letting down supporters “energised” around the country, recalls the former candidate. Mr Dean, who later became a party boss as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and who is backing Mrs Clinton, is sceptical about another Sanders demand: to turn all Democratic presidential contests into primary elections open to independents and non-members. That would abolish the Iowa caucuses (the quirky, low-turnout gatherings that kick off each presidential season), and “I have been there and tried that,” says Mr Dean with a hollow laugh.

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