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xp1337 posted...

So, what I'm getting here is that the Democratic party should have ignored the will of its own members in favor of the will of another group (independents) and that Clinton should have stepped aside? (But I thought a common criticism of Clinton/the DNC was that everyone had stepped aside for her!)

This feels a bit more negative than I like, but if you check the topics around the later stages of the primary you'll see I grew increasingly disappointed and uncomfortable with the rhetoric from the hardline Sanders supporters and the way this topic has gone is kind of a rehash of that.

FWIW, I don't think Sanders himself really partook in it or anything, but it really started souring me on the whole thing.

No, I think that closed primaries/caucuses are bad for the general though. I think that if you have the entire DNC basically coronate you despite you being the weakest candidate, you take responsibility yourself and stop blaming other people for your narrow loss to a huge moron reality show rapist.