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What should Bernie do now?

From Public Seminar, Michael Weinman on a Weberian lesson concerning the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. Hillary Clinton uttered the most radical truth of the 2016 election. Hillary Clinton’s answer about who should pay for dates explains her entire political philosophy. The conspiracy theory that the Clinton campaign stole votes makes no sense. Most Clinton voters like Bernie Sanders — most Sanders voters don’t like Hillary Clinton. Is there an argument to be made for “Bernie or Bust”? Prominent Bernie supporters Doug Henwood, Rania Khalek, Kathleen Geier and Joshua Holland on whether they’d vote for Hillary in November. Josh Marshall on time to reform Big Sanders. Jamelle Bouie on how there is no Bernie Sanders movement: Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency — Bernie’s isn’t anything new, but it can be.

Ronald Brownstein on Sanders’s practically unprecedented success. Has Bernie Sanders’s positive campaign doomed him? Laura Reston on how he’s kept his pledge to steer clear of attack ads against Hillary Clinton — and now it’s too late. What should Bernie do now? Inspire less, explain more. Bernie Sanders won’t go quietly into the night: Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, should be grateful that he’s sticking around. Jared Bernstein on how not to squander this anti-establishment moment.