The sine qua non of Sanders’ candidacy is the “revolution;” there is no apparent reason to vote for him if he can’t mobilize millions of previously disaffected voters to dramatically change the balance of power in Congress and support his agenda. I have predicted on many occasions that the “revolution” simply won’t happen, and that Clinton would win easily.
As Sarah Palin might ask, how’s that revolution thing working for ya?
Participation in the Democratic primaries and caucuses has not surged relative to 2008, Clinton has a very large lead in South Carolina, and the race should be effectively over in the next few weeks.
I’m not gloating; that’s just the way it is. Barring a cataclysmic event, an unimaginably charismatic torchbearer, or (more likely) both, there will be no left-wing revolution, either now or in the foreseeable future.