Bernie's Transformative Campaign Coming To A Close

Tomorrow will be the unofficial, if not the official, end of Bernie Sanders remarkable, transformative campaign.  Hillary Clinton should certainly pick up enough delegates tomorrow with the primaries in New Jersey, California, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Mexico in order to clinch the nomination with a combination of elected delegates and committed super-delegates.  Sanders liberal campaign has energized millions of Democrats and helped move Clinton and the party in a more progressive direction. And, even without winning the nomination, history may look at his campaign as a bellwether for what was to come as opposed to what looks to be more of a caretaking Clinton presidency.

So, after tomorrow, it is up to Bernie to decide whether he wants to continue to fight up to and including the convention or bow to the reality of Clinton’s eventual nomination. He is frankly entitled to choose either course.  But I rather hope he stays in the race all the way to the bitter end, fighting for the causes that rallied his supporters throughout the campaign, and avoiding attacking Clinton directly.  As should be clear to every Democrat, the real enemy this year is a dangerous demagogue in the form of Donald Trump.