The Week - "Bernie Sanders' campaign isn't about ideas anymore. It's about him."
I think I preferred Bernie when he was focusing on ideas and solutions of benefit to the 99 percent. However, it seems like the focus nowadays is that everyone is corrupt, but him, and the Democratic party is corrupt because it should only count open primaries and closed caucus, but not closed primaries where, horror of horrors, only Democrats vote for the Democratic nominee.
http://theweek.com/articles/625215/bernie-sanders-campaign-isnt-about-ideas-anymore-about
A responsible answer to this chaos from the Sanders campaign would have been to say: "We think the rules are unfair and did not give voice to our supporters, and we will try to revise the rules to make sure that this doesn't happen again."
That is not the answer that Sanders's campaign gave. Instead, they (once again) questioned the legitimacy of the party. Questioning the legitimacy of the institution that you've chosen to work inside of is tantamount to a call for a revolt. If the DNC and its proxies are not legitimate, then, indeed, the election IS being stolen from Bernie Sanders, and since a hell of a lot IS at stake, then agitation verging on violence is pretty much the only alternative short of going home and giving up.
It's fine for Sanders supporters in the heat of battle to believe this, but it is beyond irresponsible for Sanders's campaign to encourage the provenance of this view. Why? Because it's not true. It simply isn't. The rules are not rigged in favor of or against any particular candidate. They can't be. They were set long before the candidates entered the race. They haven't been capriciously changed. Indeed, they are skewed in FAVOR of Sanders: He has received more delegates than his popular vote totals should see him allocated, assuming that, as he does, the only real form of democracy is direct. Or maybe not: He has repeatedly said that the party does a disservice when it doesn't allow independents to vote in its primaries. And he has also said that he represents the "working people" — the "working people" only vote for him. (Do Clinton supporters not work?)
His campaign is descending into semiotic babble. He is creating unrealistic expectations for his supporters. If those expectations cannot be met by a reconciliation, and if the party truly cannot convince a large number of Sanders delegates that they have been treated fairly, then his delegates could cause real trouble at the convention. They could prevent Clinton from uniting the party. They could prevent Sanders from keeping the party accountable for its promises to voters. They could nullify the very real power Sanders has right now to remold the party in the image of the type of candidate who is independent and more attentive to working class voters.
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Who would be upset if someone else who had the same integrity and focused on the same issues replaced him?
I know for me personally it's not, I like a lot of his ideas, and I like that he's bringing in more progressives and legitimizing techniques for strong grassroots campaigning.
I've seen people try and say this is a cult of personality around Bernie Sanders, but I just don't buy it. People care about his revolution more than they care about him. Wanting change is no joke - this is why people on DU talk about FDR democrats and such.
I think this is a completely transparent talking point for Bernie actual supporters, and mainly riles up more divisions as it helps other people paint them as dangerous, out of control people? 
