2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Secretariat won the Belmont by 31 lengths. They should have just stopped the race sooner [View all]pat_k
(10,885 posts)... endorse Clinton as the Democratic nominee, but call on his pledged delegates and superdelegates to support him on the convention floor to demonstrate the level of support for a New New Deal within the party.
If he went that way, between now and the convention (and after) his task would be two fold:
(1) calling on people to support Hillary, and
(2) calling on people to keep fighting for his proposals (and that means winning back Congress by the largest margins possible).
He can keep after Trump, but shift his focus to campaigning for Democrats running for Congress.
Winning seats in the House and Senate is the most effective way to set the stage for real progress. It may be impossible to get Clinton or the party establishment to advocate his agenda because they believe it can't happen, but if we get enough Dems in Congress, the "can't happen" excuse goes out the window