++Charles Pierce, Ed Kilgore, Rude Pundit, Josh Marshall as well as the political writers of the major newspapers have turned sharply against Bernie Sanders after the fracas at the Nevada Democratic Convention and Sanders' tone-deaf statements shortly thereafter.It's so bad that even Wonkette.com has endorsed Hillary Clinton.
++For the full-array, visit the Daily Kos and read their "Abbreviated Pundit" blog this morning wall-to wall anti-Sanders.
++The more objective are concerned that Sanders is feeding his supporters a lie that the nomination process in the Democratic party is "rigged" and that the establishment--a term which has grown weak recently--structurally favored Hillary Clinton.
++But pundits point out that the process is rigged in Sanders favor since the primaries are not winner-take-all and are proportional.
Ed Kilgore says Hillary's advantages were baked in the cake. Besides Clinton has many million more votes than Sanders and is only less than 100 delegates to the nomination, which is inevitable with proportional primaries and also closed primaries.
++The press is keen to point out that Sanders was not quick to criticize his own supporters. The more democratic writers say that Bernie is exploiting his followers by not telling them that there is no path to the nomination and upholding the basic integrity of the process, which could be changed after discussion, but was not an obstacle to his campaign.
++The concern is that Sanders is not making the noise to heal the wounds of a long-fought battle and to start acting toward party unity. Party activists are concerned failure to do so puts Clinton at a disadvantage in the general election against Trump.
++But read them--I haven't seen this much unanimity among Democratic pundits in a while.
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