Polling shows Sanders ahead in most of those upcoming Democratic primary ballots.
National media are finally starting to pay attention to what Sanders has been saying for months -- that national and in-state polling shows Sanders is a better candidate to put up against Republican Donald Trump, winning by wider margins than Clinton. In several recent polls, Clinton actually comes out on the losing side against Trump.
Donald Trump has already started the nasty, vulgar attacks against Hillary, a barrage that will continue for six months if she is the Democratic Party nominee.
Conclusion
This primary process has opened up people's eyes to major flaws in the rules of the game, in what people see as fairness in how the primaries are set up, state to state, and how they have functioned in this primary season (closed primaries, voter rolls purged, polling places closed).
Sanders has generated amazing enthusiasm, and garnered nearly 10 million votes, in a contest that has been largely ignored and/or deliberately suppressed by the national media.
Despite those roadblocks, Sanders has drawn so much support that neither he nor Clinton will have enough pledged delegates to win the nomination outright. Superdelegates will choose the nominee -- another party rule that people see as patently unfair and un-democratic.
Superdelegates need to look long and hard at this analysis before they cast their votes at the July convention. Will they support their insider candidate, or do they want to win the White House? Do they want to build the party with the young and enthusiastic Democrats Bernie has brought into the tent? Or do they want to keep the old guard at the helm, come hell or high water?
And, as we go through the next few weeks, with the Trump attacks escalating and even more people turning to Bernie, will they come to the same conclusion I have?
Will the superdelegates, or a high-powered contingent of them, realize that, for the future of the Democratic Party, they need to convince Hillary Clinton to step aside?
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