Where are the Sanders Defenders?

First Read: “Turning to the Democratic race, it’s been striking that since the Dem establishment and wonkish liberals began their political attack on Bernie Sanders — ‘He’s a socialist!’ ‘He’s unelectable!’ ‘The GOP will destroy him!’ — the only Democrat who has pushed back on this critique has been Sanders adviser Tad Devine on MSNBC.”

“Bottom line: Sanders doesn’t have any well-known Democratic Party validators to back him up. In 2007-2008, Barack Obama had plenty of Dem validators going up when going up against the Clinton machine — Tom Daschle, Tim Kaine, Deval Patrick, and Claire McCaskill (who’s maybe been the most aggressive against Sanders right now). It’s something to watch over the next 11 days: If 80% of the Democratic Party continues to hit Sanders here, and there isn’t Democratic pushback, can Sanders win that fight?”