Steve Kornacki: “Four years ago, he was also too far behind in delegates to overtake Clinton and win the nomination. But he continued to run competitively through the end of the primary season, winning states into June. And each victory, or even near-miss, amounted to a show of strength, a reminder that a big chunk of the Democratic Party wasn’t sold on Clinton.”
“But what if, this time around, he sticks it out and there are no more primary wins or even near-misses? What if it’s just one landslide defeat after another?”
“If the late stage of the ’16 primary season enhanced his clout, would finishing up now with a string of lopsided losses diminish Sanders and his movement? When he says he’s ‘assessing’ his campaign, that may the kind of dilemma he is hinting it.”
