Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFor revolutionaries, Mr. Sanders and his supporters sure seemed to expect a lot of help from the establishment. Mr. Sanders has led an admirable life of social activism, and his record of public service is impeccable. But she is the nominee and, as Mr. Sanders now concurs, the only alternative to an unspeakable alternative. An online, “instant documentary” charged the Democratic Party — and by extension, Mrs. Clinton — with outright fraud at the polls in California. Its perpetuation speaks directly to the reasons today’s liberals seem to have such difficulty holding and wielding power in this country.

Source: New York Times July 13, 2016 08:37 UTC