This is such a frustrating piece, esp. from The Guardian who've been otherwise pretty fair towards Bernie.

This campaign is not solely about delegates and a win. It is also about re-shaping the US political landscape, which it has, at least, begun to do in spades:

1) Bernie has raised unprecedented small donations 2) Bernie has smashed a lesser well-known glass ceiling - the amiable return of socialism to the popular discourse of US politics 3) Bernie trounces the front runner in the youth vote. There is no sober analysis which can avoid seeing the end of the current DNC on the horizon 4) Bernie's win in NH really drove home the problem of superdelegates to a broad audience 5) Finally, following from the notion of "Not Me, Us," Bernie is a lightning rod for a movement, not a pretty face or mesmerizing persona. My guess is he really does not have the command over his delegates that HRC/DNC expect him to (based on their own ideology). If he does lose the nomination, he can't simply tell people what to do. Some would follow his lead if he encourages we vote HRC while some smaller number would break for Trump but the remainder? Who knows? Will they sit out? Will they vote Jill Stein or Gary Johnson? Will there be a popular movement instead? I'm confident something will happen - it is implausible that we will see the populace fall in line behind the umpteenth iteration of corporate-establishment-dem is less evil than very big bad bogeyman, right?

From a historical standpoint, consider: a 74 yo socialist not well-known on the national political landscape emerged within less than a year to mount a serious challenge to perhaps the most powerful democratic machine in the past 50 years. He won a landslide majority of the youth vote and demonstrated that small-donations could viable rival PAC/corporate money, all while running on a platform of economic justice and with almost no major endorsements.

Anyone calling for this campaign to go quietly into the night now is just ignoring an almost sublime/from-the-beyond red-flag for the powers that be. It is as if they lack even the requisite historical curiosity to try and understand why what has happened this year is so earth-shattering.