Bernie Sanders’ Vanishing Act

A few months ago, Mr. Sanders appeared to be facing a choice of either supporting Ms. Clinton or becoming known as the guy who made Donald Trump the President. It turns out that was a significant overstatement of the relevancy of the Senator from Vermont. Ms. Clinton is currently the frontrunner to be the next President of the U.S., but the election is still several months away. There are many scenarios where Ms. Clinton could lose: a major terrorist attack could change the dynamic of the race, the Benghazi and email issues could become larger and move voters outside the GOP base, the Republicans could somehow find a way to nominate a stronger candidate, or a record turnout of lower educated white voters could catapult Mr. Trump to victory in a few midwestern states, thus giving him a majority of electoral votes. None of these things are particularly likely, but they all are more likely than Mr. Sanders, one way or the other, being the deciding factor. Mr. Sanders, a politician for more than three decades, built a campaign around claiming he didn’t play politics. Turns out he just wasn't very good at it.