"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi

The monstrosity of the beast reaches a peak the very moment before it is slain.

Did you think Clinton would bow down and accept defeat with dignity and grace?

This isn’t just about the primary election. It’s about the end of the stranglehold of the corporatist wing on the Democratic Party. Since the 1980’s and the coup by the DLC the Clintons have been at the forefront of Democratic Party politics.

It’s not just a fight over the nomination. It’s a fight over the power of patronage for everyone who depends on that particular coalition maintaining its grip on the party machinery.

It was the same when they took over.

The good news for the Sanders coalition is that, win or lose this election, they’ve broken the back of their opponents within the party. That’s what the so-called Clintonian declaration of war signifies. They’re staring into the abyss of history and they know they’re now fighting just to stay alive politically.