Don't allow the perfect to become the enemy of the Good

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the Good-Voltaire

Words to live by for all Bernie’s supporters. In the dark, wee hours of the morning, the “crunch time” of political campaigns, we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The light shows us even more darkness.

Darkness in the form of negative campaigns from Trump and Clinton. But on the Sanders front, they have managed to stay above the fray on many of the down and dirty campaign issues of our time. The personal attacks and sordid details will all be aired in Trump World.

But the Bernie people were supposed to be different. They are purer, almost too pure for this world. And therein lies the rub. They seem to be anxious to put the sordid political wheel-ings and dealings behind them, and move on to some loftier plane of existence where their ideals may find merit.

But the perfect world that they are looking for doesn’t exist in the political spectrum. The one bit of business that actually caught my attention was the fact that Sanders talked of the 50 state strategy and the point that the down ballet races were also worth fighting for. But the question is, will he back up the lofty rhetoric with action?

When Howard Dean lost, he became a party faithful who worked to implement the 50 state strategy for Democrats. When John Kerry and Hillary Clinton lost, they both fell in line. In the case of Bernie Sanders, it’s much less clear about the role he will play, or would like to carve for himself, within the Democratic Party.

We know what Mr. Trump wants. In a transparent and obvious manner, he has suggested Bernie Sanders was unfairly treated and should really run on a third party ticket. Which would benefit Trump greatly-or “bigly”, as Trump would say…

So if the perfect becomes the enemy of the Good, the end result may damage the Democratic ticket and work to the benefit of Donald Trump. It lies in Sanders hands now, to discover how and when they might find harmony and party unity behind the Democratic banner.

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