Since 2000 was a populist. Obama ran as a populist and won. Clinton, Gore and Kerry ran as run of the mill, establishment Democrats. Obama ran on 'pet issues' and won. Maybe, we need to unite behind popular issues, rather than status quo Democratic boiler plate platforms.

So, I think the DNC chair needs to proffer populist platforms or else we are screwed.

Or decide issues. It's an organizational position. They recruit candidates, oversee primaries, and run the convention.

Additionally, populism isn't an ideology. It's a political tactic. It makes absolutely no sense in the context of someone not running for an office elected by the people.

the DNC could, as you put it, recruit those candidates that are running as populist.

So we can put aside the last primary and move on without these long tiresome divisions.

...but the only way we can lose is (as I've seen a lot of people doing) if we turn this into a surrogate Clinton-versus-Sanders battle. If we allow that to become the dominant theme of the Party, Trump can rest easy, because he and the Republicans will be easy winners for the foreseeable future. For God's sake, end the usual circular firing squad!