It undermined our position. Actually, since then, our position is seldom heard. Right wing talking points remain unchallenged. We see it every day. It is horrible and it compromised our democracy.

At least in the MSM.

I'm sure Bernie understands this - that is why grassroots organizing is critical and not optional for our efforts.

It sucks - but not much 'every/wo/man' can do about it except counter it by chatting Bernie's positions, character, and honesty at the water cooler, backyard fence, grocery store line and local watering hole.

Show me someone who cares about all lives and I'll show you someone without a 401k.

"The public relations industry, which essentially runs the elections, is applying certain principles to undermine democracy which are the same as the principles that applies to undermine markets. The last thing that business wants is markets in the sense of economic theory. Take a course in economics, they tell you a market is based on informed consumers making rational choices. Anyone who’s ever looked at a TV ad knows that’s not true. In fact if we had a market system an ad say for General Motors would be a brief statement of the characteristics of the products for next year. That’s not what you see. You see some movie actress or a football hero or somebody driving a car up a mountain or something like that. And that’s true of all advertising. The goal is to undermine markets by creating uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices and the business world spends huge efforts on that. The same is true when the same industry, the PR industry, turns to undermining democracy. It wants to construct elections in which uninformed voters will make irrational choices. It’s pretty reasonable and it’s so evident you can hardly miss it."
From lecture titled"The State-Corporate Complex:A Threat to Freedom and Survival," at the The University of Toronto, April 7, 2011

who is against their best interest. Just ask Howard Dean after he threatened to break them up.