Embracing his rival, Sanders gives Clinton the boost she needs
“THIS IS THE REAL WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN,” SAID BERNIE Sanders on the afternoon the Democratic National Convention opened. He was trying—unsuccessfully—to calm the cascade of boos and jeers from his supporters after he repeated his support for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Reality is not an easy sell in politics. For the first half of my professional life—the 25 years after the 1968 presidential campaign—liberal Democrats had trouble accepting political reality. Then it
