: Bernie Sanders spoke to a large group of his supporters on
: Monday in Philadelphia. The crowd cheered as Sanders ran
: through all of the successes he and his self-professed
: "political revolution" had run up this year: the
: millions of votes he won, the reduction in superdelegates,
: the takeover of state parties by Sanders supporters.

: Then came time for the pivot. Sanders tried to tell the crowd
: that now was the time to line up behind Hillary Clinton and
: her running mate, Timothy M. Kaine. Boos cascaded down.

: Shouts of "no!" And then a Sanders chant started
: up.
: Sanders supporters boo his call to elect Clinton
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: Sen. Bernie Sanders was booed and jeered by his own supporters
: after he said, "We have got to elect Hillary Clinton
: and Tim Kaine," while speaking at the Democratic
: National Convention on July 25. (Reuters)

: Sanders was at a loss. Here he was telling his most loyal
: supporters what needed to happen next in order to unify the
: party and beat Donald Trump. And they weren't listening.
: They wanted revolution. Now, not later.

: What was clear for anyone watching Sanders's unsuccessful
: attempts to calm the churning among his supporters is that
: the revolution he started is no longer one he can totally
: control. Or maybe even control at all.

: This is the nature of centering a presidential campaign — or
: any campaign, really — on the absolute necessity of radical
: political change. Sanders, who has been working within the
: political system — albeit it on the outskirts — for
: decades, gets that at the end of a losing campaign, you
: line up behind the person who won. That's just how things
: work.

: But for many of his supporters who took the time to attend the
: Democratic convention in Philadelphia, that's not enough.
: They campaigned for him, voted for him, gave money to him
: and now have come to Philadelphia for him. They aren't
: ready to give up — and don't think they have to.
: "Bernie or Bust" T-shirts are everywhere. One
: woman interviewed by MSNBC insisted that the only way the
: problems surrounding the Democratic National Committee's
: email leak scandal could be solved is if Kaine was removed
: as VP and Sanders was installed. (Breaking news: That isn't
: going to happen!)

: To be clear, not every Sanders supporter feels that way. In
: fact, the vast majority of them tell pollsters they plan to
: vote for Clinton this fall. But there is without doubt a
: vocal group here in Philadelphia unwilling to roll over and
: play nice with the presumptive nominee — no matter what
: Sanders says they should do.

: That is an issue for Clinton — and for Sanders. A vocal
: minority in the context of, say, Sanders's speech to the
: convention tonight could be a major problem for party
: strategists doing everything they can to present a united
: front. Anything similar to what happened this afternoon —
: booing when Sanders mentions the need to support Clinton —
: would be a major embarrassment for the former secretary of
: state just days before she is set to formally take the
: reins of the national party.

: The scariest thing if you are a member of the Democratic
: establishment? Not even Bernie Sanders seems to be able to
: control these people. The revolution is still happening for
: them, and no one can convince them otherwise.

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