Like the “prairie populist” who challenged the Bill Clinton character in Primary Colors (see Chapter Three), Sanders was a living symbol of what the Democrats used to stand for, and party leaders didn’t seem to appreciate being reminded of how far they had strayed. Elected Democratic officials lined up almost unanimously against Sanders. The President made it clear he stood with Clinton. Even the Democratic National Committee, supposedly a neutral party during the primaries, was later discovered to have consistently taken the side of the Clinton campaign.
