I don’t see how it downplays at all how good a candidate he was, if anything it shows how good he must have been to overcome his own party’s elite trying to stop him. My point is that they might have stopped him, if it weren’t for the people who turned out in the primary. Just think what quality candidates we could get if people would support them in the primaries, instead of waiting until the general and seeing who other people chose in the primary and then being disappointed. My point is we need to turn out for the primaries. When potential candidates see voters supporting progressive candidates more will decide to run because they’ll know they have a chance.