Looks as though the one thing that might bring this Primary to a final conclusion, is the very thing that takes out most candidates running in a Primary. MONEY. Most candidates would love to keep campaigning till the very end, but actually being able to afford to do so can be very tough. Especially when you are running behind with little hope of actually being the nominee. This is what seems to be happening to the Sanders campaign.
www.latimes.com/…
Sanders spent $38.6 million in April but raised only $26.9 million, ending the month with $5.8 million, records show.
Meanwhile, Clinton started May with $30 million in the bank. She raised $25 million and spent $23.9 million in April.
It's a bad time for Sanders' pockets to be getting lighter. He's pledged to win California, which holds its primary on June 7, but campaigning here is notoriously expensive.
He really needs to make up the pledged delegate deficit with a huge win in California. To win California you need lots of money, and at this point in his campaign the Sanders team seems to be having money problems. This is what could have been expected when your path to win becomes almost impossible. It also might give us a window into the minds of those in the campaign as to why they weren’t more vehement in their speaking out against what happened in Nevada. They can’t really afford to alienate any of their donors. The last gasp of a campaign can be the hardest for those who have put so much into the last few months, so it can be some what understandable why tensions are so high.