Bernie Sanders scores big wins with Democratic platform . 
Bernie Sanders
After the Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses wrapped up last month , Bernie Sanders and his campaign team had a decision to make : pick the next goal . 
Thus far , officials with Hillary Clinton 's campaign and the DNC have been working with Sanders ' team , but the senator has n't won every fight . 
Sanders also fought for an endorsement of single-payer health care and a new tax on carbon , but the party was n't prepared to go along with these provisions , either . 
The Washington Post 's Greg Sargent noted late last week , shortly before the platform draft was released , that Sanders has won "some big victories ," and that 's absolutely true . 
As of late last week , there can be little doubt that Sanders has succeeded : as MSNBC 's Alex Seitz-Wald reported , Dems are moving forward with "what is almost certainly the most progressive platform in the party 's history ." 
That said , as an objective matter , Sanders has had at least as much of an impact on the Democratic platform as any second-place finisher in modern times . 
And yet , over the holiday weekend , Sanders wrote an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that his victories are n't enough : the platform , he said , "needs to be significantly improved ." 
On Wall Street , the platform lays out a number of reforms proposed by Clinton , Sanders and other Democrats , and states the party "will not hesitate to use and expand existing authorities as well as empower regulators to downsize or break apart financial institutions ," it states . 
And while it 's very likely that Sanders will follow through on that commitment , it 's unclear when , exactly , he 'll start pursuing this goal . 
There can be little doubt that many of these provisions and more -- reforming the carried-interest loophole , postal banking , the industry ties of Federal Reserve board members -- can be attributed directly to the Sanders campaign 's role in negotiating the terms of the platform . 
We 'll never know for sure , but part of me wonders what the presidential race would look like right now if Sanders , once the race for the Democratic nomination wrapped up , had quickly endorsed Clinton , helped unite progressive voters , and focused his energies less on the platform and more on becoming one of the party 's leading anti-Trump voices -- all while positioning his movement as a powerful contingent in Democratic politics .
After the Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses wrapped up last month , [TGT] and [TGT] campaign team had a decision to make : pick the next goal . 
Thus far , officials with Hillary Clinton 's campaign and the DNC have been working with [TGT] ' team , but [TGT] has n't won every fight . 
[TGT] also fought for an endorsement of single-payer health care and a new tax on carbon , but the party was n't prepared to go along with these provisions , either . 
The Washington Post 's Greg Sargent noted late last week , shortly before the platform draft was released , that [TGT] has won "some big victories ," and that 's absolutely true . 
As of late last week , there can be little doubt that [TGT] has succeeded : as MSNBC 's Alex Seitz-Wald reported , Dems are moving forward with "what is almost certainly the most progressive platform in the party 's history ." 
That said , as an objective matter , [TGT] has had at least as much of an impact on the Democratic platform as any second-place finisher in modern times . 
And yet , over the holiday weekend , [TGT] wrote an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that [TGT] victories are n't enough : the platform , [TGT] said , "needs to be significantly improved ." 
On Wall Street , the platform lays out a number of reforms proposed by Clinton , [TGT] and other Democrats , and states the party "will not hesitate to use and expand existing authorities as well as empower regulators to downsize or break apart financial institutions ," it states . 
And while it 's very likely that [TGT] will follow through on that commitment , it 's unclear when , exactly , [TGT] 'll start pursuing this goal . 
There can be little doubt that many of these provisions and more -- reforming the carried-interest loophole , postal banking , the industry ties of Federal Reserve board members -- can be attributed directly to the [TGT] campaign 's role in negotiating the terms of the platform . 
We 'll never know for sure , but part of me wonders what the presidential race would look like right now if Sanders , once the race for the Democratic nomination wrapped up , had quickly endorsed Clinton , helped unite progressive voters , and focused his energies less on the platform and more on becoming one of the party 's leading anti-Trump voices -- all while positioning his movement as a powerful contingent in Democratic politics .