Agree on that, but a lot of his followers are true believers. So, yeah, he took a dive, but he could have won, and Trump said he would be a harder candidate to beat.
I've always wondered if Perot took a dive or he was threatened out. I think Bernie takes bribes to take dives.
Today he said, yeah we would beat Bernie too but it would have been a lot more exciting (paraphrasing) if his base was activated. Then he pointed out Sleepy Joe HAS no base.