Agreed a shot at competing for an open process but I confess to wanting a candidate, fair or not, as challenging not being part of the current powers that be. Hillary appeared to be "owed' a shot. Joe, after long service appeared to be owed a shot. The current occupier of the White House would not have been elected, I think/, had the power structure read the demands of the working middle class that the economic squeeze be addressed in a laid out program showing how each proposal would strengthen their income. OK, yes, a Bernie supporter.