Actual negotiations are against adversaries in private; why force someone (Sanders or anyone else) to negotiate against themselves in public? If you ask any pr

Actual negotiations are against adversaries in private; why force someone (Sanders or anyone else) to negotiate against themselves in public? If you ask any presidential candidate about the chances of their platform passing as-is, they will all have the same three things to tell you: 1) Vote for members of congress who will support my agenda and this won't be a problem; 2) Give me a mandate to implement my agenda so I have more political capital for negotiations; 3) You need to plant a flag in the ground so that you have something to anchor negotiations later, which might involve compromises. If your point is that voters, the media, and politicians spend way too much time on platforms when they are mostly just signalling devices, I agree.