Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm halfway between Rakich and Micah. Actually, most of the way toward Micah. Clearly he couldn't close the deal. Would some Democrats have come along if it was a choice between Sanders and a brokered convention? Yeah, probably. But they sure as heck seemed eager for a non-Bernie alternative. And the Sanders campaign presumed it could just win by the brute force of its turnout operation without actually having to persuade anyone.