By now, the dust has settled from the last major primary day on the calendar. The two major parties have their presumptive nominees. These nominees of course will not be official until their respective nominating conventions at the end of July. The Republicans will meet in Cleveland and nominate (barring any oddities) real estate mogul and reality television star, Donald Trump (the equivalent to the GOP’s Kim Kardashian). The Democratic Party is poised to make history and officially nominate Hillary Clinton who is the first woman to ever clinch a major party’s nomination for President of the United States. Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, this is a significant historical moment.

And then. There’s Bernie. The lovable old curmudgeon of a Senator from the State of Vermont. Again, despite my personal politics or yours, Bernie Sanders definitely made this race interesting and changed the game in politics in this cycle. The size of his rallies and his team’s seemingly great ground game were a sight to see. History will determine how well they were in really mobilizing arenas of people to the polls, but sadly for him, this race is all but over. However, he is vowing to fight until the convention in Philadelphia. The why? Because revolutions don’t generally succumb to a gracious defeat.

On Tuesday, Bernie spoke in Santa Monica. The day prior, the media crowned Hillary Clinton with the title of PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE. Bernie banked his late game on California, and the results were a final crushing blow to an already mathematically eliminated campaign. In his speech (which could be called anything but conciliatory), he struck a stubborn tone, ignoring a history-making night for what should be a somewhat friendly rival. When he mentioned her, in passing, the large crowd in an airport hangar booed loudly, and the vanquished candidate did little to dissuade the response.

As I have said, Hillary’s triumph in the Democratic Primary – regardless of you politics – is an historical milestone. It is a milestone in a country whose women have only held the right to vote under the 19th Amendment for 95 years (less than a century). In contrast to Senator Sanders, Mrs. Clinton heaped praise upon her opponent and reaching out to his supporters. She mentioned him a number of times during her victory night message in Brooklyn on Tuesday.  “Let there be no mistake,’’ she said. “Senator Sanders his campaign, and the vigorous debate that we’ve had about how to raise incomes, reduce inequality, increase upward mobility have been very good for the Democratic Party and for America.’’

The self described revolutionary, Mr. Sanders, is clearly skeptical of the process as a whole. And if we are all honest with ourselves, there probably is reason for him and all of us to be. But it is a process that Bernie, and every other candidate agreed to work with, and campaign in. Bernie has been essentially openly distrustful of the traditions and expectations of the nomination process. He has even regarded the party itself with distrust. The unity of his party seems to be the furthest thing from his mind. We will see what the next few days look like for Bernie.

The candidate is getting thrown under the campaign bus by his staffers (who all face widespread layoffs in the coming days. The story over on Politico is definitely worth a read. The biggest takeaway from the story is that the staff knows they’ve lost, but their chief doesn’t.The frustration among the underlings is palpable it seems, because they are tossing him under the front wheels of the campaign bus. In internal campaign emails, staffers refer to the Senator as “driving this train” in reference to his rewriting a response for the campaign to the debacle at the Nevada State Democratic Convention. The Politico story points to Bernie being angry, hurt, and delusional about both the reasons behind his loss and the likelihood that he could still win. All of this, despite all of the evidence to the contrary.

In closing, the time is now for party leaders and all of us to be empathetic and maybe event sympathetic. No campaign ever looks great in the dying days at the end of a long primary season that resulted in a loss. A candidate, and his supporters, who invested so much in this movement are understandably upset, emotional, and focused on the thinnest ray of hopes. But the time is now for Bernie Sanders to go from candidate to statesman. The math is simply too far gone. The gap is wide and considering the President will begin campaigning for Hillary, it is likely to widen further as outstanding super delegates fall behind the presumptive nominee. It’s time Bernie. It’s time. You fought a good fight. You brought your issues to the fore. You made them a talking point. The wins just didn’t break enough in your way to secure enough delegates to make this really close. Even if Bernie does end his bid, it remains to be seen if his supporters will coalesce behind Hillary. They too seem to embody this “Bernie, or Bust!” mentality. November is fast approaching.

More tomorrow on Everyday BRAND.