The crux of this is that these people feel sincerely entitled to a president who fits their personal preferences, rather than just trying to get the least fucked-up and harmful option in a busted system where bad interests have lots of power
The reason pundits like the contested convention thing is that it plays to their vanities: what if the smart people made a meritocratic decision about who’s best?
This is driven, in part, by being mostly isolated from negative reactions to their opinions over the years.
This is what's so infuriating to POC and (pragmatic) progressives - FOR DECADES we've been told to "Vote for the Dem we push on you OR ELSE!"
Now the nominee is someone these fuckers are uncomfortable with and they are losing their absolute shit.
They can't handle being the 2nd class Dem.
