Tulsi is going to continue to be able to raise large amounts of money from all over the country because she has tuned into the intense and widespread frustration millions of Americans are having with politicians of both political parties. If the Republicans have gone crazy, trapped by dynamics in their party which have empowered the most regressive expressions of discontent in their base, the Dems have for too long posed as the friend of working and middle class people in order to get votes, only to fail to deliver, refusing to stand up to the massive corporations who fund their campaigns. The real life Dem platform seems reduced to advancing gay and reproductive rights. Good things, but not the top priority for voters watching their economic futures collapse. And their kids be shipped off to war after war.

The DNC clearly WAS cheating under DWS. People saw it and Tulsi spoke it. Bernie won the hearts of millions of voters. When Tulsi endorsed him, she won millions of fans.