 I feel a deep obligation to the faith and the trust of the voters of the Democratic Party have placed in me to run this year. It was their decision to make, not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well-intentioned. Well, that's partially true. He did have Dean Phillips run against him. Poor old Dean Phillips got next to nothing. And RFK Jr. was in there for a while, and he got trounced.