Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) on Friday said Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE’s Democratic presidential campaign is on its last legs.

“I have been exactly where Bernie is, or pretty close to where Bernie is,” he said on MSNBC, referencing his unsuccessful 2004 White House run.

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“I know how hard this is,” Dean added on "Morning Joe." "This is when you see you’re not going to win. If he has the week it looks like he’s going to have, we’re getting pretty close to the end.”

Dean said he thinks Sanders will struggle with suspending his bid.

“I’m sure he’s very angry. ... He’s even more competitive than I am."

“He couldn’t stand to lose a pickup basketball game in Burlington,” Dean added, referring to the Vermont city where Sanders once served as mayor. "He doesn’t apologize. He doesn’t back down. It’s not in his nature. This is going to be a hard transition for him.”

Dean added that Sanders has the right to continue campaigning until the Democratic National Convention in July.

“Bernie has earned the right to go to the convention,” he said. "I don’t think people should expect otherwise of him. This is an extraordinary campaign that he has run."

“With candidates like this who go this far, their names get placed in nomination,” Dean added. "They give a speech and so forth. That’s the speech I suspect [Sanders] will use to, A, make his pints again for the last time and, B, to support Hillary."

Sanders on Thursday said that he would have a “hard” time surpassing front-runner Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE's delegate total.

Clinton leads Sanders by just over 1 point in the latest RealClearPolitics average of national polls.

She also has the edge in delegates, ahead 1,930 to Sanders's 1,189, according to The Associated Press. A candidate needs to reach 2,382 delegates to avoid a contested convention this summer in Philadelphia.