June 4 — To the Editor:

New Hampshire State Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, vice chairman of the N.H. Democratic Party and superdelegate to the upcoming Democratic Convention, deserves a big thank you and a huge amount of praise for the political courage she just exhibited by bucking the Democratic establishment and standing up for strong progressive values with her endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.

Fuller Clark's support for Bernie is just one more major indicator that Sen. Sanders is still in the thick of the race for the nomination despite all the obstacles (rigged primary system with closed primaries that disaffect Independent leaning voters, a media that has given him little to no attention or respect, a restricted debate schedule for minimum exposure, and a general lack of support from the DNC) set up against non-establishment candidates like himself.

The senator, just like myself and many millions of my fellow citizens who are making history with our people-powered political revolution, must have recognized that Bernie stands more than a reasonable chance at emerging victorious, in a big way, at the upcoming delegate-rich California primary, which could propel him past Secretary Hillary Clinton in the pledged delegate count for the nomination.

Our senator must also be seeing and weighing the same national polls that suggest that Bernie is considered more electable and would beat Donald Trump, which is an imperative with so much at stake for our country and the world, in a double-digit landslide as he stands to receive far more votes (including millions of progressive Independent voters disaffected by closed Democratic primaries like New York) than his current Democratic opponent in a general election.

More evidence that Sen. Fuller Clark is on to something big is the fact that Secretary Clinton, along with her husband, have scheduled 30 events in a five-day period in California and has canceled a promised final debate on the major issues with Bernie. Trump even proposed and then cowardly backed out of a mano y mano debate with Bernie on the issues, demonstrating which candidate he fears the most and chooses not to face in November.

Wayne H. MerrittDover