and lend him their support if he some how becomes the nominee. That would mitigate some of increase in attacks for the other side. I'm hopeful that sour grapes would not hold them back from surrogating and campaigning for whomever the Dem nominee is.

What would be interesting is whether or not Sanders would openly accept their support for a general election? Truthfully, I think the fact that he relies on small donors now is out of necessity. The big money is trying to find Bernie. But would he accept it if they starting beating down his door?