It seems pretty clear to me that he is saying it is the issues It is not good enough for somebody to say , ' I ' m a woman , vote for me , ' Sanders explained . No , that ' s not good enough . What we need is a woman who has the guts to stand up to Wall Street , to the insurance companies , to the drug companies , to the fossil fuel industry . In other words , one of the struggles that you ' re going to be seeing in the Democratic Party is whether we go beyond identity politics . If woman was enough we ' d have KellyAnne Conoway and Sarah Palin running things . It makes perfect and reasonable sense to me that we vote based on the issues over identity politics <| sep |> In theory that might sound good but would it work out that way ? What if we end up with yes men again like before ? Or what if he isn ' t ok with his word not being the final say and many of his ideas being discarded ? What if it creates tension and an awkward and difficult working environment ? A clean break is just for the best , and I think the folks in charge feel the same way .