If you’re sick and tired of Bernie Sanders clinging to a candidacy that has already been decimated, you’ll love the exchange he had with Whoppi Goldberg yesterday on The View.

But first I want to tell you about my cat.

He’s long dead now, but his liveliest feature was his love of the great outdoors. The big problem was winter. He’d dash out, feel the snow, and quickly dash back. Two minutes later, he’d try again. The cold temps would quickly signal his retreat. Two minutes later, he’d try again. The icy footing would drive him back in. Two minutes later, he’d try again. And so on. He never got it through his head that it was inhospitable out there. He kept dashing out in the delusional hope of a different result.

I should’ve named him Bernie.

He was shellacked on Super Tuesday by double digits virtually everywhere, but back out he went the following week in search of better weather. But he was shellacked again – losing every single county in Florida, losing all but one county in Illinois, and losing Michigan, one of his favorite ’16 states, by 17 points. All told, it’s ice cold for his dead candidacy. But darn it, here he comes again, thinking that maybe the sun will shine for him next Tuesday in Wisconsin. Even though the polls show him losing to Joe Biden by 32 points.

Forgive me for writing about Bernie again; there should be quota on stories about this guy. But it’s reached the point where he’s not only hazardous to the health of the Democratic party that he refuses to help unite, he’s also hazardous to the actual health of Democratic electorate. It’s dangerous to stand in line and vote in a primary, and that danger will likely persist for the foreseeable future. If he were capable of stifling his megalomania and ceding to political reality, he’d quit forthwith and urge the remaining primary voters, in Wisconsin and subsequent states, to stay safe at home.

He told Andrea Mitchell of NBC News yesterday that he’s hanging in because “we do have a narrow path to victory.” That path is thinner than a discarded shred of dental floss.

Good grief, it’s like 2016 all over again, when he clung to that race long after Hillary Clinton had him beaten, damaging her along the way and inspiring 12 percent of his primary voters to pull the lever for Trump in November. And sure enough, a new national poll says that 15 percent of current Bernie fans are prepared to spurn Biden and vote for Trump. Now would appear to be a very good time to start working on those fans, to ensure that the imbecile-in-chief is sent packing (and perhaps save some lives), but alas, Bernie only lives in his head, not the real world.

Which brings us to his exchange yesterday with Whoopi Goldberg.

Whoopi: “You say you’re staying in the race because you believe you have ‘a path to victory.’ I want to know what that path is…Can you explain why you’re still in the race and what this path is?”

Bernie (not answering the question): “People have a right in a democracy, last I heard, have a right to vote for the agenda they think can work for America. We are assessing our campaign, where we want to go forward. At this unprecedented time, we have to have a serious (issue) discussion about how we go forward. And one of the things I’m working on with other members of the Senate and Congress is a new stimulus package…”

Whoopi (making the obvious point that he can most effectively do that legislative work if he quits the race): “Wouldn’t it be smarter for you to continue on that path to make sure it gets done?”

Bernie (basically ignoring the question): “Right now what I am primarily focusing on, with other members of the Congress, is a new coronavirus stimulus package…that states and cities get the revenue they need – “

Whoopi: “So your plan is to stay in the race, yes?”

Bernie: “Well, for the fourth time, we are assessing.”

That darn cat really needs to assess the weather.