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If it weren't for Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders would be the talk of the 2016 presidential race right now.
The Vermont senator is surging in the polls, he's getting some of the biggest crowds and he's increasingly become an obstacle to Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions.
But there is something notable Sanders is missing - endorsements from the colleagues who know him the best.
Strikingly, Sanders has to yet win an endorsement from a sitting Democratic senator, House member or governor, according to FiveThirtyEight.com's endorsement tracker.
By contrast, Clinton has racked up endorsements from 30 senators, seven governors and more than 100 House members - including the top politicians from Sanders' home state of Vermont: Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Gov. Peter Shumlin. (Vermont's other major statewide politician, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has yet to endorse.)
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