Or is he worried about getting on Hillary's enemies list?

"I really like his ideas and he's right, but I'm voting for Clinton!" And if you ask why you're man/white/bro-splaining...or something.

Step out of line and watch your campaign money dry up.

We all know that anyone who endorses HRC over BS has either been threatened or has been bought-and-paid-for.

Only BS supporters/endorsers are honest, patriotic citizens - everyone else is a corporate shill bent on the destruction of democracy.

I wonder what Mr. Cummings' FaceBook page will look like after the BSers get through with it.

"We all know that anyone who endorses HRC over BS has either been threatened or has been bought-and-paid-for."

Nice to know some in the Hillary camp see things for what they are.

Maybe you dont.

Truth is, Bernie competes with Cruz in the 'plays well with others' department. Neither have bern widely endorsed by their peers.

Politicians.

WTF is he talking about? Have some courage and endorse Bernie! Bernie IS... a man of his word!

there is already a candidate fighting for what he wants, and he doesn't need to be convinced!
grrrr...

The people funding her campaign wouldn't allow it.

I'm sure even Clinton believes in Sanders' spouse.

You wholeheartedly endorse her, but you want her to implement Sanders' issues? "To me that's the most important"!

You want Sanders' issues and Sanders' emphasis on progressive ideas, but endorse Hillary? The stupid is strong in that one.

issues.

There is such a thing as party loyalty.

Bernie should have joined the dems long ago and he'd be able to call on that.

Sorry, but that's how it works.

Party loyalty vs human beings.

He should have joined that party a long time ago.

He would have won some of those early southern primaries, had plenty of super delegates and would probably be leading in total count.

He wanted to stay independent.

Too bad.

Now it is what it is.

In my politics, and in the actual history of the U.S., changes (good and bad ones) come more often through movements (both elite and people-powered) than through this kind of status quo loyalty. That's why you got the Republicans of Lincoln instead of the Whigs, and women's suffrage, and civil rights, and the conservative "revolution." You're saying it's a good thing that the Democrats are an impediment to change at this time?

a span of decades.

But listen, I like Sanders' proposals but the kind of change in the dem party you're talking about is not going to happen in the the nine months he's been in the party.

Too bad he didn't join years ago.

it was within very short spans. The key victories in civil rights, the rise of the Republicans after 1854, the New Deal (most of it literally in 2 100-day bursts). I think the right timespan for understanding the present moment is not when did Sanders get into the race, because this isn't about Sanders (although the system forces us to pretend it is about individuals). It's the whole period since the 2007-9 crisis and the largely jobless, low-wage recovery that has ensued with enormous wealth gains almost all going to the richest. But this moment may be a touch too soon. I hope not!

You know, that economic bullsh_t theory when all the wealth gains started going to the richest, the unions being destroyed starting with Reagan breaking the Air Traffic Controllers union, and on and on. It continued under Daddy Bush, was halted under Clinton for a while with the dot com boom, then resumed with the PNAC plotting and Cheney/Bush.

From the '80s to the destruction wrought by Cheney and Bush is indeed a decades-long span.

- NAFTA
- Welfare "reform"
- 94 crime bill and mass incarceration
- Big deregulation of financial sector (and media)
- Near agreement with Gingrich on partial social security privatization

All fit seamlessly with the neoliberal economic turn since Reagan (since before Reagan, but obviously from 1981).

What was good about the '90s was everybody was working as the economy boomed. I lived in NYC then and when I'd ride the subway on my commute home I'd see young people of color in FEDEX and UPS uniforms riding home too because there was so much commerce.

I mean everybody was working.

which is what we are seeing play out now on both sides.

If these people really cared about left wing issues they would have been trumpeting them way before now. They want the 08 model of telling people what they want to hear and then running back to lobbyists after the election. It's not going to work this time, and they will lose the presidency.

If she doesn't follow through on them after the election because she doesn't really believe in them, that's OK. My guess is Cummings is hearing from older Hillary supporters who are talking about their kids who are Bernie supporters pressuring them because Bernie is better on the issues.

I like his ideas and what he stands for but I'm endorsing the person that doesn't share these values. What the fuck is that?

He can't tell who is better for this country. He has the nerve to think that Hillary Coattails can be more like Bernie and we'll vote for her.

It may work for him, but who cares about him. He's made his money too.

Talk is cheap. Bernie has the record. Any of Bernie's issues HRC chooses to "embrace" at this point are for decoration and political points only.

saying as much...

as one pundit that covers DC said-"Bernie is not a nice guy"

desmiller <---- This guy.



You got taste.

SuperPACs, oil & gas, commercial banks, etc. That's no surprise tbh.

Someone like Bernie Sanders. More than anything I am grateful that I finally at last see that the loyalty of the elected democrats and leaders is to that party. not the people. I think that was the last thread holding me to them. I really thought that somewhere inside they gave a fuck about the people.

and not in a good way except its shown all thoe who are only truly out for themselves.

How the fuck can any thinking person say any of that shit . I'm disgusted with him and the whole fucking lot. An endorsement? I understand that but to ask her to talk like Bernie when Bernie is running is way the hell out of line. These people are burning bridges.

we arent in the club, and they know this is the estsblishments last gasp at power which will soon be overtaken by the peoples revolution. they are going to snatch evey last corrupt dollar they can get.

when you're President do your own thing.

I'm from Maryland, so I've watched Cummings' work for a long time.

The Clintons have subverted a lot of previously good people. Done is done though, when I see a tell I know better than to doubt it.

after clinton's superpredator remakrs.her husband going off on BLM,and the swiftboating of bernie he endorses clinton but says she should embrace bernie's issues

2016 has made clear a lot of black leaders in elected office don't really care about civil rights and issues like BLM.only the corporate
money.

another fake progressive like al Franken and Sherrod Brown.

What a load.