That doesn't mean drop out. Then the President can campaign for her and his political capital will count for something at the convention.

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and he needs to serve a greater truth - the truth of a generally progressive agenda against the right-wing extremists in the GOP.

or in any other country? All politics work on the basis of coalitions (in many European countries it takes the form of party coalitions after elections; in the US winner-takes-all system the coalition by necessity happens before elections). That is the nature of democracy. Not everyone will agree with you, whether you like it or not, so if you want to get some of what you want, you need to take the hands of some of the people who don't agree 100% with you. In short, if you want to get some of your agenda passed, you have to form a coalition with others. The Democratic Party has in the modern era been a coalition of progressives, liberal-minded capitalists, minorities, women, gays, etc. - in other words, people who to a greater or lesser extent support various causes on the progressive side of the spectrum (greater governmental involvement with alleviation of poverty or racial justice, less involvement with personal stuff). The GOP on the other hand has been a coalition of racists, super-capitalists, social conservatives, and tax-fearing rich people - in short, people who favor causes on the conservative side of the spectrum (greater involvement with personal stuff, less with money stuff). Those coalitions might shift every once in a while, but as a whole. standing on the sidelines complaining that the more progressive coalition is not good enough will get you nothing, and it will only help the conservative coalition.

It's that simple.

Hillary is completely qualified to be President. There's no one else who can hold a candle to her.

It's time for Bernie to think of the country and not himself. I believe he will do the right thing.

Haven't heard anything along those lines in some time.

No one trusts her ability to make any decisions.

She is also a world class fibber-McGee

"No one"? You speak for everyone??? I don't think so.

Tell that to the millions of people who have voted for her. I'm sure they will all be very interested in YOUR assessment of the situation.

"No one"? You speak for everyone??? I don't think so.

Tell that to the millions of people who have voted for her. I'm sure they will all be very interested in YOUR assessment of the situation.

Win or lose, the issues he and his supporters have raised, need to be addressed!

get to pick the platform.

If the Democratic party becomes the type of organization where 'winners' by a few delegates, crush the opposition, then it ceases to be a 'democratic' party in anything but name only!

Oh, your gloating may be premature: We're not going away. Bernie's supporters will be working to change the party from the bottom up.

preferred image, then you get to call the shots.

So, instead of calling Sanders folks LOSERs perhaps you should consider that without US your precious does not stand a snowballs chance in hell.

Indies. Excited people tend to get un-excited very easily. What I believe (and what polling seems to show) is that most Independents given the choice between a President Clinton and a President Trump will vote in their own best interest and vote for Hillary.

Check the FEC filings--it was nearly three million in March.

Tad wants Bernie to stay in, so he can siphon off that money, give work to his firm, making all those ads that don't get people to the polls.

Sanders spent NINE BUCKS a vote in NY.

Those are Romneyesque numbers.

He's not getting good advice from either Tad or Jeff. And it's obvious, too.

billed the campaign for $2,200,000.? These bozos are on the gravy train and they intend to ride it to the bitter end.

Hell, Clinton paid three bucks and I thought that was a lot.

Nine bucks, though? That's Romneyesque!

BS is not being well-served. There's a reason why Devine has never been on a winning campaign, since way back to Carter II. He's bad news. If you don't want to win, hire him.

They're backing water as fast as possible. But the waterfall just keeps getting closer. Time to throw out the anchor or call for a rescue, I think.

He doesn't want to burn his bridges. I can't blame the guy.

And he's not new--I don't know what he was thinking

I think Sanders was given poor advice and could have had a much better showing.

I still run into people who don't even know where he came from or who he is.

There is no reassessment - and they are in til the convention.

I don't think he would lie about something like this. Jane Sanders seemed disturbed about it.

Could be a rift in the campaign staff.

My guess is that Devine wants to pull back and focus on campaigning on issues only and Sanders prefers full steam ahead.

But, who knows?

Bernie will lead it - I really don't see Clinton's "unity" happening; his voters want nothing to do with Clinton/corporate corruption.

Go pout in the corner then.

But I'd wager that most of Bernie's supporters will vote for Clinton. DU is a bit of a bubble in that a large number of members are quite liberal. However, 70% of the Dem party are moderates and conservatives (so-called Blue dog Democrats). And I'd bet that most independents will in the end vote Clinton after they've had months of exposure to what Trump would be like as president.

and there is a growing number who think a Trump victory might wipe out both establishments, and that it might be better in the long run. We'll see...

Take all that together and you come away with pretty clear evidence that over the course of the Democratic primary young voters have become more attached to progressive politics and the Democratic party. One read of this is that the primary process itself - as divisive as it has sometimes seemed - has deepened young voters' identification with the Democratic party.

or who wants anything to do with a party they've already left.

We'll have to wait and see what happens.

We didn't leave the party. "Party loyalty should be reciprocal. Not simply a lesser evil calculus."
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/why_i_say_bernie_or_bust_if_sanders_isnt_the_democratic_nominee_his_backers_should_by_no_means_pull_the_lever_for_hillary_clinton/

Hillary will not end the ACA, but I guarantee Trump or Cruz will.

Hillary is not going to end pro-choice rights, but I guarantee Trump or Cruz will.

Hillary is not going to appoint another Scalia, but I guarantee Trump or Cruz will.

I don't understand the hatred against Hillary. I'm a Hillary supporter, but I don't hate Bernie. I'd vote for him if he won the nomination, and I'd do it cheerfully.

So all of you who want to cut off your noses to spite your face, go ahead. Most Democratic voters will vote as mature adults and not as pouting children who didn't get their way.

Utterly appalled at what I've been reading here lately.

If Bernie has somehow influenced his supporters to act in this way - to threaten to vote Trump or not vote at all - then he has given our party an egregious insult. He was welcomed into the Democratic party, despite NEVER having been a Democrat; in fact, he has spoken AGAINST the Democratic party on occasion.

If Bernie Sanders is of the same mind as his supporters here on DU, then I say that is just shameful.

in 2019.

More like annoyed that such a question was posed to her. I thought it was a sincere and human reaction.

There is no contradiction between JS and TD. Both say they are in til the convention. According to the text of the OP, TD is saying they may reassess exactly what they will be doing between now and the convention, but he is not suggesting they will not be in til the convention.

Never say die.

CA won't be cheap, and it's over a month away.

What class

A class is someplace where you learn, and you're learning all about delegate math this evening. So thank you.

Bet you earned an A+ from Mr. Brock in that skill set

And yet cwydro keeps saying that people aren't calling me a paid shill. ooooo-k.

This is just tiresome. I'm basically just going to ignore anyone that whips out the paid shill thing, starting with cwydro and you.

Too bad for the universe.

As a Bernie supporter in New Mexico, I want him to stay in the race until the end because I think every voter should have their say, even if it's symbolic. I would be opposed to Bernie contesting the convention because we need to be unified by then. After tonight I think he should basically lay off Clinton and just stick to his positive economic message and thwo in some jabs against Republicans while he's at it .

My only concern is money. I don't want Hillary to have to spend a lot of money to keep campaigning in the primary when that money could be used to defeat Trump in November.

Otherwise, I am in favour of Bernie staying in until the end, simply for the unifying factor. Sure, there will still be posters on DU claiming it's a fix, but most reasonable people will recognise that Bernie had every chance at a bite at the apple and just couldn't get the votes. That will help to unify the party for the GE.