2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy Bernie Won't Quit
In case you were wondering:
Back at the podium in downtown Oakland, Sanders says, My point is that what seems impossible today, in fact happens when millions of people demand that it happens So on June 7th, let us together create the largest voter turnout in Democratic primary history in California. And let this great state, one of the most progressive states in the country, go on record as saying. Yes, lets go forward with the political revolution.
Sanders and his supporters know that they have not just defied expectations with their caucus and primary victories, message of economic justice, and grassroots fundraising and organizing, but that they have altered and shaped the national political narrative in 2016. They know they are heading to the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia in unprecedented numberswith forty-something percent or more of the pledged delegatesand most of the under-45 vote, representing the partys and nations future.
The future of the Democratic Party and the nation. Two great reasons to vote Bernie.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/sanders-explains-why-he-keeps-going-and-may-just-win-california-tuesday
metroins
(2,550 posts)If he wanted to send a message, he should've done it in OH, FL, GA, VA, NV, PA
Primarily FL or OH.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Meteor Man
(385 posts)is the finish line. Nobody has been defeated until the delegates vote. Because those are the rules.
qdouble
(891 posts)Meteor Man
(385 posts)Only the results of the tabulated votes at the convention determine who the nominee is.
qdouble
(891 posts)If you are praying for some extremely improbable event, that's fine...but that doesn't mean everyone else should pretend it's not obvious who will be the official nominee.
onenote
(42,715 posts)After all, election day is the finish line and no one has been defeated until the voters vote. Because those are the rules.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Meteor Man
(385 posts)that is non-revocable.
Gomez163
(2,039 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)K&R
brooklynite
(94,602 posts)...why would he start now?
Meteor Man
(385 posts)Time will tell.
bvf
(6,604 posts)He's a man of his word, and it gives the ever-rightward-leaning estabishment conniptions.
Reason enough (among many) to support him.