Everyone reasonable who supported him is already #withHER. The remaining small percentage of folks who will never vote for "the establishment" he sought so hard to demonize are not worth going after. Sanders should be hammering home the huge differences between the parties, instead of patting himself on the back. It's unseemly.

And you insulting Bernie is going to ensure those who don't want to support Hillary will Not support Hillary. Her supporters' behavior is frequently mentioned as reasons why some Bernie or bust Democrats wont reunite with the party.

Keep hammering away at Bernie and you will see even more Democrats drifting away.

If they can't be bothered to a) separate the candidate from her supporters and b) understand the difference between Trump and Clinton, they were never going to vote for Clinton anyway.

It's just a convenient excuse. Luckily, they're a very small minority.

Engaging more likely voters. Your inaccurate interpretation of my post and subsequent hot headed response is indicative of the sort of entrenched anger I don't think sanders can do a damned thing about. He opened a can of worms and fifteen percent bolted and it's time to move on. Total waste of time to try and woo the perpetually angry ones. Bad strategy to keep making it about his campaign- because it is not. Could get embarrassing.

They can reject her for shits and giggles. This includes the farters, the green shirter planning to walk out or turn their backs and the ones who'll make fools of themselves calling her bi*ch and worse. Waste of time.

... just that you won't be baited into playing that game, or flattering their vanities.

I'm optimistic that they'll eventually come around and rally behind our party's nominee.

Democratic voters I would presume. And I'd also presume you are referring to yourself.

So what exactly do those of you that still insist that he stop trying to push his platform want him to shut up about? Would you prefer a lower minimum wage? Maybe withdraw the public option?..a platform policy that may never have happened without Bernies fight for single payer. Anything else?

In fact it wasn't just a "small percentage of folks". The last polling done of Democrats before Hillary clinched the delegate vote was 46% for Bernie and his platform. If you think ignoring that large a segment of Democrats is a wise thing to do then I'd say you in fact are part of a small percentage of folks. Because I also think most Hillary supporters also agree on these progressive issues as well.

And please stop with the "patting himself on the back" nonsense. He has never campaigned like that.

And 810 of that 35 % is now with her- small percentage. I just think Sanders would do better if he stopped talking about his own campaign to his own holdouts. Too many hate Dems, it's time to get past that and work to convince undecideds and you don't do that by addressing only your supporters.

A small percentage, but could be significant in the swing states.

6.8% of democratic voters could equal a 2% share which could be significant in swing states.

Had them. That you need to rewrite the story to tell yourself it wasn't a big win is pointless.
I'm just saying many many people haven't been thinking about it yet and that's who Sanders should be courting. Every One else either understands the difference between Dems and GOP or has been convinced by ratfuckers that we are all the same. Those people are a waste of time. They may tweet and Redddit all day long but they are telling us already never Hillary. I choose to respect that and move on. Bernie should too.

Go ahead and describe Hillary's victory as a "big win". But the facts are that she had just over 50%, at best, of Democratic voters at the end of the campaign, with the other half favouring Bernies more progressive platform. Because she gathered the majority of delegates early on and won by a good lead in delegates had nothing to do with the actual split in support between her and Sanders at the end of the campaign. And surely you can see that present day numbers are more important than a year ago when a lot of Democrats either didn't know much about Bernie, or assumed he was going to be an also-ran.

Independents, or "undecides", by a large margin supported Bernie. Do I have to post another link for you? It had been established in poll after poll. Some are idiots of course and will now vote for Trump. But there are also many that were enllightened by Bernie's message and can be persuaded to vote Democrat if they see Hillary making the attempt to listen to Bernie's concerns. To stereotype and dismiss all those "undecides" as a lost cause and a 'waste of time' is not a winning strategy.

The voters Bernie has influence with are people on the left.

Those are the people he is trying to persuade.

It would be pointless for him to try to appeal to Republican voters.

And frankly, it sounds like it is way too important to you to get Bernie to declare his campaign a failure.

He isn't going to be the nominee, but it was worth having him run, and no bad came of him running.

Just seems like a waste of time to me.

I realize how hard it is now for you to stop....

but maybe you need to read the new TOS again.

This reads like constructive criticism, to me. The poster is criticizing his approach, not him as a person.

Your hypersensitivity to any criticism at ALL is unseemly. Sanders IS capable of making blunders, you know.

...primary supporters who are now willing to vote for HRC.

It's really a good thing if you want HRC elected.

It's not just the Bernie or Bust types who need to hear this type of message now and often until the GE.

Watch and learn. We are about to overthrow the Republican congress.

If congress gets overthrown it's down to the amazing GOTV and fund raising that's been going on for nine months. Learn what?

And that the millions of people who supported Bernie made a difference in what the party stands for.

That is the best thing he can do.

The only votes we can switch to HRC are either undecided voters(a trivially small number this year)or that sector of Bernie's supporters who are still not reconciled to HRC(but who could be with a positive message). No one backing Trump now can be made to change their minds between now and November, and no significant number of "moderate Republicans&quot a group that actually doesn't exist in real life)will ever actually break from supporting their own party's ticket. Republicans don't defect on priciple.

He will be hammering home the differences that now exist since his primary language was adopted in many areas.

together which now includes free tuition at public colleges and universities for working families.

and Dems downticket, too, in order to achieve any progressive reforms.

A congress and or house to support this. As we have been told....

and any other progressives in Congress.

How did you develop it? The devil is in the details, would love to hear how this went down. Were you in on the negotiation's and all the planning that went into it? What was Hillary's input into these negotiations? TIA!

having read it..most people don't.

Where did you get that?

are you looking to get into an argument with me? if so..just move along...Most understand that this is a stark departure from the initially offered plan. And that it does not offer the ones in our society that need it the most, those with parents who are unemployed.

it very much comes across that you feel the need to "win" another argument. I just pointed something out in the main article that most people might have not seen.

The students who won't benefit are the ones from families with high incomes -- not those with moderate, low, and no incomes.

that is out there. Unlike other people I don't have the insider details of plans like this. If we were to assume you were right, why wouldn't this be public knowledge or worded in a way that would reflect that? Nevermind, don't answer that...

incomes under $85K, and eventually rising to $125K.

Zero income is clearly under $85K. I don't know why anyone would find that hard to understand.

there is no mention of anything like that. This is what the article says:

Hillary Clinton released a debt free college plan that we developed together which now includes free tuition at public colleges and universities for working families. This was a major part of our campaign's agenda and a proposal that, if enacted into law, would revolutionize higher education in this country.

instead of looking at the numerous other articles that were more specific about the education plan?

Instead, you jumped to the worst possible (and incorrect) conclusion -- that the students in the most disadvantaged families would be left out.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-most-progressive-democratic-platform-ever/2016/07/12/82525ab0-479b-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html

Sanders’s most notable impact has been in driving elements of an expanded economic bill of rights into the platform. On education, Democrats committed to tuition-free education at in-state public colleges and universities for all those making under $125,000 a year. Sanders praised the Clinton shift as a “very bold initiative,” even if it didn’t embrace his call for making college free for all.

So you win again..thank you for pointing the other article out. I did not see that one.

that explains the specifics of the education proposal.

silly me.....You win!

This message to his supporters sets just the right tone and exhorts them to work together with other Democrats to elect HRC.

But I guess if you aren't an original Bernie supporter, this may be the first time some of you are seeing it. Just sayin, it's not new.

and that would make a real difference.

Good grief, the convention hasn't happened yet.

if people choose to make it.

Nicely done Senator!

Thank you, Bernie! Go for it! GOTV!

some of his supporters ... not so much.