Bernie Needs More Than Just Your Vote

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What Bernie really needs you to do is get involved, and that involvement can’t end with your vote in the caucus or primary in your state.

The Democratic Party establishment will fight for every delegate, and in many states they can steal a win from the jaws of defeat. They know the rules and how they can be manipulated. For Hillary Clinton, the establishment’s candidate, to win, she only needs to keep the scoreclose. Her supporters can manipulate the delegate selection process to add delegates she didn’t earn. For Bernie to win, he has to win big. The party establishment is not lining up behind him. They will not give him that uncommitted delegate like they will for Clinton. The super delegates will put Hillary over the the top, not Bernie, in a close race.

The super delegates will follow the vote, if it is clearly in Sanders’s favor. But if it is close they will rally behind the candidate they know they have the most influence over. Some of you are surprised when politicians like Sherrod Brown and others come out for Hillary Clinton and not Bernie. It doesn’t surprise me … Senator Brown, while better than most, owes his electoral victories to the state party machine. He raises money from the same establishment sources. So when the lobbying and arm twisting begin, it is coming from people with ties to Hillary Clinton. Bernie supporters may have tried to convince their party officials to back Bernie, but how many of them wrote big checks during the last election cycle? So don’t be surprised if Elizabeth Warren decides she has held out long enough but decides it’s time to cash in on every promise Hillary Clinton’s camp is making. Bernie has to show that he can win before Warren will see it as a wise political move to endorse him.

That’s where we are with the unions … Labor leaders are afraid they will lose their seat at the table if they back Bernie and the Clinton machine wins. Fear is a tool of the Clintons and the establishment.