After yesterdays vote Bernie was handed his ass to him by the machine of the Clinton’s…..many think that he should bow out gracefully (mostly the liar’s supporters) but he has said he will soldier on (good choice)…..but what will he be fighting for it not the nomination?
Bernie Sanders isn’t giving up the fight after Tuesday’s primary results—but there may be a shift in what he’s fighting for. In what Vox describes as “a major hint that the race is over” and a “savvy, classy way” to start winding down his campaign, Sanders issued a statement Tuesday night saying he is looking forward to “issue-oriented campaigns in the 14 contests” to come and that he plans to go to the Democratic convention with “as many delegates as possible to fight for a progressive party platform.” Clinton won four out of five states and her delegate haul puts her 90% of the way to the nomination, according to the AP, leaving Sanders little chance of winning, even with his surprise victory in Rhode Island.
Sanders plans to “reassess his candidacy” Wednesday, according to the New York Times, and chief strategist Tad Devine says there will definitely be “adjustments” if it turns out there is no mathematical route to the nomination. The thing “to watch now is whether Sanders tempers his rhetoric against Clinton, a tacit acknowledgement that the math is close to conclusive, or whether he keeps going at her hammer and tongs,” writes Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post. Politico notes that in her victory speech Tuesday night, Clinton praised Sanders, listed the policy priorities she shares with him, and urged his supporters to unite behind her. “There’s much more that unites us than divides us,” she said.
I think he should continue the fight, at least for now, but to have Hillary’s word that she will push a progressive agenda to get his support is a f*cking LIE!
Once she gets the nomination she will forget all about the “promises” she has made….why? She does not have to follow them for she will be the next president…especially if she runs against the paranoid tool of the idiotic Right, Trump.
Bernie needs to tell Clinton to piss off and take his support into the election as a Progressive Party candidate…..screw the cowards in the Democratic Party.
He is but a small voice crying out in the wilderness …
Actually his voice is a bit larger than small….I think he can be more of a presence than most people want to say…
A rasping little man with a dream bigger than ever he could have been. Al Smith-like.
More like Alan West if we use your analogy…
I’ll pass on commenting on this extensively, since I’m firmly convinced none of it makes any difference, or, any sense at all. Not a single candidate on either side, Sanders included, is anything other than a narcissistic sociopath. I’m sorry, but, no matter how he talks, Bernie was a billionaire BEFORE he went into politics. To me, that is not a recommendation of his honesty, or his personal motivation, for nobody makes a billion dollars by being a nice guy…. The socialism he speaks of will disappear once he is in office just like the Pillory’s will. None of them, Republican or Democrat, is in this for OUR benefit. We’d all be wise to remember that.
gigoid, the dubious
I think it’s really important that Bernie gets his delegates to the convention – they can have a major influence on the Democratic platform and rule making even if he loses the nomination.
I tend to agree…but I would like to know what those demands may be….thanx for the visit and please come again….chuq
The political revolution will continue even if Hillary gains the Presidency. With Bernicrats filling Congress, Sanders may actually be the one running the country… so to speak.