Sanders' Quest for Superdelegates Loses One After Virgin Island Official Flips to Clinton

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: Bloomberg

Bernie Sanders is trying to persuade Democratic Party superdelegates backing Hillary Clinton to flip their allegiance as a last-ditch bid for the nomination, but one Sanders supporter is going the other way.

Emmett Hansen II, the Democratic National Committeeman for the U.S. Virgin Islands, decided to shift his support to Clinton after a weekend briefing on her plans for U.S. territories that followed months of dissatisfaction with Sanders’ lack of concrete positions.

His reasons go right to the heart of Clinton's critique of the Sanders campaign. Hansen said that while he’s a believer in sweeping change, he also wants to get things done.

“There are no more windmills to joust against and no more mountains to climb,” said Hansen, a native of St. Croix who was on the Sanders campaign's list of publicly committed superdelegate supporters. “It comes down to one thing: what’s best for the Virgin Islands, to be fully incorporated into the United States.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-17/sanders-quest-for-superdelegates-loses-one-after-virgin-island-official-flips-to-clinton

[beastie boy]

1. His karma just ran over his dogma.

[Kingofalldems]

2. She cheated again!!!11!!

Bill Clinton talked to someone in line!!

Sarcasm.

[mahannah]

3. I've never understood the role of U.S. territories

[turbinetree]

4. Currently think low wages ---------------------

and has a caveat outpost for some bases

[SunSeeker]

5. "There are no more windmills to joust..."

[retrowire]

6. Such courage. nt

[RealAmericanDem]

7. Lot more supers will follow that lead after California.

[mdbl]

8. will this all be up to the POTUS?

Who makes the decisions on fully incorporating the Virgin Islands. I am asking because I really don't know.

[Scootaloo]

11. No, it's entirely up to Congress

And Congress has been killing Puerto Rican statehood in comittee for years now, even after the Puerto Ricans voted in favor of union back in 2012.

So if Mr. Hansen really thinks Hillary Clinton can just grant statehood.. .well...

[baldguy]

9. Cue the death threats...

[Scootaloo]

12. Don't forget to include your return address on the envelope, Baldguy n/t

[baldguy]

13. Sorry, the death threats are only coming from BS supporters. Of which I am not one.

It's getting more & more difficult to tell the difference between Sanders fans and Trump fans.

[Scootaloo]

14. Funny, I feel the same about Clinton and Trump fans

[baldguy]

15. Really? How many times do we see Sanders fans shouting "Drop out, Hillary!"?

or that the Democratic primaries are rigged?



or that Clinton is unqualified?



The fact is that Sanders and Trump are now more alike than not, tag-teaming the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, using the same rhetoric, using the same violent tactics, & using the same talking points.

[Scootaloo]

16. I see Clinton's swarms demanding that of Sanders all the time

Nice to see you follow Trump's twitter account though. Your life will be the same no matter who wins, how nice for you.

[baldguy]

17. Yeah, but when they do it they're not parroting Trump.

Or is Trump parroting Sanders? See, there's really no difference between the two. And if either of them wins, America & the Democratic Party - along with the great majority of people - loses.

Meanwhile, Clinton is her own person. And Madam President will be great for the country, as you well know.

[Scootaloo]

18. And what, exactly, is Clinton's plan to, er, "make America great again"?

[baldguy]

19. "Again"? Who said again? America is doing well under Obama, though we need to do better.

And Clinton will continue his policies, unlike Sanders or Trump.

[Scootaloo]

20. So she's her own person, but the answer to questions about her policies is "Whatever Obama did!"?

Maybe you can give me some specifics. Clinton-specific specifics.

[riversedge]

21. Look in gd-p.You will find them easily

[Geronimoe]

10. Who best will butter his biscuits?