Bernie needs to do the right thing and suspend his campaign.

[madaboutharry]

From this day forward remaining in the race is disingenuous. Arithmetic is unforgiving. He can not win and each day he stays solidifies an image of an angry, stubborn, and bitter man. It does no one any good, including himself. It will most certainly damage whatever tenuous relationships he has in the Senate. And most importantly, it hurts the democrats going into the general election. He and Jane need to face it.

[IamMab]

1. I suspect the Revolution Media posters will be out in force tonight, calling for more donations...

...regardless of the cemented reality of the remainder of the primary.

[CrowCityDem]

2. Yup. Continuing on would be nothing but egotism.

[UtahLib]

3. Not holding my breath. eom

[StevieM]

4. I disagree. He should stay in but he should avoid making negative attacks against Hillary.

Let's give all the voters a chance to hear from the candidates and then cast their ballots.

The important thing is that the race should no longer involved either of the candidates attacking each other.

[William769]

10. Sorry but you are wrong.

Sanders now has no chance of winning, when that happened to Hillary she did the right thing and gave to President Obama.

Know when to hold them & know when to fold them.

[StevieM]

12. I just gave my opinion, William. But I agree that Clinton staying in later in 2008 is not comparable

to Sanders in this campaign.

In 2008 it had not yet been firmly established that pledged delegates were to be treated as comparable to electoral votes, with super delegates as, essentially, honored guests. That race set a new precedent, one that both candidates entered this race being fully aware of.

My main concern is that Bernie not attack her on the campaign trail and that he not stay in all the way to the convention. I hope that he will exit no later than June 14, when the final votes are cast in the DC primary.

[William769]

13. In my opinion Sanders is going to try to start a fight at the convention.

He is definitely listening to the wrong people.

There comes a time when you have to put the party first to ensure a win in the general election. But then again he has never been a part of our party till he decided to run for President. He has done nothing but put a stain on our party and I for one will be glad when he declares himself a Independent again (and yes he is going to).

He had a chance to get his message out and he did but he couldn't back up what he was selling. That's why he is in a tailspin.

And yes this is my opinion.

[NurseJackie]

5. Too much pride. Too much vanity.

"Let me just say this. When we started this campaign we were at 3%..."

[KitSileya]

19. And a refusal to acknowledge that if the Dems had said no to him,

He would still be at 3%, like Jill Stein and her ilk. Being allowed to join the Democratic primary process made it possible for him to reach a much wider audience than he would have otherwise. So his claims that the DNC has been unfair to him are like a stranded tourist complaining about the quality of the bed linens and the water pressure in the shower when the locals take him in and lets him stay free of charge. His alternative would be a park bench.

[Her Sister]

6. From 538 election live blog

CARL BIALIK 9:16 PM

In his speech tonight, Sanders cited his strength in hypothetical general-election polls. He’s right: He does beat all three Republican candidates in head-to-head matchups, according to the polls. But there are plenty of reasons to think those polls overstate Sanders’s general-election prospects: They’re based on an unrealistic scenario in which votes are cast today, before any Republican attacks on Sanders. Similarly, there’s reason to doubt Kasich’s lead in head-to-head polls against Clinton: He hasn’t gotten much negative attention from Democrats. Clinton leads comfortably against Cruz and Trump; she has led in the last 48 polls HuffPost Pollster has collected pitting her against Trump.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/april-26-primaries-presidential-election-2016/

[beachbum bob]

7. No reason to keep demanding Bernie to quit

Hillary in 2008 faced same obstacles didn't quit...

[madaboutharry]

8. The 2008 numbers were much closer.

Hillary spoke about it yesterday.

[William769]

11. Oy vey.

[spooky3]

9. And worse, IMHO, it reveals him to be someone NOT concerned about the well-being

of the average American. He should be thinking foremost about how to prevent a Trump victory.

[Haveadream]

16. I think this is the most important point

Thank you.

He is now hurting Americans by continuing a campaign that makes a Trump or Republican Presidency all the more possible. His speech tonight showed zero insight or awareness of the bigger picture. A picture that is larger than his vanity. This is a massive turning point and if he doesn't take it properly, we should hold him responsible for tremendous damage. He has careened into territory that puts everyone at risk.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. He'd have to suspend his ego first.

[pandr32]

15. I agree

[still_one]

17. I can understand where he will want to take it thru for the convention for the sake of his

supporters, and I don't have a problem with that.

I do have a problem though if he continues with the Hillary bashing, because then he is simply trying to hurt her in the general election, and then as you said, he will end up with an image of an angry, stubborn, and bitter man.

[DemonGoddess]

18. EXACTLY n/t