The Sooner Bernie Sanders Ends His Campaign, the Better

[Walk away]

Hillary Clinton needs to win just 17 percent of the remaining uncommitted delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination. At this point, arguments about Bernie Sanders’s platform, his movement, or his purported electability are irrelevant; he will not be the Democratic nominee for president. Sanders must know this, but he has declared he will contest Clinton’s nomination up to the party’s nominating convention in July.

It is Sanders’s prerogative to remain in the race. But exercising that prerogative makes it easier for mega-wealthy conservatives to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to lethally bludgeon both Clinton’s candidacy and the progressive agenda to which Sanders has devoted his career. This is not solely about combating the grave threat of a Donald Trump presidency. It is also about the potential of a Democratic landslide and the progressive achievements that could follow, which is an opportunity too rare and precious to squander. The best way for Sanders to advance the progressive cause is to end his campaign and unabashedly ask his supporters to join him in helping to elect Hillary Clinton.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/133397/sooner-bernie-sanders-ends-campaign-better

[CrowCityDem]

1. Staying in WOULD have been ok...

if he had changed his focus to Trump, and stopped attacking Hillary and the DNC. He didn't. The fact that he's still at it is why, now that there is a defined opponent, his quixotic quest to overturn the results of the primaries is no longer cute. He does need to get out, so we can start running the general election without him yelling in the background about being disrespected.

[William769]

4. Exactly.

[Cha]

10. Excellent points, CrowCityDem! Hillary's won in spite of what burnie says and he's just

gratuitously bashing her for his smug ego and donations. He's disingenuously making money off of Hillary.

[Iliyah]

2. He will not. Some of his supporters truly believe he can overtake HRC in the

pledged delegates, and he cannot. He and his supporters will continue to attack her and shout down her supporters.

[misterhighwasted]

14. When he's forced out in July, he will hand his Hate Hillary campaign over to Trump

Its all about the "boys club", afterall.

[yallerdawg]

3. A LOT of good points in that article!

[IamMab]

5. In BernieWorld, they've flipped those digits and are claiming she needs 71%. ROFL

I saw it on one of those endless scroll pages covered in GIANT TEXT explaining why it's never over and Bernie is The Chosen One.

[liberal N proud]

6. He is proving that he could never be a Democrat

Bernie Sanders is a grumpy old man who is going to make everyone miserable because he can't get his way.

[BootinUp]

7. Carville's saying at the end is hilarious.

Someone needs to hand deliver this article to Bernie.

[sheshe2]

8. KnR

[Cha]

9. sanders:"'Extremely undemocratic' to call Clinton the nominee at this point"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1445416

Yeah, he's wants his fans to think those donations aren't going to waste.

Great points.. Mahalo, Walk away~ :

In 2012, while Mitt Romney and the other Republican candidates were expending resources to bash each other, Obama’s campaign methodically laid the foundation of a massive voter persuasion and get-out-the-vote effort. This required money and time, of course, but also the cooperation of the Democratic National Committee and state Democratic Party organizations, which only comes once a candidate is accepted as the presumptive nominee.

[TwilightZone]

12. But it's not extremely undemocratic to think the superdelegates should switch to him...

for reasons he can't quite explain other than "But, I'm so electable".

[Cha]

13. Another Excellent point, TZ.. why didn't I think of that?!

"But it's not extremely undemocratic to think the superdelegates should switch to him..

for reasons he can't quite explain other than "But, I'm so electable".


Aaron Booth ??@ActorAaronBooth
Another updated Delegate count after Chair & Vice Chair in Guam announce they will vote with #GuamCaucus winner.
4:56 AM - 7 May 2016
9 9 Retweets 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/05/07/president-obama-delivers-the-commencement-address-at-howard-university/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107127942#post38

Thank you!

[SaschaHM]

15. He seems to be under the impression that the remaining states matter more...

than the 40+ contests that came before. They don't. If Sanders weren't such a terrible candidate, maybe they could swing things in his favor. They can't and they won't.

[misterhighwasted]

16. haa. An independant, socialist who's voters prefer the fascist Trump,

over the Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Haaahaa . They share the same 1 demographic as well as hate-hillary cool bro slogans too.

Neither of them will defeat Hillary .

[Cha]

17. The conservative registered Democrats helping Sanders have helped him elsewhere, especially Oklahoma

Nate Cohn
✔ ??@Nate_Cohn
The conservative registered Democrats helping Sanders have helped him elsewhere, especially Oklahoma
2:12 PM - 10 May 2016 · Washington, DC, United States
114 114 Retweets 86 86 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/05/10/the-presidents-day-96/#comments

rob ?@SilentMars · 6h6 hours ago
@dr_stroud @Nate_Cohn no, these voters don't care either way about Sanders, they're just crossing over to mess with the D primary.
8 retweets 12 likes

Pretty Foot ?@PrettyFootWoman · 6h6 hours ago
@Nate_Cohn these voters are anti PBO and anti Hillary...will vote for Sanders or Trump...
0 retweets 3 likes

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/730188802279477248/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

mister~

[anotherproletariat]

11. He seems much more into stroking his own ego than seeing any progress in his movement

which would be absolutely stopped by a Trump presidency. He must know that he has no hope, but yet he continues to hurt Hillary's chances of gaining momentum before the convention. So wrong.