Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch

[Iamaartist]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/us/politics/bernie-sanderss-campaign-accuses-head-of-dnc-of-favoritism.html?ref=politics&_r=1


Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Senator Bernie Sanders is opening a two-month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California and amassing enough leverage to advance his agenda at the convention in July — or even wrest the nomination from her.

Advisers to Mr. Sanders said on Wednesday that he was newly resolved to remain in the race, seeing an aggressive campaign as his only chance to pressure Democrats into making fundamental changes to how presidential primaries and debates are held in the future. They said he also held out hope of capitalizing on any late stumbles by Mrs. Clinton or any damage to her candidacy, whether by scandal or by the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump.

After sounding subdued if not downbeat about the race for weeks, Mr. Sanders resumed a combative posture against Mrs. Clinton, demanding on Wednesday that she debate him before the June 7 primary in California and highlighting anew what he asserted were her weaknesses against Mr. Trump.

Mr. Sanders, his advisers said, has been buoyed by a stream of polls showing him beating Mr. Trump by larger margins than Mrs. Clinton in some battleground states, and by his belief that an upset victory in California could have a psychological impact on convention delegates who already have doubts about Mrs. Clinton.

But his newly resolute attitude is also the cumulative result of months of anger at the national Democratic Party over a debate schedule that his campaign said favored Mrs. Clinton; a fund-raising arrangement between the party and the Clinton campaign; the appointment of fierce Clinton partisans as leaders of important convention committees; and the party’s rebuke of Mr. Sanders on Tuesday for not clearly condemning a melee at the Nevada Democratic convention on Saturday

While Mr. Sanders says he does not want Mr. Trump to win in November, his advisers and allies say he is willing to do some harm to Mrs. Clinton in the shorter term if it means he can capture a majority of the 475 pledged delegates at stake in California and arrive at the Philadelphia convention with maximum political power.

Tad Devine, a senior adviser to Mr. Sanders, said the campaign did not think its attacks would help Mr. Trump in the long run, but added that the senator’s team was “not thinking about” the possibility that they could help derail Mrs. Clinton from becoming the first woman elected president.


longer article ..........

lets hope his money runs out before

[liberal N proud]

1. This needs to be repeated and made known

Bernie Sanders is only in it to hurt Hillary Clinton's chances in November.

I would bet he has a plan for post convention as well.

[Iamaartist]

2. I agree I think he has been from day one....

[CrowCityDem]

3. I posted this too. It's disgusting.

[caquillo]

4. This is dusgusting

"They said he also held out hope of capitalizing on any late stumbles by Mrs. Clinton or any damage to her candidacy, whether by scandal or by the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump."

Also, as Susan Sarandon hinted at a couple weeks back, they're hoping that Hillary comes down with an illness that would force her to drop out. These people are vile.

[Iamaartist]

8. I agree very dusgusting I heard that to.....

[stopbush]

5. The arrogance Sanders is displaying is appalling.

He believes he knows better than everyone else, that he's the only person who knows what the country needs, and he's going to prove it even if it means damaging a political party and losing a very winnable election in the process. While he's at it, he's looking to harm the down-ticket races as well, by preaching that the DNC is corrupt - so its candidates must also be corupt.

Sanders is at heart an anarchist. It's at the point where the DNC has to marginalize him at every level to check the damage he has already done, not to mention the addition damage he has promised to inflict on the Party.

[musicman65]

6. It is his time to go

We all have had about enough of him,so bye-bye bernie.
You have overstayed your welcome if you had one to begin with.

[Iamaartist]

7. Very nice statement.....

[SaschaHM]

9. No wonder...

he's trying to get a debate on fox news after they went all in for Donald Trump. He knows that he has nothing to lose while Fox actively tries to tank her.

[eastwestdem]

10. It's time for the power of the Democratic party to come down on this little guy.

You know they are talking about it.