Hillary Clinton sent a very clear message to Bernie Sanders today: Enough is enough

[BootinUp]

Washington Post
By Chris Cillizza May 19 at 4:48 PM

Hillary Clinton has been waiting (relatively) patiently for Bernie Sanders to recognize the mathematical and political realities of his current situation and either end his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination or heavily scale back the rhetoric he has been using against her.

He has done neither. And in an interview Thursday with CNN, Clinton made clear that she's had enough.

Here's the key piece of what she said to CNN's Chris Cuomo:

I went all the way to the end against then-Senator Obama. I won nine out of the last 12 contests back in '08. I won Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia. So I know the intense feelings that arise, particularly among your supporters as you go toward the end. But we both were following the same rules just as both Senator Sanders and I are following the same rules, and I'm 3 million votes ahead of him and I have an insurmountable lead in pledge delegates and I'm confident that just as I did with Senator Obama, where I said, you know what? It was really close. Much closer. Much closer than it is between me and Senator Sanders right now.

The not-so-subtle message? Look, man, I've walked in your shoes. It sucks. But I did the right thing for the party. Time for you to do the same.

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[msongs]

1. the difference is that bernie cares not about "the party" except as a $$ source nt

[savalez]

2. His speech in Oregon

no doubt made her, and everyone else, realize that he's a liar.

[LAS14]

3. I think she was much more nuanced than that.

She's not about hardening the divisions, even though provoked.

[stopbush]

4. As the nominee, Hillary will have tremendous say over what happens at

the convention. Most likely she has veto power over anything proposed by the DNC. They are not going to force her to carry any water or adapt any policy that she doesn't want. The DNC will fall in line behind Hillary, not the other way around.

If Sanders had an ounce of sense, he would listen to and take Hillary's warning seriously. Otherwise he will find himself marginalized at the convention and in the Senate as well.

Losers don't get to dictate terms because - guess what? - they lost.

[displacedtexan]

5. Right. The presidential nominee

is the titular head of the party and remains such until the next nominee wins the next presidential primary. DWS is more like the COO, as opposed to the nominee who is like the CEO.

[SaschaHM]

7. I'm love this because we won't have to deal...

with a primetime speech from Jane Sanders, Nina Turner, Tulsi Gabbard, Shaun King, or anyone else who may have stumbled out of Bernie's surrogate clown car.

I expect Nina to be very vocal about the fact that she won't have a prime time speaking spot to re-re-launch her career.

[wisteria]

6. ++++1

[sheshe2]

8. KnR

Thanks BootinUp!

[Cha]

9. The not-so-subtle message? Look, man, I've walked in your shoes. It sucks. But I did the right thing

for the party. Time for you to do the same."

Thank you, Hillary!

Mahalo, Boot~

[Stand and Fight]

10. Right on. He should have dropped two months ago.

With the behavior of his supporters on Saturday, and his refusal to denounce their actions without deflecting blame with lies just proves he's toxic.

[eastwestdem]

11. Poor Hillary, it's hard when the guy you beat is either too dense or too stubborn to know he lost.

I though she did a great job of just sticking to the facts. She won, and she understands what it feels like to be in the other position.