Where is Jesse Jackson & will he endorse Bernie before SC?

[jg10003]

[moondust]

1. The last time I saw him

he was in the audience at Rachel's town hall in Flint. The cameraman got a shot of him even though he didn't get up and speak. Don't know who he's supporting.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. I actually could have sworn I'd read somewhere

that he was with Clinton, but maybe I'm confusing him with somebody else.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. I think he already went quietly with Hillary

[Nanjeanne]

4. As of late January he said he will not endorse anyone

He said he has a long history of working with both Clinton and Sanders and will remain neutral.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/267124-jesse-jackson-not-planning-to-endorse-in-democratic-primary

[riversedge]

6. This is wise of him.

[Jefferson23]

5. Bernie Sanders endorsed Jessie Jackson for President of the United States:

**The establishment was never a Bernie fan, why would they? We're fans of the establishment now? lol
Is that's what happened and no one told me?

snip:
Sanders did show up at the Burlington caucus that April, awkward as it was, and he delivered a spirited endorsement speech casting Jackson's candidacy in decidedly Sanders-like terms.

"Tonight we are here to endorse the candidate who is saying loud and clear that enough is enough, that it's time that this nation was returned to the real people of America, the vast majority of us, and that power no longer should rest solely with a handful of banks and corporations who presently dominate the economic and political life of this nation," he declared. "It is not acceptable to him, to me, or to most Americans, that 10 percent of the population of this nation is able to own 83 percent of the wealth, and the other 90 percent of us share 17 percent of the wealth."

Sanders received an icy reception at the caucus from some Democrats, who stood up and turned their back to the stage during his address. "And when I returned to my seat, a woman in the audience slapped me across the face," Sanders recalled in his 1998 book, Outsider in the House. "It was an exciting evening."

Jackson went on to win the Vermont caucus, one of his handful of victories outside the South. If there was a lesson in the Jackson campaign for Sanders, it was "realizing he didn't always really need to be in opposition to the Democrats," says Greg Guma, a Burlington progressive activist who joined Sanders in supporting Jackson. In essence, Sanders had formed his first political alliance—one he would continue in 1990 when he won his first congressional election with Democratic endorsements. After that, he began huddling with Democrats on Capitol Hill, and he formed the House Progressive Caucus, which included mostly Democrats. "Bernie is viewed always as an idealist," Guma notes. "But at the same time you have to recognize that this is a fairly pragmatic politician that will drive his agenda forward, and he makes alliances based on this practical calculation."

Throughout the 1988 campaign, Sanders maintained that Jackson would have been better off running as a third-party candidate. And he told Mother Jones in 1989 that the time was right for a new lefty party to challenge Democrats, as he had done in Burlington. But Sanders had no regrets about his endorsement. When Sanders arrived in Washington as a first-term congressman-elect, Jackson—along with Ralph Nader—hosted a "welcome to DC" event for him at Eastern Market. A grungy looking band played "This Land Is Your Land," as balloons fell from the rafters.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/12/bernie-sanders-jesse-jackson-campaign