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imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:11 PM Apr 2016

Will Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party leadership not help Bernie win the November election?

Of course they will formally go on record in support of Bernie if he's the nominee, but will they mobilize to turn out the vote in the General Election or will they sit on their hands and let the Republican presidential candidate win?

Will they pull a George McGovern on Bernie Sanders?

The unwanted nominee, George McGovern and the Democratic party.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021592554

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Will Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party leadership not help Bernie win the November election? (Original Post) imagine2015 Apr 2016 OP
He's not going to be the nominee, so no. They'll be helping Hillary win. DanTex Apr 2016 #1
Do you know what a hypothetical question is? Chasstev365 Apr 2016 #6
You may as well be talking to an algorithm. That one will never give you a human response. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #19
Given that there are 435 House Races and 33 Senate Races Trenzalore Apr 2016 #2
He won't be the nominee but... fun n serious Apr 2016 #3
That's a new one. Bernie and his supporters hate all democrats!!!! imagine2015 Apr 2016 #7
He doesn't work well with anyone in congress.. fun n serious Apr 2016 #10
Please name those progressive Democrats you claim Bernie has endorsed with credible links. imagine2015 Apr 2016 #13
Stop pretending you don't know. fun n serious Apr 2016 #15
Didn't Sanders help raise funds for the DSCC annavictorious Apr 2016 #11
Not as much as he should fun n serious Apr 2016 #14
Or, maybe his peeps in this Party (which he DOES belong to) could step up to the plate? Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #16
There you go. fun n serious Apr 2016 #17
Of course they will...as I will... Satch59 Apr 2016 #4
they've already said they don't need us if she wins Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #5
No matter who wins the primary annavictorious Apr 2016 #8
like with Cegelis, Lamont, McKinney, Halter, Romanoff, Sestak, Grayson, Kucinich, John Russell, MisterP Apr 2016 #20
The likelihood of him being nominee is so infinitesimally small at this point tritsofme Apr 2016 #9
He will get the full McGovern. Warren Stupidity Apr 2016 #12
an odd question considering the sanders crowd keeps saying they will NOT vote for hillary nt msongs Apr 2016 #18
And some of Hillary's supporters say they will not vote for Sanders. imagine2015 Apr 2016 #22
They would do... JSup Apr 2016 #21
 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
19. You may as well be talking to an algorithm. That one will never give you a human response.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 02:10 PM
Apr 2016

He's programmed to ignore any uncomfortable truths about the Clinton campaign.

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
2. Given that there are 435 House Races and 33 Senate Races
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:13 PM
Apr 2016

I assume the democratic party will do whatever is in there power to drive up democratic votes in an election year just like the people who supported Hillary did in 2008.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
3. He won't be the nominee but...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:14 PM
Apr 2016

I think the INDEPENDENT party are the ones who should help him since he hates the DNC and democrats.

 

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
7. That's a new one. Bernie and his supporters hate all democrats!!!!
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:23 PM
Apr 2016

Bernie and his supporters don't hate all Democratic Party National Committee members and registered democratic voters. That's complete nonsense. Who do you think he works with in Congress? Bernie and most of his millions of supporters just don't support those career politicians who are representing big business and Wall Street interests.

That's why we don't support Hillary Clinton, the former Senator from Wall Street.
 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
10. He doesn't work well with anyone in congress..
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:32 PM
Apr 2016

He endorses people who want to UNSEAT current Dems... In fact he is working hard at getting his own elected. His people are not running against republicans, they are running against seated DEMS. This is destructive. Hillary is holding fundraisers for the DNC, Bernie uses that against her and does not help the DNC. Let the INDEPENDENT party help him.

 

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
13. Please name those progressive Democrats you claim Bernie has endorsed with credible links.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:39 PM
Apr 2016

Can you do that?
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
16. Or, maybe his peeps in this Party (which he DOES belong to) could step up to the plate?
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:43 PM
Apr 2016





Democratic Socialists of America

Leader Maria Svart
(Executive Director)

Founded 1982

Merger of Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
New American Movement


Headquarters 75 Maiden Lane, Ste 702
New York, NY 10038

Student wing Young Democratic Socialists

Membership (2014) 10,000

Ideology Democratic socialism
Social democracy

Political position Left-wing

International affiliation Socialist International


Website
http://www.dsausa.org/
___________________________

Cornell West is an honorary chairman, so there's that...

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
4. Of course they will...as I will...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:17 PM
Apr 2016

A Clinton supporter...the democrats need to keep the WH.

Highly unlikely that all the Sanders supporters would do the same...not that they would support the GOP, my guess is a good amount will just not vote. So many were non voters in the past and Sanders has energized them so having them as non voters again will still give the Dems a win, as in 2012.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
5. they've already said they don't need us if she wins
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:19 PM
Apr 2016

Of course, her campaign doesn't speak for all democrats, just the ones who are keeping quiet because she can ruin them if they speak up to support Bernie.

 

annavictorious

(934 posts)
8. No matter who wins the primary
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:24 PM
Apr 2016

I'm sure that the Democratic party will work hard to get Democrats elected and turn out Democratic voters.
And I think the party would expect the same from the standard bearer.


MisterP

(23,730 posts)
20. like with Cegelis, Lamont, McKinney, Halter, Romanoff, Sestak, Grayson, Kucinich, John Russell,
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 02:32 PM
Apr 2016

Buono, Lutrin, Rev. Manuel Sykes, Weiland, Wendy Davis, and Grimes? or blocking competition so that Coakley, Mahoney, Alex Sink, and Mary Burke could lose to Republicans?

tritsofme

(17,379 posts)
9. The likelihood of him being nominee is so infinitesimally small at this point
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:25 PM
Apr 2016

That these sorts of "victimhood fantasies" about a general election he will never participate in, are particularly useless.

 

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
22. And some of Hillary's supporters say they will not vote for Sanders.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:20 PM
Apr 2016

So ..........

What's your point?

JSup

(740 posts)
21. They would do...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:19 PM
Apr 2016

...the best they can, of course. When Republicans win they pass laws that make it harder for any opposing party to win in the future.

So if the party didn't support the nominee, whoever it was, they would rarely, if ever, win an election again.

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