Will Jeff Merkley Talk Bernie Sanders Into Ending His Presidential Bid?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Is Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) trying to talk Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) out of the presidential race?

In the wake of a crushing loss in the New York primary, pundit chatter has turned to whether Sanders will suspend his campaign and concede the Democratic Party nomination to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

On Thursday, Beltway website Politico ran an item quoting an anonymous "Democratic insider" saying that Senators were trying to "nudge" Sanders out of the race. The article named two: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Merkley.

"More likely," the item says, "is a joint effort by Senators Warren and Merkley to help Bernie 'land his plane' with dignity and maximum concessions by Hillary on issues and convention programming."

More at http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/04/22/will-jeff-merkley-talk-bernie-sanders-into-ending-his-presidential-bid/

[JaneyVee]

1. Good. Long overdue.

[redstateblues]

2. Let's hope so

[Warren DeMontague]

5. I dunno. Is debbie wasserman schultz gonna yell at our convention about putting pot users in prison?

Because hers is not a terribly popular position out here, with merkley or the rest of us.

[CorporatistNation]

13. WORTHLESS POS Who NOW Want To Chime In To "SAve" The Corporatist Candidate From Hell!

"I have a Dream..." That one day the TRUTH will be publicized over the PROPAGANDA!

Watch THIS... Here is The REAL Hillary!

[TM99]

3. Crushing y'all say?

+31 delegates is not crushing. It is a victory but not a crushing one.

Because the article uses such hyperbole it is safe to assume the rest is just propaganda as well.

If it is not well fuck Merkley and Warren if they are trying to force him to concede when he has absolutely no reason to do so.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

4. Hillary beat Sanders by nearly 300k votes in NY.

People were expecting Senator Sanders to win NY. Or at least Hillary winning by the low single digits. She won by 16% points. It was a crushing defeat.

[TM99]

9. It is irrelevant as y'all so conveniently

point out to us how many votes she got or he got. All that matters at the end of the night is the number of delegates. In a state with 200 delegates available and Clinton only netting 31 more than Sanders is by no rubric a 'crushing defeat'.

[grossproffit]

10. It's crushing since he was already losing.

[griffi94]

6. The +31 delegates is pretty crushing

given how far down Bernie was already.
Now she's poised to really crush him on Tuesday
at which point there is no path for him.

A long bruising ugly futile and pointless campaign by Bernie should be avoided.

[CorporatistNation]

14. The Grifting Trolls Can Just STFU!

And allow the Primary to ... play itself out... Let the chips fall where they may... Because there are a lot MORE chips to fall ... when it comes to Hillary!

[snowy owl]

7. Ridiculous. They know Bernie better than that. Anonymous sources...and you believe this?Prob Podesta

or some other Clinton surrogate. Absolutely no way Warren or Merkley would even try to tell Bernie what to do. People are so gullible.

[grossproffit]

8. I think he'll still be campaigning come December.

[TumbleAndJumble]

11. Sounds more like dismissal of Sanders voters, speculation based on unnamed sources; and

that can mean, entirely made up.

[jillan]

12. Lol!!! You need to read that ENTIRE article

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. hmm

the end of the SAME ARTICLE

This morning, Merkley chief of staff Michael Zamore sent WW a statement that did not take issue with Politico's characterization, but emphasized that the race will continue.

Zamore says:

There are a number of key primaries coming, including Oregon’s, with millions of Americans enthusiastic about voting for Senator Sanders, and Senator Merkley will do what he can to help Senator Sanders deliver his message for bold approaches to tackling our big challenges. He’s confident that Democrats can continue competing over the vision and policies that are best for the country, and then come together when it’s over to support the nominee. We’re lucky to have two strong candidates, and Senator Merkley believes that the supporters of both will recognize that coming together to prevent a Trump or Cruz presidency, built on demonizing immigrants, inflaming grievances, and protecting the privilege of those who are best off, is central to our shared values and priorities.

[Ron Green]

16. Merkley is my Senator. No way he's going to interfere with my vote

for Bernie Sanders in my primary.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Merkley is the so far the only Senator to endorse Sanders, AFAIUI.

He's not the bad guy, here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/opinion/why-im-supporting-bernie-sanders.html

[Ron Green]

20. That's what I'm saying. He seems to be alone in the Senate

in doing the right thing regarding the White House piece of facing the future.

[jfern]

18. Sounds like Brockian nonsense to try to create a circular firing squad

[Bluenorthwest]

19. Hilarious. Jeff has stated his intentions and since he endorsed 10 days ago, Hillary's Camp has

attacked him nonstop. It's the first time Hillary has acknowledged that Oregon exists since she lost Oregon in 2008, but she has her Machine gnawing away at Jeff and it makes me dislike her so much more than before.