5 Pieces of Advice for Bernie Sanders From Hillary Clinton Circa 2008

[Lodestar]

Hillary Clinton has a lot of opinions on how a candidate losing a Democratic primary should act — it’s just that she’s shed all of them since she became the front-runner.

Fortunately, the Internet.

With the help of this tool apparently no one in the mainstream media has access to, we can see what Clinton really thinks is the appropriate way forward for Bernie Sanders — once we’ve stripped away the rank spin that media reports now confuse with principle.

(I can still remember media incredulity, but my memory’s getting a little foggy.)

So, for the benefit of both the mainstream media and Clinton supporters who believe, along with The New York Times and The Washington Post, that anything coming out of the Clinton camp right now is inspired by first principles, here are five pieces of advice Hillary Clinton (2008 edition) has for Bernie Sanders:

1. Ask the super-delegates to overturn the will of the voters (as expressed by pledged delegates and the popular vote) if you can make the argument that you’re more electable than your opponent.

Yes, this was Clinton’s strongly held view in 2008.

Sanders’ electability arguments, which are voluminous, can be found here.

2. Argue that if your opponent’s delegate lead is under 100, the delegate race should be considered a “tie.”

This would seem to suggest that Clinton’s current lead on Sanders is, at worst, 130 delegates rather than 230 — as Sanders closing the gap between him and Clinton by 131 delegates over the next two months and twenty primaries and caucuses would result in a pledged-delegate “draw.”

cont'd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/5-pieces-of-advice-for-sanders-from-clinton-circa-2008_b_9760152.html

[annavictorious]

1. You forgot these steps

3. At the convention, release your pledged delegates before the end of the first roll call vote
4. Personally and publicly put your opponent's name forward for nomination from the convention floor.
5. Move that the convention delegates unanimously select your opponent by acclamation.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. she did that in April?

Coulda sworn she didn't until July