Sanders' lone Senate backer says he should drop out before convention if he's losing

[WI_DEM]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/bernie-sanders-jeff-merkley-endorsement/

Bernie Sanders' lone supporter in the Senate said Thursday that the Vermont senator should end his presidential campaign if he's losing to Hillary Clinton after the primary season concludes in June, breaking sharply with the candidate who is vowing to take his insurgent bid to the party convention in Philadelphia.

In an interview with CNN, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley argued that the party should be united heading into the July convention. And that if Sanders has no viable path to the nomination after the final round of primaries in June, he should concede to Clinton at that point. He said that Sanders should follow the model employed by Clinton in 2008, who dropped out in June of that year and pledged her support to Barack Obama.

[displacedtexan]

1. Sooo... BS demands concessions for his endorsement, and now

his sole colleague supporter demands concessions from BS. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in BS HQ.

[WI_DEM]

2. My guess is if Bernie is still a candidate at the convention that Merkley will drop him and endorse

HRC.

[SharonClark]

10. Agree

[Cha]

12. I hope so!

[stopbush]

3. Anyone else hear a bus pulling up?

[Cha]

13. See my reply, stop..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=120503

[Her Sister]

4. Well said! Sen Merkley

He said that Sanders should follow the model employed by Clinton in 2008, who dropped out in June of that year and pledged her support to Barack Obama.


"Secretary Clinton, then senator, said, 'OK, I had the discussion across America. I'm ready to pivot and work together.' And Obama reached out, and she reached out, and that should be a model for us to follow," Merkley said outside of the Capitol on Thursday.


"I think after California, June 7, is about the time it would be appropriate -- all states will have weighed in by then. It will then give them five weeks to work together" before the convention.

[SaschaHM]

5. So this kills my hope of a desperate May 16th announcement of a Sanders/Merkley Ticket...

for the lulz. I do wonder how Merkley feels being the one sane person and the only democrat in a house of crazies.

[UtahLib]

6. Oh, Senator Merkley

I don't believe you have yet discerned Bernie's actual agenda.

[leftinportland]

7. Please note...

Merkley said this should happen AFTER the primary season is over, meaning we all should get a chance to vote for our favored candidate...just like in 2008.

[Walk away]

16. Merkley was sorry he endorsed Bernie 10 minutes after he did it!

He did it because Oregon is gaga over Bernie so he had to but, did you here the interview he gave to announce? He kept saying how wonderful Hillary is and that they would both be good presidents.

[savalez]

8. K&R

[Cha]

14. Perfect, savalez.. and, he's still out there wagging his finger..

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Ouch!!!!!

That's going to leave a mark

[MarianJack]

9. It looks like Jeff...

...wants off after being dumb enough to jump ON to the Titanic!

PEACE!

[Cha]

11. Haha.. are they going to throw BS' one Senate endorsement under the BUS?!

Probably and he'll realize he never should have endorsed him in the first place.