2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFirst on CNN: Sanders' lone Senate backer says he should drop out before convention if he's losing
CNN: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.
"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.
Asked if that meant he believed Sanders should drop out if he has no viable path to the nomination after the June primaries, Merkley said, "Yes."
Et tu Brute?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Merkley is fully, fully supportive of Sanders and said so just yesterday in an interview. He maintains there is still a path to the nomination.
Who wrote this stinko piece?
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I swear to god, you can't make this fucking shit up.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Oh yeah, Berkeley, I've heard of that place. It's right next to "Frisco", right?
Tarc
(10,476 posts)Is Merkley going under the bus now?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Let's not pretend anyone in camp HRC had ever heard of the guy, or has ever given a flying fuck what he has had to say, up to this very moment.
He will be fine, because he represents the views of his state. Whichever one that is, amirite?
Tarc
(10,476 posts)But if you're gonna lash out petulantly, try to come up with something better than "I bet you don't know where Oregon even IS so NYAA NYAA!"
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)You can't make this shit up. Like if I were trying to invent a caricature an out of touch, bubble-dwelling Manhattanite, I would leave out that detail because it would seem too egregiously over the top, or obvious.
Beyond that, I keep getting told how dismally disappointed and emotionally distraught I am, by angry ranting people with spelling issues and whatnot. It's odd, honestly.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)We have 3 million more votes and all Sanders supporters have is to scream loudly that there is fraud anytime he looses.
If you bothered to read the article it says that Sanders one Senate backer is encouraging him to drop out before the convention.
They are apoplectic desperately trying to silence Sanders and his Supporters.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)On DU at least Sanders supporters try to censor Hillary supporters. Anytime someone posts something critical of Bernie they get altered on.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)And look at the OPs history of OPs like this one.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Also, all he did in the last one was bash Democrats and the Democratic Party. With friends like this...
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)aikoaiko
(34,172 posts)I'm good with Bernie never conceding.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Do not invite him to the convention. Strip him of his committees in the Senate ... he would chair some if we take back the Senate...put him on ignore for the rest of his career.
aikoaiko
(34,172 posts)I don't blame you. Apples don't fall far from the tree
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Merkley thrown under the bus in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ......
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I think people who've never been west of the Lincoln tunnel should spare us their "concern" for the guy.
Cha
(297,321 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)That's already true. For the longest time requests were made for someone to demonstrate with delegate math a viable path for Sanders, and the *only* attempt I ever saw was one dubbed the "Bern Path." I'm sure many of you saw it. It was utterly unrealistic, of course.
There's a reason why nobody has put forth a realistic demonstration, because it can't be done.
BreakfastClub
(765 posts)one colleague who endorsed him. He doesn't seem to be well-liked in the senate. Wonder why.... Maybe it's all the righteous indignation. That shit gets old fast.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Guess what else Merkley supports- MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION.
"he supports Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Votes less than Hillary, judging by this he is less electable. I don't care if he stays in and waits for everyone to vote, but it would be a better history for Sanders to get behind Hillary and bring his supporters out to vote in November.