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.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Quitting before the end of the game is so unAmerican.

[Ed Suspicious]

2. You ever see the movie "Rocky."

Fight till the end.

[msongs]

3. 25 yrs in congress and only one peer backs him. people who know him best stay away lol nt

[enid602]

6. hedge

And even he appears to be hedging his bet.

[SalviaBlue]

4. So, I don't get to vote? That doesn't sound right.

[morningfog]

8. You misunderstood. Unless you are a super delegate, you'd get to vote

under the scenario in the OP.

[Garrett78]

11. Why do people keep saying things like that?

Suggesting that someone should consider dropping out (as many candidates already have--O'Malley, Webb, etc.) doesn't even remotely suggest that you don't get to vote.

[leftinportland]

5. ...after ALL primaries are over

We are still campaigning for Sanders in Oregon and the rest of the states that have yet to vote. Once the primaries are over and everyone has had a chance to vote...well we'll see where we are at then...

[musicblind]

10. I don't think any unbiased person would want Sanders to drop out before the voting is over.

Hillary didn't drop out before the voting is over. He has enough supporters to justify staying in and allowing them to express their opinions with a vote.

[Pastiche423]

7. Another reason I am not voting for Merkley.

[Cha]

9. Mahalo, WI_DEM..

[oasis]

12. Wise Democrat.