2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders: I'll probably vote for Clinton
Bernie Sanders said Friday he will likely vote for Hillary Clinton for president in November, the strongest expression of support yet from the Vermont senator, but he left the door open that he could change his mind.
"In all likelihood, it will be Hillary Clinton," Sanders told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day."
Sanders said he was focused on his leverage over the Democratic party platform.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/politics/bernie-sanders-will-vote-for-hillary-clinton/index.html
still_one
(92,280 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)So, you know, just get on with it already, Bernie.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Wow. There's some weak tea.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)and going from having a real, respectable movement to ridicule on national TV. Many pundits are already shaking their heads saying, "what the hell is he thinking?" with thoughts of ego and inability to let go.
In a couple of weeks, it wouldn't matter what he does or doesn't do. I wish that for the sake of his movement, he endorses Hillary Clinton and campaigns for her saying that he will have more chance of persuading Clinton to get his policies passed than Donald Trump.
Supporting Clinton doesn't mean he has to give up the issues he is fighting for.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)The rest of us are just watching with sadness, as he squanders everything for which his supporters worked so hard.