"Hillary Slames the Door on Bernie"

[MaggieD]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The 2016 Democratic primary effectively ended Tuesday night, with Hillary Clinton as the all-but-certain winner but Bernie Sanders barely acknowledging it.

For Clinton, a narrow win in Illinois and double-digit victories across the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio provided deliverance from a humbling loss in Michigan a week earlier and finally gave her the space to begin her pivot to Donald Trump and the general election. That left the Vermont senator to deliver his standard 60-minute stemwinder in Phoenix without mentioning a single defeat.


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I have to say, I thought he was a poor loser not to congratulate her last night.

[morningfog]

1. Fuck it. Ignore.

[NanceGreggs]

5. How can this be "the same shit" ...

... when it's opining on events that happened only yesterday?

[morningfog]

6. The bad faith poster has been corrected on the last line.

And it is the same shit.

[Live and Learn]

10. +10,000 nt

[Autumn]

13. There's a word for that, yep there is.

[kath]

32. This poster has racked up seven hides in just 16 days. YAY! to Skinner for allowing such lovely

people to come back and continue posting here. Such a wonderful change!

(And the one who racked up seven hides in ONE day is back again too - and after having other vacations for similar, if not quite as concentrated and dramatic, anger outbursts. Double YAY!!)

[Betty Karlson]

28. Maybe we should slam the door on DNC-sponsored memes.

[ucrdem]

2. Missouri too unless they're still counting.

It's not just that she won the big states, she won 5 out of 5 states. It was decisive.

[kristopher]

14. It was expected, far closer than expected, and her last firewall votes.

From now on it's Bernie's turn.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511511766

[ucrdem]

20. When you add the supers you get 1,561 - 800, not counting MO, with 2,383 needed to secure the nom.

Short of catastrophe there's no realistic chance of Bernie catching up, even if by some miracle he won majorities in NY and CA. And the supers aren't going anywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/primaries/delegate-tracker/democratic/

[kristopher]

22. That's one opinion.

[ucrdem]

23. It's because of proportional representation

as you've probably been hearing for the last month or so

meaning that he'll never get a chance to make up that deficit.

[kristopher]

26. That's one more opinion.

[MaggieD]

41. You're dreaming

[Xipe Totec]

3. Spelling, please. nt

[BainsBane]

4. I was kind of stunned that CNN didn't cover any of his speech

but then when I found out he didn't even congratulate her, I thought that was pretty bad. She congratulated him.
There are just certain things people are expected to say, even if they don't mean them. Would it have killed him to acknowledge her wins?

Rubio had a very gracious speech. He had Trump protesters shouting him down in the middle of it. I felt bad for him. What jerks. Their candidate had just won. Let the man give his concession speech. He was leaving the race. Unreal.

[JDPriestly]

9. It was a rally. If you watched the events after he won Michigan, he was not prepared to make

a speech then either.

It's just not what he does.

Did Hillary make speeches when Bernie won Vermont and Maine?

I don't think Bernie made speeches after all the Southern victories of Hillary.

Bernie's best states are yet to come.

No state facing the Pacific ocean has yet voted.

Wait and see. The primary is not over.

[BainsBane]

11. Of course she did

She congratulated him. That is simply customary.

Whatever. I'm perfectly content with the state of the race. I no longer feel I have to bust my ass making phone calls and donate more money than I would like.

[Autumn]

15. Bernie congratulated Hillary. They want to pretend he didn't.

PHOENIX – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement:

“I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories on Tuesday. I also want to thank the millions of voters across the nation who supported our campaign and elected delegates who will take us all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

“With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favors us in the weeks and months to come, we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination.”

[Jitter65]

38. "It's not what he does" And that's the problem with him. nt

[JDPriestly]

7. Hillary's best states are behind her.

The primary schedule is rigged to favor a conservative like Hillary.

Just wait.

[avaistheone1]

12. True.

[geek tragedy]

21. Her best states, yes, but not all of her good ones.

And the states that remain are not all that friendly to Sanders either. The big states are closed primaries with expensive media markets and often large African-American and Latino communities.

[Lucinda]

40. Totally not true. :)

Unless you think NY PA MD etc, are suddenly going to go Bernie.

[Autumn]

8. I have to say you know that Bernie DID congratulate her. It was all in your LAST thread

where you were so very concerned that you hadn't heard a word from Bernie. Several poster told you about him congratulating her, you even responded to them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511506784

[kristopher]

17. that thread is a hoot.

MaggieD isn't after a congrats on that nights primaries, she's apparently angry Bernie didn't concede the entire race.

OP

Haven't heard a word from Bernie
No concession, no mention of the elections last night at all. And I hear that he did not send out the typical post primary email asking for donations.
Have I missed it? Or might he be "considering his options", as they say?

Her post #13

So just a statement
And no awareness that he's not going to win. Thanks for the response though.

[Autumn]

18. Their concern is precious.

And so very transparent.

[MaggieD]

25. A press release?

Nah, he's a poor loser.

[Autumn]

27. Well some people sure are poor losers, winners, whatever, not Bernie though.

He still congratulated her Mag and you knew it when you posted this OP. So there's that.

[840high]

31. I've had it with your bull.

[Ken Burch]

16. "Slames"?

[Bonobo]

19. You acknowledged that he did congratulate her so stop with your lying.

MaggieD:

"So just a statement

And no awareness that he's not going to win. Thanks for the response though."

[MaggieD]

24. A press release?

Nah. That's just being a poor loser.

[SunSeeker]

29. +1

[SunSeeker]

30. K & R

[Surya Gayatri]

33. K & R enthusiastically.

[coyote]

35. Definitely!

kick! The thread responses are great.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. s'lame.

[delrem]

37. yah it's too bad that there's no communication at all.

And that, as you say, it's Hillary's fault.

But I betcha you're enjoying your wins, aren't yah?
Yes, you are.
I'm happy for you, for that, MaggieD.

[Gothmog]

39. Clinton's delegate lead is far larger than the largest delegate lead that Obama had in 2008