....Help Me Here - Isn't In Her Best Interest That Bernie Stays In Till The Convention......

[global1]

If Hillary supporters are so confident that Hillary has this thing wrapped up - then it seems to me they shouldn't want Bernie to drop out of this race before the convention. Why?

Here's what I think. Bernie staying in this - gives Hillary an opportunity to share her platform with all the rest of the states and get much exposure to voters that would be having to make the decision to vote between her and whomever the Repugs wind up with as their nominee.

Bernie allows her to have this exposure to half the country. That to me is a positive. If they and she are so confident that she will ultimately wind up as the nominee - they shouldn't have any problem with having her get this exposure. My only conclusion as to why they want Bernie out of this race this early in the process is that they don't have the confidence in their candidate that she can actually win.

The other reason that this should go on until the convention is because as soon as and if Bernie drops out - the Repugs will unleash all their attack dogs, campaign ads and money - to do everything possible to create a negative sentiment in this country against Hillary. Do they want that to happen this early in the process? I would want to minimize the time that the Repugs have to negative campaign against her or any Dem nominee.

[arcane1]

1. "If they and she are so confident that she will ultimately wind up as the nominee" is a big "If"

I suspect they have no confidence in that at all, which is precisely why they've been calling for him to drop out.

They're afraid.

[Raster]

2. After all... this is our Democracy in action...

...every citizen has a voice, and that voice is THEIR VOTE!

[UglyGreed]

3. The Hillary supporters

want Hillary to be free to go back to the right where Hillary and her supporters feel most comfortable..... All this talk of progressive and true liberal policies makes them ill.

[SamKnause]

5. ...

[HumanityExperiment]

6. agreed....

The strain from their shift to the left has them exhausted

[Waiting For Everyman]

4. Exactly right.

I hope Sanders' surrogates start pointing this out. The calls for him to drop out are a lot of stuff and nonsense.

If she could, she'd probably try to pull the same stunt Cruz did on Carson -- telling his supporters that his campaign was suspended early on election day. Because of mass media that won't work on Sanders, so I suppose this is the next best thing.

[LWolf]

7. I don't think they are as confident as they try to portray.

They know that the rest of the states forward are stronger for Sanders; they know it may be very close, and that the more delegates Sanders collects, the more Super delegates may switch. The closer it is, in the current environment, the more likely for the dreaded brokered convention. The longer Sanders stays in, the higher the wave of anger at the establishment can rise, and if Hillary get the nomination, she'll be the establishment candidate running against an anti-establishment candidate in November. The sooner they can deflate the hope, the energy, the determination in that rising tide, the safer she is in November. Or so their logic goes.

What they don't get is that the tide will rise whether or not Sanders wins the nomination; it's not about him, but about us. That tide will not diminish with a Clinton nomination.

[DanTex]

8. As long as he refrains from going negative, and saves his attacks for Trump.

Going after her for Goldman speeches, or blaming her for the loss of manufacturing jobs, in addition to being dishonest, helps nobody but Trump.