Reid on Sanders: 'Sometimes you just have to give up'... 'I think he better do a little mathing'

[tritsofme]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bernie Sanders needs to recognize that "sometimes you just have to give up," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Reid said his fellow senator should not carry his presidential campaign through to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as he intends to do.

Instead, Reid said, Sanders needs to recognize that "math is math" after next week's primaries in California and New Jersey, when Hillary Clinton is expected to rack up enough delegates to effectively clinch the nomination.

"I've never been too good at math but I can figure that one out. I think he better do a little mathing," Reid told The Associated Press in an interview in his home state of Nevada.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/73c212b1c4554aa290946cb9006e7cce/reid-sanders-sometimes-you-just-have-give

Time to embrace reality, this thing has been over for a long time, but no one is going to entertain the Bernie fantasy past next week.

[Scootaloo]

1. Or as Reid calls it, "keeping your powder dry"

[LibDemAlways]

10. That powder is well beyond its

expiration date, as is Reid's usefulness.

[HassleCat]

2. Yes, over a long time ago.

We've been hearing this since Iowa. It may finally turnout to be true, but not just yet.

[Garrett78]

22. It was apparent by mid-March that Clinton would end up with more pledged delegates.

Arguably March 1st.

[Garrett78]

27. I've always said that the Sanders campaign is a message campaign.

And much of his message is worth hearing.

[Beowulf]

3. Harry's good at giving up.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Really...

His mom cleaned sheets in a Nevada brothel... He was a boxer as a youth... He was wired in a sting operation and ended up choking the guy who tried to bribe him.

Harry doesn't seem like the retiring type to me.

[JRLeft]

8. To republicans he bows down.

[Beowulf]

11. Yep.

A point too subtle for some, apparently.

[Recursion]

14. You're missing the Pony Brigade "logic" in which if he had simply spoken angrily on TV more

that would have changed the Senate's rules. Because the problem is our leaders don't "fight" (which as far as I can tell means "speak angrily on TV&quot , and that's why Senate Republicans can obstruct things. Or something.

[highprincipleswork]

28. Exactly. It's called fighting for something. Believing in same. Standing for something. & leadership

that brings it all home.

But that's beyond the understanding, apparently, of modern day Democrats, which is why I have use for only the few of them that will stand up for something and fight. The rest can rot in Hell.

[grossproffit]

4. The reality train left the station long ago.

[redstateblues]

9. Sad that it's come to this for Bernie. A good run. It's over

[kerry-is-my-prez]

33. He's won a lot of new supporters but he's also disappointed of lot of his long time supporters.

One of them being me. If we end up with a President Trump he will get part of the blame - fair or not.

[Renew Deal]

7. This is what's beginning to happen to Sanders campaign

Between Obama, Reid, and Warren

[Maru Kitteh]

19. Mr Maru told me about that channel, lol.

Fun stuff!

[anotherproletariat]

12. Pretty sure Sanders has not heard of math. That's what the preponderance of evidence suggests. nt

[winter is coming]

13. If Bernie's campaign is irrelevant, then ignore him. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

15. It's like the last drunk guy at the bar arguing about what "his watch says"

after the place is CLOSED.

[Hiraeth]

16. Sounds like Reid needs some schooling. He is not cool enough for :mathing:

[AzDar]

17. Dirty Harry Says What?

[winter is coming]

18. It's just his honest opinion. Completely spontaneous. n/t

[jfern]

20. Reid knows how to give up on every single good bill he's ever seen

He's a real quitter.

[aikoaiko]

21. Bernie should disregard the advice of a person who uses the word mathing.

He probably heard an intern use the term.

[Cobalt Violet]

23. he's asking the wrong person to drop out.

Sometime you just have to do a little investigationing.

[AZ Progressive]

25. The party establishment can go fuck themselves. Bernie owns the future of the party...

The establishment's days are numbered. Have a good day.

[monmouth4]

31. Seems like many don't want the California contest to happen. What are they afraid of?..n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

34. Maybe the Independent Party. He is pissing off a lot of Democrats. He hasn't earned a lot of good

will with his recent actions with most Democrats - except for the young, a few others, and people who were not really Democrats to begin with.

[highprincipleswork]

26. I'm going to entertain it, and I don't get the feeling I'm going to be alone.

[DonCoquixote]

30. hey Harry

If you were not so eager to "give up", maybe those who want to do something other than bow to the GOP might not have fed on Sanders, the way starving children will dig through garbage to avoid dying.

[bigwillq]

32. For someone with little shot at nomination

Bernie sure gets a lot of play on DU.

THANKS for keeping him front and center.

Kick