Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Split Over Whether to Fight on Past Tuesday

[RandySF]

A split is emerging inside the Bernie Sanders campaign over whether the senator should stand down after Tuesday’s election contests and unite behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, or take the fight all the way to the July party convention and try to pry the nomination from her.

One camp might be dubbed the Sandersistas, the loyalists who helped guide Mr. Sanders’s political ascent in Vermont and the U.S. Congress and are loath to give up a fight that has far surpassed expectations. Another has ties not only to Mr. Sanders but to the broader interests of a Democratic Party pining to beat back the challenge from Republican Donald Trump and make gains in congressional elections.

Mr. Sanders in recent weeks has made clear he aims to take his candidacy past the elections on Tuesday, when California, New Jersey and four other states vote. But the debate within the campaign indicates that Mr. Sanders’s next move isn’t settled.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-campaign-is-split-over-whether-to-fight-on-past-tuesday-1465171997

[Joe the Revelator]

1. I doubt he will quit, but if he does, the fight will continue

The struggle for the soul of the party has always been bigger than one man.

[morningfog]

2. I'm good with either decision.

[Doctor Jack]

3. There was a good quote from a politico article today

For the superdelegates to actually abandon Clinton en masse would create one of the most divisive convention spectacles in history. Not only would Clinton loyalists rail against using the supers to overturn the pledged delegate and popular vote winner, they would be maligned as putting a “glass ceiling” over the first woman to earn that distinction on flimsy grounds. As long as Clinton isn’t bottoming out in general election polling—and a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows her back up to a double-digit lead over Trump nationwide—most superdelegates would be loath to take such a drastic step.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-california-primary-213940#ixzz4Al6HXGMM

[Renew Deal]

4. Let me guess. Weaver and Devine want to $$$$tay in

[RandySF]

5. Looks like Devine is ready to cut bait

I don't think he wants to burn bridges with potential future clients.

[Trenzalore]

18. Devine hasn't been seen since April

I think he made the argument to tone things down after NY and PA and lost.

I fully expect those within the Sanders campaign that want a future in running campaigns will jump ship en masse.

Right now being on the Sanders campaign is pretty good on a resume. A chaos filled convention would jeopardize that for a lot of people.

[DebDoo]

6. There's a split in the Clinton campaign between the die hard Clintonidtas and those who think she

Should drop out because of her vast legal problems.

[qdouble]

7. why do you lie?

[DebDoo]

9. Sorry, I got hit with a pretend flying chair in Vegas and I've never been the same since

[qdouble]

10. Trollers going to troll I guess

[skylucy]

8. Not true.

[Txbluedog]

11. This is the natural progression of things...

There is always campaign staff who cannot/do not want to burn bridges and be viable for future employment opportunities. There will be a lot of staff who need jobs past July

[Nye Bevan]

12. I hope the sane camp prevails (nt)

[renate]

13. my humble opinion, which isn't even worth two cents

... is that Bernie should be gracious in defeat. If the email/servers thing goes away, and I assume it will, there is no feasible way he'll suddenly sway the Democratic establishment superdelegates to go back on what they've said on the record about supporting Hillary. (If the email/servers thing doesn't go away, I hope she'll have chosen her VP carefully.)

He has done an absolutely-fricking-amazing thing, going from invisibility to making a very, very strong challenge to someone who has been the third face of the Democratic party for decades (and was the second face of it for a decade before Obama, come to think of it). I am so proud of him and so proud to support him.

But he really doesn't have a chance of getting the nomination. I wish he did, but he doesn't. And I think he would have a much stronger position and a much better chance of getting things he wants added to the platform, and a much better chance of being an elder statesman that Hillary would listen to, if he decides to bow out gracefully. I think that--and it really saddens me to think this--he would be frittering away his position and certainly the party's good will if he doesn't concede on Tuesday.

I was so hopeful, and it really makes me so sad to see him come SO DAMN CLOSE out of nowhere but still fall barely short... but I think his chances of maintaining his position as a voice that will be listened to are decreasing by the day. And I say that with so much respect for him and for everything he's done over his entire life to be a voice for the voiceless.

[Garrett78]

14. Even in the unlikely event Clinton isn't nominated, Sanders still won't be nominated.

There'd be a brokered convention and someone other than Sanders would be chosen by the delegates. Someone who the base of the party (particularly POC and women) would be energized about.

[TeamPooka]

19. He has set the issues agenda for this election even if he's not the nom and that's a win

in any political world.
There's no turning back from the ideals he represents.
This is where the party is going.

[itsrobert]

15. Bye Bye Bernie

[GulfCoast66]

16. Damn, hope I do not get a hide

But she is hot! And the way that dress works on her, um, bodice is out of control. And if you think me sexist, my wife of 30 years agrees! I know we are geezers...but I really love clothing that keeps the imagination in business!

[arely staircase]

17. So basically it is the Democrats vs non Democrats

Makes sense.

Hopefully the Dems will quit the campaign if he tries to continue.

[beachbum bob]

21. america hates sore losers and that is all sanders has going for him as its all nonsense

that even a contested convention can happen....hillary wins on the first ballot....no contest.......sanders can create chaos and use violence but that will gain him nothing but an even darker mark in history

[MyNameGoesHere]

22. Sounds like some in the campaign

Lied on their application when asked if 2+2=5 true or false?