2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie is HONEST?? [View all]democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)He can do everything he can to prevent a Republican from getting into the White House, including endorsing Hillary and encouraging his supporters to back her. But as he said, he can't just wave a magic want and make us support her. If she wants Bernie's supporters to vote for her she will have to convince those of us who are wavering. As Bernie correctly notes, even if he encourages his supporters to vote for her, he doesn't have the power to make us do it.
I fully expect that "doing everything in his power" to stop Republicans will include endorsing Hillary if and when she locks up the nomination. But as long as he is still in the race, he is not going to promise to do so, as such a promise might be interpreted as giving up and/or undermine his message about why he is the better candidate. I don't recall Hillary promising to endorse Obama and push her supporters to vote for him PRIOR to conceding in 2008.