Bernie's power is fading, day by day. (Reply #37)

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Response to HumanityExperiment (Reply #36)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 04:49 PM

MineralMan (145,720 posts)

37. Bernie's power is fading, day by day.

The longer he refuses to actively support the Democratic nominee, the less power he actually has. At some point, he will simply be ignored in this election. I think he is overestimating his power to influence. He still has many fans, but they're not influential fans, I'm afraid.

From a minority position in convention committees, he will need additional support to get what he wants. Too much obstruction or too many unachievable goals and his positions will simply be shrugged off. His experience in actual party politics is very limited.

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
BERNIE IS NOT CONCEDING YET! [View all]	mylye2222	Jun 2016	OP
Well, yeah	RobertEarl	Jun 2016	#1
No need to concede.	Skink	Jun 2016	#2
Bernie will not get a cabinet position. He might retain some Senate assignments if he remains a Dem	LuvLoogie	Jun 2016	#3
And "might" is an awful big word right now. Nice observation by the way.	tonyt53	Jun 2016	#26
Not explicitly but he isn't' actively contesting the nomination either nt	geek tragedy	Jun 2016	#4
You know I have been sitting here analyzing the Guardian website (live results voting)	Samantha	Jun 2016	#5
+1	pat_k	Jun 2016	#7
Thank you for that.	Silver_Witch	Jun 2016	#8
I read that turnout was 10 percent less than previously expected	Samantha	Jun 2016	#22
Yes!	840high	Jun 2016	#11
Update, she won California by double digits. nt	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#19
Won North Dakota??? 355 people voted. Not no way, not no how will a Democrat carry ND this fall	tonyt53	Jun 2016	#30
I watched MSNBC around 2 a.m. to see if Bernie would concede.	PADemD	Jun 2016	#6
He has already said...	pat_k	Jun 2016	#9
I'm glad he didn't concede. It was a good speech.	PADemD	Jun 2016	#10
I wish I'd seen the disappointed anchors.	pat_k	Jun 2016	#14
Talk is cheap	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#17
Wow	marions ghost	Jun 2016	#20
Personally I thougt it was a sad speech from a guy who lost and can't get over it. nt	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#18
deleted	pat_k	Jun 2016	#13
We just had this thing called an "election" that you may have missed.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jun 2016	#12
The voters have made their choice. It wasn't Bernie.	Lord Magus	Jun 2016	#15
Really how?	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#16
He's going to be just another nobody at that convention for a party, he doesn't even belong to.	MoonRiver	Jun 2016	#21
Better rethink that...	HumanityExperiment	Jun 2016	#35
he didn't even mention the nomination in his speech last night. he's not trying to win anymore	geek tragedy	Jun 2016	#23
Sanders will never concede	MyNameGoesHere	Jun 2016	#24
lives in his own virtual world	MariaThinks	Jun 2016	#28
His concession is not required in any way.	MineralMan	Jun 2016	#25
power...	HumanityExperiment	Jun 2016	#36
Bernie's power is fading, day by day.	MineralMan	Jun 2016	#37
people power	HumanityExperiment	Jun 2016	#41
I would have liked him to be VP. But after this irrational resistance	MariaThinks	Jun 2016	#27
second is the first loser.	stonecutter357	Jun 2016	#29
It is done.	seabeyond	Jun 2016	#31
why is he cutting his campaign staff again?	MariaThinks	Jun 2016	#32
The campaign is over. There's no reason to retain them.	MineralMan	Jun 2016	#38
but he's not conceding.	MariaThinks	Jun 2016	#39
That doesn't matter. Concede or not, there is no more	MineralMan	Jun 2016	#42
The main reason they want him out is so when the FBI report drops they can slide in Biden or some...	yourout	Jun 2016	#33
Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democratic nominee.	StevieM	Jun 2016	#45
He doesn't need to.	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#34
Hard no...nt	SidDithers	Jun 2016	#40
Anyone know of	pdsimdars	Jun 2016	#43
K&R Good	felix_numinous	Jun 2016	#44
What he does now doesn't matter at all. He could have played this well and gotten himself	Squinch	Jun 2016	#46

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