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(Associated Press) WASHINGTON - Seeking to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the 2016 Democratic convention, Joe Bidens campaign is angling to allow Bernie Sanders to keep some of the delegates he would otherwise forfeit by dropping out of the presidential race.
Under a strict application of party rules, Sanders should lose about a third of the delegates hes won in primaries and caucuses as the process moves ahead and states select the actual people who will attend the Democratic National Convention. The rules say those delegates should be Biden supporters, as he is the only candidate still actively seeking the partys nomination.
Quiet talks between the two campaigns center on allowing Sanders to keep some of his delegates, essentially a goodwill gesture from a presumptive nominee seeking to court Sanders progressive supporters and unite the party. It is not yet settled how many.
We feel strongly that it is in the best interest of the party to ensure that the Sanders campaign receives statewide delegates to reflect the work that they have done to contribute to the movement that will beat Donald Trump this fall, said a Biden official, who wasnt authorized to discuss private negotiations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. We are in discussion with them now on how to best accomplish that.
Sanders campaign declined to comment on the talks. Nothing to add from us, said Sanders spokesman Mike Casca.
In some ways, the delegate count is a moot point. While he has yet to formally win the 1,991 delegates needed to claim the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at the party convention, Biden is the Democrats presumptive nominee. All of his rivals including Sanders have endorsed him after ending their own campaigns.
But with the nomination essentially decided, who has how many delegates takes on a new meaning. In 2016, rowdy Sanders supporters booed some speakers and any mention of nominee Hillary Clinton at the partys Philadelphia convention. The disruptions were so embarrassing to the party that Sanders pleaded with his supporters not to stage protests on the floor.
By claiming the delegates that ought to belong to him under party rules, Biden could cut down on the number of Sanders backers some of whom have been slow to embrace the former vice president who could stage a replay of that divide. Instead, hes decided to try to attract Sanders supporters rather than silence them.
For his part, Sanders wants as many delegates as possible to help shape the partys platform and get Biden and the Democratic Party to embrace his democratic socialist agenda.
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questionseverything
(9,646 posts)wtg joe!!!!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)I'm sorry, but THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR EGO MESSAGING.
Geezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)coalition
to oust the current occupant
I think biden is doing a great job at that!
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)questionseverything
(9,646 posts)the compromises they have forged so far, Medicare at 60 if you want and the student loan forgiveness are great plans,don't you think?
No one gets everything they want,lets hope we get what we need
Concentrate on what a great statesman Joe is being ,learn from him
The important thing is to get the Russian mobster out
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)repeatedly that they will NOT vote for Biden under any circumstances.
I worked in the Demos field offices in 1992, 1996, 2008 and again in 2012, so I know quite well how the game is played. No one gets everything they want. Ever. Joe Biden is a class act and knows how to work across the aisle to form partnerships. I will volunteer again if there is a field office close to where I live now.
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)don't let some troll on twitter ruin your out look
this is a positive article and a positive announcement
smile, we are gonna run the current occupant out and then hopefully to a prison cell,if we follow Joe's lead
dustyscamp
(2,223 posts)honest.abe
(8,647 posts)My thinking is to put an end to the primary as soon as possible and letting Sanders keep all his delegates prolongs that.
However, at this point it is essentially over and this is probably smart politics to help keep Sanders and his supporters feel they are part of the process going forward.
Demguy81
(79 posts)He knows that there is zero risk and only upside to doing this. It's free money.
I was a Sanders voter, but Biden has done nothing but impress me so far. I have to say, I've always liked Biden, but his recent moves are moving me into being an enthusiastic supporter of his - it shows that he knows how to build coalitions, a key to succeeding in politics that Sanders was never truly able to master.
KEEP IT UP JOE!!!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
comradebillyboy
(10,134 posts)tritsofme
(17,372 posts)Important to perhaps a few dozen folks, but if it helps at the margins, I have no objection.
question everything
(47,460 posts)This, in addition the Biden campaign adopting some of the Sanders' ideas. And if, as reported,
negotiations between the two campaigns also involve discussions about Biden's future cabinet, including which progressives will go where, as well as who cannot play a role. Also banning anyone who has worked on or near Wall Street, the fossil-fuel industry, the health-insurance sector and the lobbying world, to name a few.
Traditionally, once winning the nomination candidates move to the cener. Here, it appears, the move it to the left.