Sanders spending night of final primary meeting with Clinton

[Night Watchman]

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Source: Associated Press

By KEN THOMAS
Jun. 13, 2016 9:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is expected to spend his final primary night meeting with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton — not before thousands of cheering supporters — as his campaign seeks to influence Clinton's agenda against Republican Donald Trump.

Sanders plans to meet privately with Clinton in Washington on Tuesday evening as the District of Columbia holds the last primary of the Democratic race. The Vermont senator suggested in media interviews Sunday that an endorsement will not come immediately, saying he hopes to learn more about the kind of platform she will support.

"Dependent on how Secretary Clinton comes down on many of these major issues will determine how closely we can work with her," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Clinton is now the presumptive Democratic nominee and Sanders has shown signs of winding down his campaign. He met last week with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who both later endorsed Clinton, and held a Washington rally that included chants of "Thank you, Bernie."


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Sensible and realistic, Senator.

[SusanLarson]

1. He is free to do so

I still won't vote for her. Hell will freeze over first. Don't worry I won't vote for Trump either.

[KittyWampus]

2. that's called being part of the problem.

Ideologues just end up reinforcing the problems they claim to want solved.

[SusanLarson]

3. Not settling

No that's called not settling for the lesser of two evils. We can do better than this.

[Night Watchman]

4. Oh, but You ARE Settling.....

for the greatest evil!

[Frances]

6. Good post

Life isn't that easy that you can take a pass when it's a choice between someone like Trump and another person.

As Obama said about guns, not doing anything is a choice. Not voting is a choice.

[Jackilope]

9. Honestly, he is a huge, gigantic caricature

In this whole primary season, I wouldn't be surprised to see him drop out and someone else get scooted in. This is like watching professional wrestling. The acting is so bad, it can't possibly be real.

But I will hand it to the Oliarchs, they set up the two most polarizing and disliked candidates. Both have tremendous baggage. In either case, Wall St. wins and we will lose. TPP, monkeying with Social Security, for profit war. Just because a Dem does the damage doesn't mean it isn't going to hurt. Betrayal actually stings and hurts a bit more.

[lapucelle]

11. I don't see Hillary Clinton as "evil"

I think that characterization is hyperbolic. I can understand not liking her or not voting for her, but I don't understand the demonization.

[840high]

17. Amen. Yes we can.

[Chicago1980]

20. Hillary isn't evil at all, so stop with that dumb analogy.

No one else you have in mind has a chance of willing.

Sure, you can do what you want, but remember it doesn't just affect you.

[SusanLarson]

22. You are right

No she's instead unethical, corrupt, and utterly without morals of any kind. She has been bought by Wall Street and it's their interests she will be representing not yours. Oh they might throw some social justice bones but the meat goes to wall street.

[moriah]

27. Pardon the horrible South Park episode, but ..

[Renew Deal]

7. Not voting for Hillary is equivalent to voting Trump

Donald thanks you for the support.

[olddad56]

10. then not voting for Trump must be the equivalent of voting for Hillary

[Adrahil]

15. Depends on who you want to win the least. .

I assume That's Trump.

[840high]

18. 0+0=0

[SusanLarson]

23. You supported Trump not me.

All you Clinton supporters voting for a candidate something like 30% of your party said from the very beginning that we will not vote for no matter what. You thought holding trump over our heads would bring us in line. Not gonna happen. If she is the nominee the Democrats lose.

[oberliner]

12. Who will you vote for?

Any idea yet?

[lapucelle]

5. Let's hope they can reach consensus.

This must be very tough, bordering on heartbreaking for Sanders.

In addition, I think he has to walk a very fine line between advancing his agenda and losing his nascent influence on the platform and in the Senate.

[betsuni]

8. I thought this said that Sanders was spending the night of the final primary with Clinton.

Thought, wow, guess they made up.

[msanthrope]

25. I thought it was the Onion. nt

[highprincipleswork]

13. Bernie represents a whole lot of people and an entire political point of view. He should hold out as

long as he can.

So many here say just forget the Bernie supporters, but I'm not sure Hillary and Obama and all the powers that be see it that way. One hell of a voting block to shit upon.

Bernie should hold out as long as he can and extract/persuade as much as he can. It's only fair to us who supported him, and he is advocating absolutely Democratic values.

[Gene Debs]

21. The thing is, you're not going to extract or persuade anything. She's gonna start tacking

straight back to the right before the confetti is even swept up in the convention hall. She is what she is. Any such attempt is so much wasted breath.

[highprincipleswork]

24. Then she will suffer the consequences. The genie is not going back in the bottle.

[okasha]

14. I think the copy editor should have rethought that headline

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[BeyondGeography]

16. Gee

I hope she nails the interview.

[apnu]

19. Clearly, they are working out a deal. (nt)

[MFM008]

26. Maybe they will come out

and make a mutual statement perhaps on Trump.
It would be very impactful.
Not everyone would be happy of course but
Rump will be especially unhappy.

[OKNancy]

28. Duplicate topic - Locking

Duplicate of a previous post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141485594