Just go ahead and contest the convention.

[rbrnmw]

You will be Persona non grata in the Democratic Party.

[Stuckinthebush]

1. Whiny Bernie already is

He has screwed himself and his one note cause for a few more minutes in the spotlight.

It is sad.

I hope he gets contested by a Dem in Vermont.

[Cha]

2. I just wrote something like this in the thread on the OPED in the Burlington Press..

If BS keeps trying to screw up this country for his own fundraising benefit it would be
just desserts if they didn't re-elect him in Vermont.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=122889

Mahalo rbr..

[SaschaHM]

3. I hope President Obama is the one to nominate Hillary.

Would make whoever nominates Sanders look like a silly mess.

[SunSeeker]

6. Yes! That would be so touching, considering she nominated him in 2008!

[LiberalFighter]

11. I like that idea.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. I like that idea!

[Koinos]

21. Is Jane a delegate?

Maybe she will nominate Bernie.

[madaboutharry]

4. I think his campaign manager and

advisors are giving him bad advice. That includes from his wife, Jane.

[Gman]

8. I've been saying that since the BLM debacle.

[Cha]

9. I blame bernie

[Koinos]

22. With advisors like that, who needs adversaries?

[Thinkingabout]

5. I am surpised at the statements made by Sanders and his campaign team, I would have thought

the statements would have some base. It is the continued move the goal post, after a while maybe it will be unreachable.

[Agnosticsherbet]

7. He can see what Republicans will give him.

[beachbum bob]

10. pretending the convention will be contested doesn't make it so...after first ballot vote and the

nomination goes to hillary....

sanders and his people can dream all they want to

[72DejaVu]

12. Do the Sanders supporters think we are just going to forget all this?

Next year, the year after, ten years from now, we will remember who the scumbags were who tried to destroy our party.

[Cha]

13. I hope they're not under any illiusions like that.. Because we won't forget the Annoited Ones

trying to subvert the will of the People.

Propane Jane ?@docrocktex26 · 55m55 minutes ago

The truly disgusting part about Bernie's contested convention aspirations is how he thinks he's entitled to override the will of POC/women.

https://twitter.com/theonlyadult

[obamanut2012]

14. It honestly is career suicide

I am perplexed by this.

[BootinUp]

15. Bernie is going to end up as popular as Nader the way he is going. nt

[BlueMTexpat]

32. Less so, IMO.

Nader was actually responsible for some necessary consumer reforms. Bernie not so much.

[George II]

16. It's just a lot of words, it would be impossible for him to "contest" the Convention. They simply..

...do not understand how it works.

In January, when the next Congress is convened, Sanders is in for a HUGE (or is that YUUUGE?) dose of reality. He won't even be able to get his post office naming bills passed, and hopefully he'll be left caucusing by himself in an empty room.

[Blanks]

28. Those poor people...

Getting their mail from an improperly named post office.

[Legends303]

18. It's going to be embrasing if he does contest it

I don't think the DNC is going to grant him the nomination when he has no sway. He is losing in pledged delegates, super delegates, and the popular vote. Sanders is going on a massive who ego trip just so his supporters can say the election was stolen from him.

[pandr32]

19. Watch Bernie go after the Republicans next

If he can't win against a strong Democratic coalition he will be vengeful. Look how he snubbed the president of the conference he managed to get himself invited to at the Vatican. With lots of world personalities and press there he made a grand show of deliberately snubbing her--for what purpose? It was very revealing about the mind/personality of Bernie Sanders.

Unfortunately, he has had a strong taste of power. No way he will forget how how much he loved it.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

37. The media is barely talking about him anymore. He's "over" to them. It's onto Trump vs Clinton.

He probably will not be able to handle that. He'll have to pull some major stunt to make the shows anymore. Mainly, all you see is negative stuff about Trump.

[pandr32]

39. Ha-someone ought to tell this to our DU home and latest threads pages

Down is still up, the sky is still green, and Hillary Clinton is still a hazard waiting to be unleashed on humanity. Ughhhh.

I also read that Bernie supporters protested her Cinqo de Mayo event in California in force--carrying signs and yelling out Bernie's favorite smears of her. He is hell bent on taking California. He wants to win Hispanics buy convincing them of discredited garbage about Hillary Clinton. Using fear tactics and lies.

I so wish he would knock it off and stop his deliberate divisiveness.

[Blue Idaho]

20. Here is how a "contested" convention will go.

There will be one vote. The pledged and super delegates will vote as they have indicated and Sec. Clinton will be the nominee. Regardless of the kind of "revolutionary" chaos Sanders predicts or intends - the Democratic Party will have none of it. It's over and there is nothing Bernie Sanders can do about it.

The only other likely scenario is that Sanders will have to suspend his campaign prior to the convention due to lack of funds. Having only taken in 25 million in April while routinely spending 48 million per month doesn't leave much room before the red ink drowns his campaign. I expect to see his May donation numbers below April's numbers.

[Koinos]

23. I don't think he can afford a big "ad war" in California.

[Blue Idaho]

24. I agree...

Time is working its magic - even true believers are waking up to the fact that sending more $27 donations is just the same as flushing their money down drain.

[Koinos]

25. Makes you wonder how this group would handle taxing and spending nationwide.

They are "taxing" their supporters and spending millions on ads, consultants, social media, and a trip to the Vatican. Their bookkeeping is also lousy, and the FEC will come knocking again. So much wasted money...

Hillary, on the other hand, has been quite frugal with the funding she has. And the FEC has approved her bookkeeping. I think I would rather have her in charge of our multi-trillion dollar economy.

Just a thought.

[Her Sister]

29. Probably that's the reason for him demanding a debate in California

Free exposure in California!

[Koinos]

34. I think the time for debates has passed.

I look forward to Senator Sanders and Reality having a closed-door meeting pretty soon.

I hope he doesn't take his non-compromise attitude into that one-to-one.

[still_one]

26. sanders is already persona non grata with me, and I will NEVER vote for him

[stonecutter357]

27. Time to primary BS and his bro's.

[George II]

30. If he decides to run for re-election in 2018 (I'm doubting that though) I would not be surprised....

....if the Democrats finally put up a candidate to run against him. I suppose it depends on the state of the Senate in two years, and if the Democrats have a majority or can risk the possibility of a republican beating Sanders and a Democratic candidate.

[Gothmog]

31. I have been trying to decide if I really want to be a national delegate for Hillary

It is expensive both in time off from work and expense of the hotel, etc but the idea of a faux contest may cause me to go

[Blue Idaho]

33. Tough decision...

But our party needs delegates that understand and respect the process. The last thing we Democrats need is a chaos convention just to placate a guy who insists on not being a Democrat - now or ever.

[Gothmog]

35. I know but it is a full week and the hotel rates are high

I am leaning towards continuing to try which means having to do a special resume. One guy who is running has had his resume up on facebook for several weeks. There is a ton of politics involved which if fine.

[Blue Idaho]

40. Best of luck to you - whatever you decide!

Only you know how this will work in your life. I for one am not here to judge you.

Cheers!

[Gothmog]

41. I am leaning on trying

We have a meeting my county's delegation later in May and I have been promised significant support from the key leaders. There is a ton of politics involved including doing a resume and sending letters or e-mails to the delegates.

[Blue Idaho]

43. Thank You! nt

[George II]

36. I'd do it - this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

[UtahLib]

38. K&R. nt

[ismnotwasm]

42. K&R

[MSMITH33156]

44. It'll be the most pathetic scene ever

He'll show up, force the delegates to vote, he'll lose, and be marched out of there. Hillary could have created a mess in 2008 if she chose (she obviously didn't) because of how close the vote was. This one is not close, she'll be above him significantly in delegates, with a clear majority of the voting delegates. I'm not entirely sure what he thinks he can "contest." He can refuse to cede his delegates to her (Hillary DID cede her delegates to Obama in 2008, and even superdelegate Bill Clinton voted for Obama), which would mean they would actually have to vote on the floor, but he would lose that vote significantly.

The reason they were talking about a contested convention on the Republican side is that no candidate had a majority. It actually makes no sense on the Democratic side. It would basically be an electoral college vote. The losing candidate gets his electoral votes (delegates), but he loses and then gets nothing.

[Captain_New_York]

45. This is not Middle Age Poland

Bernie cannot just go to convention and stand up like a minor prince in the Polish Sejm and evoke the privilege of liberum veto (from the Latin: "I freely forbid&quot and stop the democratic processes of the Democratic Party.