Harry Reid to Bernie Sanders: 'Give up'

[Iamaartist]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/harry-reid-to-bernie-sanders-give-up-223803


Harry Reid wants Bernie Sanders to run the numbers and realize that "sometimes you just have to give up."

In an interview with The Associated Press, the Senate minority leader said on Wednesday that the Vermont senator should not prolong his presidential bid through the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July, given his opponent Hillary Clinton's nearly insurmountable lead in the delegate count.

“I’ve never been too good at math, but I can figure that one out. I think he better do a little mathing,” Reid said.

The Senate minority leader previously endorsed Clinton in February after she won the primary in Nevada, his home state.

Reid went on to say that while Sanders has the right to continue his presidential campaign, he doesn’t recommend extending it.

“No, I don't think he should. I don't know what that's going to prove. Sometimes you just have to give up. I've lost before. The numbers aren't there.”

[BootinUp]

1. I always liked this Billy Joel tune, seems appropriate.

[Iamaartist]

2. Good Song,for this.....Thank-you

[Iamaartist]

6. Time to give it..up......

[OhZone]

3. Why does a so-called democratic socialist not want to go with the will of the people? n/t

[BlueCaliDem]

8. Because that particular democratic socialist is, in fact and deed, an autocrat and doesn't believe

in democracy when on the losing side of it.

[DemonGoddess]

4. Thank you Sen. Reid! n/t

[NurseJackie]

5. It's a lost cause. It's over.

Everyone knows it.

[Iamaartist]

7. Another statement by reid...

Bernie Sanders needs to recognize that "sometimes you just have to give up," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Reid said his fellow senator should not carry his presidential campaign through to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as he intends to do.

Instead, Reid said, Sanders needs to recognize that "math is math" after next week's primaries in California and New Jersey, when Hillary Clinton is expected to rack up enough delegates to effectively clinch the nomination.

"I've never been too good at math but I can figure that one out. I think he better do a little mathing," Reid told The Associated Press in an interview in his home state of Nevada.

Reid, who has endorsed Clinton, stopped short of calling on Sanders to drop out. But he made his views clear in direct and even harsh terms.

Reid said Sanders has a right to continue his campaign through the convention, but added: "No, I don't think he should. I don't know what that's going to prove. Sometimes you just have to give up. I've lost before. The numbers aren't there."

Sanders is disputing the suggestion that Clinton will be able to claim to have effectively clinched the nomination after next week's primaries. He says that's because Clinton's delegate totals will include "superdelegates," the party leaders selected by Democratic officials instead of voters. Sanders is hoping he can win California and change the minds of some superdelegates now backing Clinton.

Reid said he doesn't plan to express his opinions to Sanders himself after next week's voting. "I don't think I'm the one to deliver that message. If he calls and asks me I'll be happy to, but I'm not going to go chasing him around to tell him what math is," Reid said.