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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 11:53 PM Jun 2016

Yahoo: Clinton unity train leaves station without Sanders

https://www.yahoo.com/news/clinton-unity-train-leaves-station-000000507.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

On Monday in Cincinnati, Hillary Clinton gave a populist economic speech calling for higher taxes on rich people and tough regulations on Wall Street.

Yet Sen. Bernie Sanders, who pushed Clinton to the left on those very issues during the long primary season, was nowhere to be found. The presumptive Democratic nominee was flanked by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has possibly more leftist credibility on the issue of income inequality than anyone but Sanders. “I’m with her!” Warren cried as the crowd roared.

As Sanders refuses to fully back Clinton, weeks after she clinched the nomination, her campaign has had to launch its party unity strategy without him. At the national level, Clinton appeared with Warren, and will soon rally alongside President Obama and, later, Vice President Joe Biden. Both are incredibly popular among Democrats.

Meanwhile, Clinton’s local campaign teams in Florida and other states are arranging joint phone banks and cookouts to bring Sanders and Clinton supporters together to organize against Republican Donald Trump — even in the absence of Sanders’ endorsement of Clinton.


There's an election to be won.

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Yahoo: Clinton unity train leaves station without Sanders (Original Post) geek tragedy Jun 2016 OP
K&R, geek.. K&R! Cha Jun 2016 #1
Sanders not joining is now irrelevant cosmicone Jun 2016 #2
KICK fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #3
We have an election to win in November, we know united is stronger and we need to put Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #4
The unity train! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #5
Good. Bernie has made an ass of himself by now, time to move on without him. Lil Missy Jun 2016 #6
Watch out. I said the same thing about Bernie and my post was hidden. Jitter65 Jun 2016 #8
If I said what I really think of him it would most certainly be hidden. n/t Lil Missy Jun 2016 #20
He didn't push her to the left...she was already there. Lucinda Jun 2016 #7
+1! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #10
K&R! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #9
“I’m with her!” Warren cried as the crowd roared. stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #11
Good Morning, stonecutter~ Cha Jun 2016 #12
Good morning Cha. stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #14
Democrats have been through this before. Many times. Rose Siding Jun 2016 #13
We are all seeing why he got so little superdelegate support pandr32 Jun 2016 #19
Millions are with her! Haveadream Jun 2016 #15
Sanders didn't push Clinton to the Left on these issues. She was ALREADY THERE. KittyWampus Jun 2016 #16
Absolutely! Thank you for saying that! skylucy Jun 2016 #17
Ahhh I really need to get on that train! Her Sister Jun 2016 #18
K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #21
I guess the message here is..you can either come along for the ride, or get the hell out of the way. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #22
We have an election to win ladym55 Jun 2016 #23
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
2. Sanders not joining is now irrelevant
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:15 AM
Jun 2016

Nearly 95% of Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary.

Who are they going to vote for?

Trump?

Johnson?

The libertarian party is for making people fend for themselves - against single payer and free tuition. They are also against government setting wages - so no $15 minimum wage.

Stein?

She offers even less of the Sanders' agenda.

Some die-hards will write-in Bernie and waste their votes -- but they will be few and far in between.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. We have an election to win in November, we know united is stronger and we need to put
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:48 AM
Jun 2016

Forth our strongest foot. We will march ever onward.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
6. Good. Bernie has made an ass of himself by now, time to move on without him.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 01:28 AM
Jun 2016

Most of his supporters are already flocking to Hillary.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
8. Watch out. I said the same thing about Bernie and my post was hidden.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:59 AM
Jun 2016

maybe it won't happen here. Mine was in GD 2016

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
13. Democrats have been through this before. Many times.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:05 AM
Jun 2016

Ask Barney Frank.

This is standard, usual, predictable behavior for Sanders.

HUGE props to his supporters who are now with Hillary. They did it wisely, and all on their own. It's a rough transition, as nearly all of us know.

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
19. We are all seeing why he got so little superdelegate support
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 01:33 PM
Jun 2016

It will be tough for him to continue to say the reason was they were already in the tank for Hillary. He later indicated they could switch if they wanted--they did not. Now we are seeing being played out in full living color what many of them already knew.
Many are still waiting for him to adjust and come around. My kids adjusted to heavy disappointment a whole lot faster--just saying

Still waiting

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
15. Millions are with her!
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:28 AM
Jun 2016

There is a real hunger in this country for progressive change in both the economic and social arena. The Republicans would have us go back to a time when people who need help the most were divided because of that. What makes Hillary, Elizabeth and the Dems exceptional is how they are working to harness that desire for economic and social justice and put together a coalition of everyone to make progress possible. I cannot imagine wanting to be anywhere but part of that momentum forward. The revolution is happening!








Tarheel_Dem

(31,233 posts)
22. I guess the message here is..you can either come along for the ride, or get the hell out of the way.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 03:26 PM
Jun 2016

We've got a dangerous orange buffoon to defeat, you can either help with that, or we'll do it without you.

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