IMO, the chances of a Sanders 3rd party run

[B2G]

are increasing every day.

The DNC seems to be intent on ensuring it.

[leftynyc]

1. Never happen

but you're free to believe any fantasy you wish.

[Codeine]

2. Heaven forbid someone should lose.

I guess this is what happens when a generation never subjected to the word "no" becomes politically active.

[LexVegas]

4. Truth. nt

[B2G]

5. It's not the loss, it's how you get there. nt

[GulfCoast66]

15. For the win

[MineralMan]

3. IMO, that's nonsense.

Utter. Nonsense.

[B2G]

8. As are your search results posts. nt

[LexVegas]

6. Sanders takes sore loser to a new level. nt

[cali]

7. Sorry, you are clueless regarding my Senator

[Codeine]

11. This poster ^^^^ is a fantastic example

of a Sanders supporter. Cali is dedicated, passionate, and devoted without being an asshole.

[ViseGrip]

9. First time an indy would win, and break through the two party shit show.

[JimDandy]

12. Without a doubt Sanders would win in that situation. Heck, he would win now, hands down, if GE were

held today.

[Zynx]

17. I'd be willing to bet $10,000 that's not true.

[JimDandy]

20. If I had it, I'd take that bet.

[Zynx]

24. I'd be willing to borrow to get there. Not a chance he would win that.

Most of the Democratic vote would stay with Hillary and he'd pull very little from Trump. The consequence would be a Trump presidency and probably by a good margin.

[timmymoff]

40. Quite Romneyesque

Now we understand. Thank you.

[Land of Enchantment]

28. aFREAKINGmen. +1,000 nt

[Land of Enchantment]

29. aFREAKINGmen. +1,000 nt

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Many states have sore loser laws

You can't get your name on the GE ballot if you run for the nomination of a political party and lose.

[JimDandy]

13. They don't apply to presidential candidates, though, in most states. n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

19. But often times states use filing deadlines to limit sore losers. nt

[JimDandy]

34. Texas' May 9th deadline is the only one that had passed. The majority of the deadlines come up

after the 2 main party's conventions. Losing presidential primary candidates have gotten on the ballot in all 50 states in the past. It is very difficult to do so though, as the process is labor intensive (getting the required petition signatures in each state.) and time sensitive due to the varied deadlines around the nation.

[msongs]

14. the DNC is not responsible for bernie's integrity. perhaps he is not, either nt

[JimDandy]

16. They will have to draft him via a write in campaign then, because

barring a really egregious action, I doubt that Sanders would run as a 3rd party candidate.

And a draft campaign for president has not worked yet, but then there has never before been such an admired, trustworthy, genuine and knowledgeable people's candidate as Bernie Sanders. He actually has a decent possibility of winning as a draftee and I doubt he would turn down such a win.

[winter is coming]

18. Nah. I don't see Bernie going third party. n/t

[Vinca]

21. It's starting to make sense.

Bernie could be the third party and maybe the GOP would run someone halfway sane as a fourth party. The two-party system is just not working this time around. The irony is the people who, out of disgust, have changed their party affiliation to Indie are now doubly screwed because they can't vote in most of the primaries and are stuck with a choice of either bad or worse.

[Zynx]

26. Even if that happened, the result would likely be the result would get put into the House.

And we'd lose that for sure. Our system is not institutionally designed for multiple parties. If we had proportional representation, that would be one thing.

[JRLeft]

22. He won't do it.

He doesn't want to split the vote. He will back Hillary.

[pdsimdars]

32. And I think the "October surprise" will be an indictment.

[JRLeft]

33. If that happens Biden will be the nominee.

[auntpurl]

23. He will endorse Hillary enthusiastically and stump for her tirelessly

Anything less and his career in Democratic politics is over.

[nc4bo]

25. He's more "Democratic" than most democrats. So......LOL!

Sanders will be fine - don't worry your purdy lil ole head about him.

Cream always rises.

[Land of Enchantment]

30. I rather doubt that. Your perspective seems a bit off. Don't count those chickens just yet.

[auntpurl]

31. Guess we'll see.

[Txbluedog]

35. His career is over regardless

Remember the zclintons never forgive or forget---if she wins the GE there will be hell to pay and worse if she loses. Either way he's done for and he knows it

[procon]

27. Have you come up with a catchy name yet?

Tip: Don't use words like extortion or blackmail, probably hard to fundraise off 'em, unless your name is something Guido, you know?

Spoiler would word, but it already has a bad rep, so that's out too.

[ancianita]

36. Nope. Chances are slim and none. Bernie has way more in common with Hill than either

have with Trump.

And that's how a unified party's going to see it, too.

[Retrograde]

37. How? Will he get picked up by the Greens or such?

The minor parties have been holding their own primaries, and I don't think any of the winners are going to step aside for Sanders. Getting a new party started up and on the ballots in enough states to give him an electoral majority is long, hard, and tedious work - state ballot rules are designed to hinder these kind of start-ups.

A national write-in campaign? I don't know enough about the election laws in all the states to say whether this is feasible.

[Beowulf]

38. He won't

because he said he wouldn't. Besides, even if he changed his mind, it's well past deadline in most states for him to get on the ballot. No, we will announce his support for Hillary and he will campaign, though not so much for her as against Donald Trump and the Clinton camp should be delighted with that as that would be where he would be most effective for her. After the election, that's when things could get interesting. He's called for a movement and that would be when organizing such a movement would begin, likely seeking out existing groups with whom to partner.

[Gothmog]

39. It is too late to get on the ballot in most states and sore loser laws will keep Sanders off ballots

in many other states

[Jim Lane]

41. The party establishment's misconduct will have an effect, but not that one.

If Bernie wanted to run third party, he could have announced that a year ago. He would have been welcomed as the Green Party nominee with open arms. Jill Stein, the presumptive nominee, would certainly have stepped aside for him. I don't think he even would have had to worry about winning primaries because as I understand it the Greens hold few if any primaries. He would have been on the ballot everywhere for the general election, as was Nader.

He didn't do that. His reason for not doing it -- that he doesn't want to split the vote and help elect the Republican nominee -- is still perfectly valid. He expressly referred to the lesson of 2000 in explaining that he didn't want to follow Nader's path.

The real effect of all that's gone down will be to reduce the effectiveness of Bernie's endorsement of anyone else in the general election. The "Bernie or Bust" viewpoint is based primarily on political principles, but the BoB ranks will be swelled by people who believe, with good reason, that Sanders was not treated fairly. Some of those people will be swayed, by Bernie's endorsement, to hold their noses and vote for the Democrat anyway -- but some won't.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Unlike the DNC, he is a man of honor, he said he won't

also there are the sore loser laws at play

[Doctor Jack]

43. He wouldn't do it

The risk of splitting the dem vote and ending up with Trump as president would be too great. I'm pretty sure Sanders hates Trump. He isn't going to something that makes the odds of him winning extremely high.