2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe People to Bernie: Don't Drop Out!
We are going to push the tools of the democratic process to their fullest extent. We can use the democratic process to fight for a place within the Democratic Party. Even if Bernie doesn't win the Democratic nomination, we're building a different type of power by fighting all the way to the finish line. It's people power. It's training a generation of activists how to flex the tools of democracy to the limit.
What about all the screams about superdelegate math and impossibility? They aren't very convincing, because they have been saying the same thing since at least March 15. They were calling it impossible way back then. But it's clear we have had a huge impact by staying in the race.
Telling Bernie to drop out before the convention is trying to shut down democracy.
And a vast majority of Democrats want Bernie Sanders to stay in race.
brooklynite
(93,878 posts)Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)beat me to it..
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)brooklynite
(93,878 posts)...they're welcome, having registered to join the Democratic Party, to become involved in their local Party organization and press for whatever issues or candidates they choose to.
You realize that other Democrats get a say as well?
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)and only in 40 years will we actually start listening to them.
The 20th century is over. I'm done with its relics. Those include Third Way and its identity playbooks, and its ever changing rules of the Democratic nomination process.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)stand today on fracking? The TPP? Prisons For Profits? Invading Iran? Medical marijuana?
Do you think the ever growing wealth gap is good for the 99%? You must.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)so there's also that.
Tarc
(10,472 posts)Sanders campaign has been running on fumes since New York.
onenote
(42,383 posts)It could make quite a bit of difference. For example, did it ask whether he should stay in the race through the end of the primaries? Or did it ask whether he should stay in the race through the convention? Did it ask whether he should stay in the race through the convention if Clinton has won a majority of the pledged delegates? Did it ask whether he should stay in the race through the convention if Clinton has won a majority of the pledged delegates and commitments from unpledged delegates sufficient to win the nomination?
It matters.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)out of date by Tuesday at, say 8pm EST. My guess is that at that time most Dems will be ready for our presumptive nominee to be able to face her repub opponent unencumbered by any other distractions.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)that we continue to embrace and champion the issues that continue to bring tens of thousands of people to Bernie rallies (while Hillary hides in small grade school gyms).
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)If Bernie were to demand at the convention that superdelegates hand him the nomination despite clearly losing the primaries, that would be trying to shut down democracy.
senz
(11,945 posts)He'll stay in.