I am now asking Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race

[bluestateguy]

I was not one of the people who argued that he should drop out after the New York primary. Even when it became mathematically unlikely and impossible for him to clinch the nomination, I argued that he had the right to stay in. He was a serious candidate, not a single-digit crank candidate, and I appreciate the positive issues that he has brought to this campaign. He inspired many voters and outperformed expectations (even from me). I think he has made Hillary Clinton a better candidate for the Fall.

But Hillary got the most votes, by every metric used. There are some changes to the rules I would like to see in 2020: no superdelegates on the 1st convention ballot, an end to caucuses, and encouraging states to adopt closes primaries. But under the current set of rules, Clinton prevailed and Sanders came in second. The primaries are now over, and it is time for Sanders to bring his campaign to an honorable end.

[swhisper1]

1. we hear you, you dont hear us, such is life

[RobertEarl]

3. We want Bernie to continue speaking for us

He is a great voice. The best we have had in at least 40 years.

[840high]

4. I do want him to continie.

[RobertEarl]

9. His message is a pure democratic message

The country needed to be reminded and Bernie has done well at bringing to the people. It is not his ego driving him, it's history and democracy which forces him to continue.

[zonkers]

17. The best. Change is too scary for many.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'm sure he'll get right on that as soon as he reads DU today.

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. Exactly!

What a ridiculous OP! I would be embarrassed if I wrote that drivel.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Sorry, Bernie. Bluestateguy has spoken. Pack it in pronto.

[coyote]

5. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,

Then they fight you...

Stage 3

[floriduck]

6. I think Bernie plans to respond to you tonight at 8:30 EDT; 5:30 PDT. He heard you were pissed.

[msongs]

7. who?

[Herman4747]

8. You should be asking Hillary to drop out of the race...

...she has legal problems, and she's not doing all that well against The Donald.

[leftofcool]

10. tick tock!

[nc4bo]

12. He'll get right to it.

In his own time. ♡

[bigwillq]

13. I am asking Bernie to stay in until he is ready to drop out

Anytime between now and the convention is fine. The day of the convention is fine, since that's when there will be an official nominee. I don't think he's doing any harm by staying in, the GE race doesn't officially begin until after the conventions anyway.

The party will be just fine whether Bernie drops out now, next week or next month. The party will be fine even if Bernie never drops out. Hillary will have enough support to win with or without Bernie.

It's going to come down to whether folks think Hillary is better than Trump, not when the runner-up drops out or not.

[Eric J in MN]

14. I want HRC to give an inch first.

She wouldn't have to change any positions.

She could just promise to prioritize the issue of public financing of elections, which she's already said she's for.

[bluestateguy]

15. Ok

But we already have public financing of (presidential) elections. The spending caps are so low, however, that the candidates don't want to take the money.

[Eric J in MN]

16. Sanders and HRC agree that the current

...public financing system for presidential elections is useless.

She should release a new plan for that and for public funding of Congressional campaigns.

[Squinch]

21. She is the one who won. She is not the one who makes the first compromise.

[Autumn]

18. I donate monthly have asked Bernie Sanders to stay in it to the end. And he will.

[LWolf]

19. And his actual supporters are

asking him to do the exact opposite, in large numbers.

[Squinch]

20. It doesn't really matter now whether he does or not. If he had gone before

the Obama/Warren endorsement day, he would have been part of that, and would have been seen to have a very high profile in the coalition that Hillary is putting together. He would have been seen to be on a par with Obama and Warren in terms of influence on the party agenda going forward. He could have used that to push for his agenda in a much more meaningful way than he has ever done in the past.

He missed his chance. Now it really doesn't matter whether he drops out or not. Or whether he endorses her or not. The rest of the world has moved on, and he becomes more irrelevant every day.

[Rex]

22. You mean you got in contact with his office?

Yeah, just more yelling on DU...good luck with that tactic.