So can we all remember to support Senator Merkley

[DetroitSocialist83]

In his next election or for higher office? I feel like his endorsement of Bernie and progressive agenda has not gotten enough attention. I feel like he is guy we all need to take a good look at for the future.

[Old Codger]

1. You bet

He is the man here..

[Donkees]

2. We need to take a *good* look:

Bernie Sanders' lone supporter in the Senate said Thursday that the Vermont senator should end his presidential campaign if he's losing to Hillary Clinton after the primary season concludes in June, breaking sharply with the candidate who is vowing to take his insurgent bid to the party convention in Philadelphia.

In an interview with CNN, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley argued that the party should be united heading into the July convention. And that if Sanders has no viable path to the nomination after the final round of primaries in June, he should concede to Clinton at that point. He said that Sanders should follow the model employed by Clinton in 2008, who dropped out in June of that year and pledged her support to Barack Obama.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, the liberal Arizona Democrat who backs Sanders, said in an interview Thursday, "I want him to go to the convention. ... I think he needs a prominent place at the convention to talk."
Similarly, Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, another Sanders backer, said "there is a lot to be gained" by taking the fight to the convention by giving the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist a chance to influence the party's agenda.
"I think the party is going to unify in any case," Ellison said.

[jillan]

4. In that interview he did say that he stands with Bernie, will do all he can to help Bernie win.

He's still in it until the primaries are over.

He stops short of the convention tho, unlike Grijalva.

[Pastiche423]

6. Do you know Jeff?

He's been my senator for the last six years and has been a great disappointment. Do not trust him to be consistent.

Why would he endorse Bernie, then turn around and say only until after the primaries?

He lied to me and others that were in attendance about a regional issue. He caught my wrath then and I doubt he will ever be back in good graces again.

[potone]

8. He's my senator too, and I like him.

What did he do to alienate you?

[Pastiche423]

9. LNG

[malokvale77]

7. Ow...

Glad to know. I was about to send him money.

I'm not interested in supporting wafflers.

[Biaviians]

3. I wrote an email to thank him.

[CobaltBlue]

5. Every State [Contest]

I think Bernie Sanders wants to—and should—play out the map.

Not counting American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, Guam, et al., between the 50 states plus District of Columbia he will probably carry between 18 and 22…while Hillary Clinton ends up carrying between 28 and 32.

It is the fine details—the entrance and exit polls—that are compelling. They both carried in ways like Republicans and Democrats in a general election. For example, in close states she carried counties like a Democrat while he carried like a Republican. But, when it comes to the four voting-age groups—17–/18–29; 30–44; 45–64; 65+—she carried the two oldest age groups (which was the case, nationally, with 2012 losing Republican Mitt Romney) while he carried like a Democrat (2012 re-elected Democrat Barack Obama) with the two youngest age groups.

The thing is…a lot of this turned out to be numbers crunching. When she eked out wins in states by bare margins, it was because the combined size of the vote from the two oldest age groups was greater—essentially 3-to-2. But, it also has had to do with specifics—opened vs. closed.

I am not the least bit concerned about the primaries. I look over to the Republicans—and Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are such a turnoff even in their own party (like with white women) that people are able to tell they are losers.