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In reply to the discussion: We're about to transition into General Election mode soon, or as I like to call it: [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)I'd be surprised if he doesn't issue some public support for Hillary (assuming she wins the nomination), he's pretty much obligated to, unless he runs third party. Many of his supporters, after this bitter primary, are 100% disgusted with the party and want to him run on the Green Party ticket, but I would be surprised if he does so.
<edit to add>: this is an interesting development, and I'm not advocating for it here, I know the rules and ideally we'd take back the Democratic Party, but it is worth knowing about and is relevant to this conversation:
http://www.socialistalternative.org/2016/04/27/kshama-sawant-appeals-bernie-run-independent-16000-signed-on/
KSHAMA SAWANT PETITIONS BERNIE TO RUN INDEPENDENT, LAUNCH NEW PARTY 16,000 HAVE SIGNED ON!
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He's always been a team player, despite what some people here say. I recently read an article where apparently Nader has tried to contact him a number of times over the years and Bernie won't return his calls. The article implied it had to do with Bernie being a team player for Democrats, since Bernie had in the past made some positive statements about Nader, but who knows why, anyway it wouldn't surprise me if it had to do with Nader's ridiculous presidential campaigns (I like Nader, but don't think he would make a good president, and never felt like he made the kind of real campaign the way Bernie has, more of a vanity candidate).
But yeah, at the moment is no consensus plan for Bernie supporters. It may stay that way. But there is an amazing amount of activity right now trying to establish it as a movement, not a moment, and I think that part will succeed. I have to say, not much of that energy supports sustaining the movement within the Democratic Party, it is seen as part of the problem. So I wouldn't expect any energy at all from most Bernie supporters to get Hillary elected, it's just too far from what we believe in. Some will hold their nose and vote for her, some will not. I'm in California, a safe blue state, so unless Trump is polling better here than expected, I'll use my safe blue-state privilege and vote my conscience.