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(21,646 posts)Sanders before the convention 16
Instead, he said he will attempt to use his delegates to push for more progressive reforms at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, in Philadelphia. Why would I want to [drop out] when I want to fight to make sure that we have the best platform that we possibly can? he asked rhetorically. The goal of our campaign was to transform this nation.
Although Sanders acknowledged on Morning Joe Friday that most of his supporters were heading for the exits, he reiterated that he is not dropping out of the race until his oft-promised political revolution yields real results.
I'm pretty good at arithmetic, and what I know is that Hillary Clinton has more pledged delegates than I do, and she has a lot more super-delegates than I do, he said. But what I also know is we're bringing 1,900 delegates into the convention, that we have received 13 million votes
Clinton less than one week in primary08
"Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won, the extraordinary race he has run and and I throw my full support behind him and I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," she said.
She said she and Obama have faced each other in 22 debates and she has had a "front-row seat to his candidacy" and has seen "his determination, his grace and his grit."
With daughter Chelsea and husband former U.S. president Bill Clinton along with her mother, Dorothy Rodham, watching, the New York senator formally ended her bid for the country's highest political office after a 16-month contest to win over party delegates.
The official announcement came less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough delegates totalling 2,118 to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.