Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Sanders booed by House Democrats [View all]PoliticalMalcontent
(449 posts)where there are cliques and things like that.
Booing on a large scale could be akin to peer pressure.
It's hard to blaze your own path. It's hard to stand for what you believe in when what you believe in is perhaps different than most. But it's also important to stand for what you believe in. Sanders is accustomed to setting is own path. He ran for congress as an independent (democratic socialist), which put him far outside the norm. He overcame that. I'm sure it may be a point of contention among his peers at times though, despite caucusing with them. It's clearly a point of contention here at times.
The guy at least has solid reasons for supporting her while not flat-out endorsing her. If he flat-out endorses her he loses any sort of ability to speak to what the democratic platform should be (in my opinion) and essentially says "I support everything Clinton does from here on out through November."
I believe that Clinton is only poo-pooing TPP until November. If Sanders feels similarly, perhaps that's why he's reluctant to endorse her.
I found this article to be rather insightful into his thought process. Bernie Sanders Explains The Difference Between "Endorsing" And "Voting For" Hillary Clinton - Politico