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58. Some will probably never forgive him for (in their eyes) weakening Hillary.

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 05:57 PM

Aug 2018

Best in my opinion to just move on though from what happened and look to the future which is bleak if we let the Repugnants divide us again.

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Sanders praises Dem move to limit role of superdelegates in picking nominee [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP

Great, now how about reciprocating and joining the party. RelativelyJones Aug 2018 #1

He's making nice with Tom Perez. That's a good thing. mucifer Aug 2018 #2

Agreed. But there are lingering grievances toward him which he could work to alleviate. RelativelyJones Aug 2018 #5

Whatever. I'm happy they are talking now in a positive way. mucifer Aug 2018 #6

I have no grievances toward him Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #7

Some will probably never forgive him for (in their eyes) weakening Hillary. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #58

Did he really weaken her campaign or make it stronger? Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #69

I only have grievances with fascists elmac Aug 2018 #30

He won't. NurseJackie Aug 2018 #16

I like this game... bottomofthehill Aug 2018 #45

The Hill has it wrong. He was NOT "the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate", he was.... George II Aug 2018 #3

Post removed Post removed Aug 2018 #4

Oh what a surprise since it skews the vote in his own direction. Trust Buster Aug 2018 #8

Yeah. murielm99 Aug 2018 #10

Wow. So you are admitting that super d's ars there to circumvent the will of primary voters ? CentralMass Aug 2018 #12

Sanders cult were the ones who wanted supers to flip the results Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2018 #50

I have always disliked the addition Super D's. How ever the point is that a select few should not CentralMass Aug 2018 #62

Wrong LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #63

+1 CentralMass Aug 2018 #72

leaving it to the voters "skews the vote" in Bernie's direction? irresistable Aug 2018 #14

Obviously. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #52

In spite of the bather the SD were not involved in choosing the the Democratic nominee. It still_one Aug 2018 #15

Or, it skews the vote in the voters' direction. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #22

Precisely Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #70

Divide, discourage, murielm99 Aug 2018 #9

+1...nt SidDithers Aug 2018 #11

Life long Dem here. I support Democracy. The Super Delegates should be eliminated. CentralMass Aug 2018 #13

So someone is praising a decision made by the *DNC* Cal Carpenter Aug 2018 #35

Someone? murielm99 Aug 2018 #37

Not playing. Cal Carpenter Aug 2018 #39

It is impossible to have an intellectually honest conversation murielm99 Aug 2018 #74

Feel the same... sad is right. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #76

Divide, discourage, LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #65

Yet caucuses and "open" primaries remain. Gag me! NurseJackie Aug 2018 #17

I agree with closed primaries and getting rid of caucuses. CentralMass Aug 2018 #18

Yes. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #43

But...but...but... QC Aug 2018 #19

! Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #20

Which means he can't be the Democratic nominee, because they also ruled that Squinch Aug 2018 #41

Fact: He isn't Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2018 #49

Lost in the superdelegate debate is the fact that the DNC also passed a rule stating.... George II Aug 2018 #21

So glad we could do something to please you, Bernie. Paladin Aug 2018 #23

+1 RelativelyJones Aug 2018 #27

Or Cha Aug 2018 #81

Every Democratic presidential candidate must be a Democrat Gothmog Aug 2018 #24

... revmclaren Aug 2018 #25

Bazinga! sheshe2 Aug 2018 #26

How is C enforcable ? MichMan Aug 2018 #29

I think that be totally unethical and that no true Democrat justhanginon Aug 2018 #38

Why have it then? MichMan Aug 2018 #57

Obviously there is no legal way to stop them or him. justhanginon Aug 2018 #60

If he is polling well, the last thing we want is to force him to run third party MichMan Aug 2018 #61

Ah yes, back to the threats. If he doesn't get his way, he'll run justhanginon Aug 2018 #64

purpose of DU is to support democrats not independents. nt msongs Aug 2018 #28

Not any more. Us moderate dems were just told to go take a hike. Trust Buster Aug 2018 #31

We continue to the left of course n/t Devil Child Aug 2018 #47

Who's planning to seize the means of production and set up QC Aug 2018 #73

oh boy, here we go again, playing right into putins hands elmac Aug 2018 #34

Warren isn't smiling. At all. ucrdem Aug 2018 #32

Of course he does. It suits the needs of a third-party spoiler. LisaM Aug 2018 #33

Super delegates played no role in denying Bernie the nomination nor was their ever a possibility StevieM Aug 2018 #36

Superdelegates have NEVER had any deciding role in choosing Squinch Aug 2018 #42

Yup - the Busters' number one myth Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2018 #48

I support a rule requiring a candidate to be a registered Democrat redstatebluegirl Aug 2018 #40

+1 SunSeeker Aug 2018 #54

they also are working to remove caucuses which WhiteTara Aug 2018 #44

Of course, Saint Bernard would never dream of losing undemocratic caucuses Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2018 #46

I totally agree. Sanders will stop any effort made to get rid of the caucuses. Trust Buster Aug 2018 #51

Let's not forget... Catch2.2 Aug 2018 #53

How about we hear a statement from a Democrat?? KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #55

Well Finally! Me. Aug 2018 #56

"It's pretty hard to win a nomination in a contested race and almost impossible to win without the ehrnst Aug 2018 #59

Its also pretty hard to win the nomination of a party when you refuse to join it. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #66

But that would mean that he would have to work with "the system" ehrnst Aug 2018 #78

Superdelegates were fine by Sanders when he thought they could hand hin the nimination lunamagica Aug 2018 #67

maybe he wants to get rid of them for not going against the voters JI7 Aug 2018 #68

That wouldn't surprise me at all lunamagica Aug 2018 #75

IMO, superdelegates should only be used if there is no majority. Crowman2009 Aug 2018 #71

Thank you, Bernie Sanders, for making the Democratic Party better aikoaiko Aug 2018 #77

Bernie Sanders is a Pied Piper. PubliusEnigma Aug 2018 #80

Go away, Bernie! Was it not enough to help Trump win once??? PubliusEnigma Aug 2018 #79

What this could mean is elected congressional and other officials LiberalFighter Aug 2018 #82