This is something I think you'll see more of in the near future. Even Nanute on Twitter-we are still talking even with our difference in this primary-said that soon it will be time to unite the Dems.
Some, like HA Goodman, are probably lost causes.
"Our nominee is a disaster: Time may be running out, but Democrats will come to rue Clinton over Sanders."
"Why there's no chance in hell I'm voting for Hillary — and you shouldn't either."
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/16/our_nominee_is_a_disaster_time_may_be_running_out_but_democrats_will_come_to_rue_clinton_over_sanders/
The silver lining is, HA Goodman was wrong about this race every step of the way. He predicted that Bernie would waltz through every state in the South and never lose once.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/01/ha-goodmans-southern-strategy-for.html?showComment=1453672954963#c1715586394092019487
This evidently, is what Bernie's team itself believed-that they'd get a quick kill. Nevada rocked them and then there was the 50 point loss in SC and a major reality check.
Bernie had warned others not to underestimate him, but he clearly underestimated Hillary. Now he's stuck bizarrely trying to somehow get super delegates to go against voters at the Convention-this after for months demonizing them as an undemocratic cabal.
But with Obama''s call for unity behind Hillary, you will see more progressives start to fall in line. Including some Bernie supporters.
"I’m with Hillary in November: Listen up, fellow Bernie supporters — you must get behind Clinton to stop Donald Trump."
"The future of America is at stake — and it's on all of us if we allow Trump to win the White House."
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/17/sorry_bernie_im_with_hillary_now_listen_up_fellow_bernie_supporters_you_must_get_behind_clinton_to_stop_donald_trump/
He quotes from Bernie:
"But here’s the truth: Hillary Clinton is going to be the nominee. Primary voters should still express their will and vote for Bernie so long as they can, and Sanders should campaign until the convention, but this race is effectively over. The math is clear. Yes, Sanders is in a comparable position to Obama during the 2008 race, but this isn’t 2008, and he doesn’t have nearly the institutional support that Obama had. Progressives don’t want to hear that, and I get it – I really do. But it’s true nevertheless. To win, Sanders would need to secure roughly 72 percent of the remaining delegates, with paltry support among crucial demographics, demographics that catapulted Obama past Clinton in 2008. It’s not going to happen. And even when Sanders has won primaries or caucuses, he hasn’t won by large enough margins to alter the delegate math."
"That leaves us with a regrettable – but near-certain – choice in November: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump."
"If that’s how it unfolds, I’m voting for Hillary Clinton. This really isn’t a choice at all. Trump is a leering huckster, a first-rate con artist peddling hate to dunces. A Trump presidency would be a victory for every noxious and regressive force in our body politic. We also have no idea who he is or what he would do in office – that’s positively terrifying."
"Despite the hand-wringing among progressives, President Obama moved the country forward. His triumphs were slow-going and piecemeal, but that’s his way – and it worked. The unemployment rate is 4.9 percent; 13.7 million new jobs have been added over the last 69 months; more Americans have health insurance coverage than ever; same-sex marriage has been legalized; the American auto industry was rescued from oblivion; two liberal seats on the Supreme Court were protected; U.S.-Cuba relations have opened up; we have a peaceful nuclear deal with Iran; we’re gradually shifting away from our reliance on fossil fuels; and the country has enjoyed eight years of a dignified, scandal-free administration."
"Hillary Clinton, if nothing else, will preserve this progress. She isn’t leading a “revolution” and she’s not going to usurp Wall Street’s power – everyone understands that. But neither will Trump. Worse still, there’s no reason to suppose Trump can do the job. He has no experience, no platform, no ideas, and no respect for the office. He can’t be trusted on anything of import to progressives. When you consider what’s at stake, no one on the left should prefer Trump to Clinton – this a point that Sanders himself concedes, and it’s why he’ll surely endorse Clinton if she is in fact the nominee."
"A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC news poll found that a third of Sanders’ supporters said they wouldn’t vote for Clinton if she becomes the Democratic nominee. I don’t believe that will hold, but consider for a second what might happen if it does. To begin with, it would likely hand the White House to Donald Trump. Even if you reject Clinton’s positions on foreign policy and a host of domestic issues, as I do, she is still preferable to Trump. And if you’re a progressive, the fact remains: Clinton reflects your values far more than Trump. If you care about the Supreme Court, which is a conservative judge or two away from denying women autonomy over their own bodies, the choice is obvious. If you care about raising the minimum wage or reforming the criminal justice system or addressing climate change or protecting voting rights, the choice is equally obvious."
"Our democracy, such as it is, can sustain a competent Clinton administration. Nothing much will change, but it won’t descend into chaos either. Progressives will have to wait for an Elizabeth Warren or some other candidate to emerge. In the meantime, though, we’re staring a potential Trump administration in the face. No one knows what the hell Trump is. He’s practically an abstraction. What we know is that he’s uncorked all the racial and cultural bile this country has to offer, and he’s threatening to dump it at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He must be stopped."
So while some are saying they won't vote for her, you will see more like this in the near future, I think.
P.S. That piece must have rankled at Salon, a real Bernie outpost.
Some, like HA Goodman, are probably lost causes.
"Our nominee is a disaster: Time may be running out, but Democrats will come to rue Clinton over Sanders."
"Why there's no chance in hell I'm voting for Hillary — and you shouldn't either."
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/16/our_nominee_is_a_disaster_time_may_be_running_out_but_democrats_will_come_to_rue_clinton_over_sanders/
The silver lining is, HA Goodman was wrong about this race every step of the way. He predicted that Bernie would waltz through every state in the South and never lose once.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/01/ha-goodmans-southern-strategy-for.html?showComment=1453672954963#c1715586394092019487
This evidently, is what Bernie's team itself believed-that they'd get a quick kill. Nevada rocked them and then there was the 50 point loss in SC and a major reality check.
Bernie had warned others not to underestimate him, but he clearly underestimated Hillary. Now he's stuck bizarrely trying to somehow get super delegates to go against voters at the Convention-this after for months demonizing them as an undemocratic cabal.
But with Obama''s call for unity behind Hillary, you will see more progressives start to fall in line. Including some Bernie supporters.
"I’m with Hillary in November: Listen up, fellow Bernie supporters — you must get behind Clinton to stop Donald Trump."
"The future of America is at stake — and it's on all of us if we allow Trump to win the White House."
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/17/sorry_bernie_im_with_hillary_now_listen_up_fellow_bernie_supporters_you_must_get_behind_clinton_to_stop_donald_trump/
He quotes from Bernie:
"But here’s the truth: Hillary Clinton is going to be the nominee. Primary voters should still express their will and vote for Bernie so long as they can, and Sanders should campaign until the convention, but this race is effectively over. The math is clear. Yes, Sanders is in a comparable position to Obama during the 2008 race, but this isn’t 2008, and he doesn’t have nearly the institutional support that Obama had. Progressives don’t want to hear that, and I get it – I really do. But it’s true nevertheless. To win, Sanders would need to secure roughly 72 percent of the remaining delegates, with paltry support among crucial demographics, demographics that catapulted Obama past Clinton in 2008. It’s not going to happen. And even when Sanders has won primaries or caucuses, he hasn’t won by large enough margins to alter the delegate math."
"That leaves us with a regrettable – but near-certain – choice in November: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump."
"If that’s how it unfolds, I’m voting for Hillary Clinton. This really isn’t a choice at all. Trump is a leering huckster, a first-rate con artist peddling hate to dunces. A Trump presidency would be a victory for every noxious and regressive force in our body politic. We also have no idea who he is or what he would do in office – that’s positively terrifying."
"Despite the hand-wringing among progressives, President Obama moved the country forward. His triumphs were slow-going and piecemeal, but that’s his way – and it worked. The unemployment rate is 4.9 percent; 13.7 million new jobs have been added over the last 69 months; more Americans have health insurance coverage than ever; same-sex marriage has been legalized; the American auto industry was rescued from oblivion; two liberal seats on the Supreme Court were protected; U.S.-Cuba relations have opened up; we have a peaceful nuclear deal with Iran; we’re gradually shifting away from our reliance on fossil fuels; and the country has enjoyed eight years of a dignified, scandal-free administration."
"Hillary Clinton, if nothing else, will preserve this progress. She isn’t leading a “revolution” and she’s not going to usurp Wall Street’s power – everyone understands that. But neither will Trump. Worse still, there’s no reason to suppose Trump can do the job. He has no experience, no platform, no ideas, and no respect for the office. He can’t be trusted on anything of import to progressives. When you consider what’s at stake, no one on the left should prefer Trump to Clinton – this a point that Sanders himself concedes, and it’s why he’ll surely endorse Clinton if she is in fact the nominee."
"A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC news poll found that a third of Sanders’ supporters said they wouldn’t vote for Clinton if she becomes the Democratic nominee. I don’t believe that will hold, but consider for a second what might happen if it does. To begin with, it would likely hand the White House to Donald Trump. Even if you reject Clinton’s positions on foreign policy and a host of domestic issues, as I do, she is still preferable to Trump. And if you’re a progressive, the fact remains: Clinton reflects your values far more than Trump. If you care about the Supreme Court, which is a conservative judge or two away from denying women autonomy over their own bodies, the choice is obvious. If you care about raising the minimum wage or reforming the criminal justice system or addressing climate change or protecting voting rights, the choice is equally obvious."
"Our democracy, such as it is, can sustain a competent Clinton administration. Nothing much will change, but it won’t descend into chaos either. Progressives will have to wait for an Elizabeth Warren or some other candidate to emerge. In the meantime, though, we’re staring a potential Trump administration in the face. No one knows what the hell Trump is. He’s practically an abstraction. What we know is that he’s uncorked all the racial and cultural bile this country has to offer, and he’s threatening to dump it at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He must be stopped."
So while some are saying they won't vote for her, you will see more like this in the near future, I think.
P.S. That piece must have rankled at Salon, a real Bernie outpost.
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