I have written a few posts in the last few days about a move you're starting to see among Democrats to move beyond this primary to a full effort against Trump and the GOP.
The beauty is that the GOP is going to wear Trump around its neck no matter what it does.
"Democrats want to fight Trump, not each other. The exit polls were fuzzy on the topic, but the voters seemed to be sending their party a clear, collective message: Ditch the character-building internecine slap fight and unite to fight the common enemy."
Elizabeth Warren plays it very close to her vest in terms of who she's' supporting or not supporting but she is clearly nudging in the same direction. Without saying she's for Hillary, she is making it clear that it may be time for Dems to rally for the anti Trump effort.
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren declined multiple opportunities on Thursday to say whether Hillary Clinton should release the transcripts of her paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and other financial institutions."
"The Massachusetts Democrat and progressive icon, who has not publicly endorsed Clinton or Bernie Sanders, was pressed on the issue during an interview with "CBS This Morning."
“Look, I think that our candidates are out doing what they should be doing in a primary. They are debating the issues," said Warren, whose outspokenness against Wall Street has fueled and defined her career both in and out of Congress.
Anchor Norah O'Donnell interjected, noting that the senator had not answered her question, which has persisted as an issue throughout the Democratic primary even as the former secretary of state has amassed a large lead over Sanders in delegates.
“They answer for themselves," Warren responded, dodging again. "What I’m doing is I’m telling you what I think should be going on right now in this primary."
O'Donnell followed up: "It’s a yes-or-no question. Should she release the transcripts or not?"
“What I’ve told you is I think that the primaries are doing exactly what they should be doing," Warren said. "And the candidates are being tested.”
Today a new story in the NY Times says that Obama is telling donors it's time. No more internecine, character building stuff.
"In unusually candid remarks, President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Senator Bernie Sanders is nearing the point where his campaign against Hillary Clinton will come to an end, and that the party must soon come together to back her."
"Mr. Obama acknowledged that Mrs. Clinton is perceived to have weaknesses as a candidate, and that some Democrats did not view her as authentic."
"But he played down the importance of authenticity, noting that President George W. Bush — whose record he ran aggressively against in 2008 — was once praised for his authenticity."
"Mr. Obama made the remarks after reporters had left a fund-raising event in Austin, Tex., for the Democratic National Committee. The comments were described by three people in the room for the event, all of whom were granted anonymity to describe a candid moment with the president. The comments were later confirmed by a White House official."
"Mr. Obama said that he understood the appeal to voters of a candidate who is authentic, the official said. But he also reminded the Texas donors in the room that Mr. Bush was considered authentic when he was running for president, suggesting that being authentic did not necessarily translate into being a good president, in his view."
Bernie and his team are insisting that this race is only half way over.
"Mr. Sanders’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, and his senior campaign adviser, Tad Devine, told reporters Wednesday afternoon that they believed the Vermont senator could still make up Mrs. Clinton’s delegate lead. They added that Mr. Sanders expected to do very well in coming contests in Arizona, Wisconsin, Idaho, Utah, Washington and New York."
“We are literally about halfway through,” Mr. Weaver said.
Mr. Devine echoed those sentiments. “We agree we are behind, but we also think we are going to win this game,” he said. “We are just not intimidated by the numbers.”
"Both men also said that it would be unfair to not allow voters in all states to be able to cast their ballots for Mr. Sanders and that he had the money to continue his campaign through the Democratic convention this summer."
What's fair is very much open to interpretation. For a few months Bernie's team has been whining over super delegates having the latitude to choose their candidate unbound by what their state voters did. Now Bernie's team is stuck making the torturous argument that they will ask SDs from states that voted for Hillary to support Bernie because he's somehow a better candidate, though the voters don't agree.
I also really think that they should stop referring to black voters down South as the confederacy.
"Hillary won Black voters means she won the confederacy according to very stupid people."
This is sort of what the whole civil rights movement of the 60s was about-to make sure the black vote down South counts. If this is the best available argument it may be time for a rethink.
Look, there may well be some contest coming up that Bernie might do well in-the Idaho Caucus, the Wyoming Caucus, Utah-but he can win these three states by 60 percent each and it only net him a total of 25 delegates off her lead.
The states he might do very well in are too small and white-they have too few delegates.
I could in theory see him win 60 percent of Idaho delegates but the total is only 27-so that would give him a 16-11 win. Then the SDs will probably go to Hillary and it's a wash.
Beyond that, let's see how long they withstand the increasing pressure from top Dems like Warren the the President.
Obama didn't quite 'endorse' her at the dinner but how else can it be read? That it is being made public couldn't be more clear as to intent. So expect the pressure from Dems and liberals to pick up for him to get out.
True, she stayed on till the end in 2008 but she never trailed more than 130 delegates at any point. That as it turns out was insurmountable. But her lead is two and a half times this size of 2008.
P.S. POTUS is raring to hit Trump himself and plans to be very active in the coming campaign.
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