At this point I don't even bother speaking to Berners on Twitter at all other than to remind them that it's over. There is no doubt that Hillary is the nominee. Bernie says this is undemocratic, yet the only plausible way route he has to the nomination is flipping super delegates-which is about as undemocratic as it gets.
"SANDERS CAMPAIGN SEEMS DIVIDED OVER ENDGAME:Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver tells CNN that we are going to a contested convention no matter what:
“The truth is, no one is going to the convention with the requisite number of pledged delegates to win. The superdelegates are going to decide this race.”
"And yet, top Sanders adviser Tad Devine has basically conceded that this is not to happen unless Sanders makes big gains in the pledged delegate count, which is very unlikely. Which is it?"
"SANDERS ADVISER DISSEMBLES ABOUT SUPER DELEGATES: Related to the above: Sanders campaign manager Weaver is now claiming that there was a huge shift of super-delegates from Clinton to Barack Obama in 2008. Glenn Kessler looks into the claim and finds it’s bogus:
"The record shows the opposite. Just 10 people switched from Clinton to Obama before the last primary votes were cast. The number grows to 28 if you include people who switched just before Clinton dropped out on June 7."
"Once again, the super-delegates are not going to switch from Clinton to Sanders. It isn’t going to happen."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/05/this-brutal-new-ad-shows-the-shredding-machine-that-awaits-trump/
No there not. Game over. Even Bernie if you listen to him, seems to admit the truth:
"Bernie Sanders is here to stay."
"The Vermont senator said in an interview with NPR that his presidential campaign will continue until June 14, even if the odds in terms of delegates are stacked against him."
“Well, we’re going to stay in until the last vote is counted, and that will be in the primary in Washington, D.C.,” Sanders told “Morning Edition” host Steve Inskeep in an interview from Elizabeth, Indiana, which occurred on Wednesday and aired Thursday morning."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-were-going-to-stay-in-until-the-last-vote-is-counted-222822#ixzz47oieDnyI
In other words, he is here until the primary is over. Then it's over.
Norman Lear is telling Hollywood liberals to forget Bernie.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/norman-lear-help-hillary-clinton-222849
Meanwhile cable tv is reflecting this new reality: it's Clinton-Trump. Full stop.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/cnn-and-msnbc-shift-their-focus-entirely-to-hillary-vs-trump/24683/
Jamil Smith HT this great National Journal piece on Bernie from 2014 that sums him up well. This was the title:
Bernie Sanders: "I'm right and everybody else is wrong. Clear about that?"
https://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/2014/06/18/im-right-everybody-else-is-wrong-clear-about-that
"SANDERS CAMPAIGN SEEMS DIVIDED OVER ENDGAME:Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver tells CNN that we are going to a contested convention no matter what:
“The truth is, no one is going to the convention with the requisite number of pledged delegates to win. The superdelegates are going to decide this race.”
"And yet, top Sanders adviser Tad Devine has basically conceded that this is not to happen unless Sanders makes big gains in the pledged delegate count, which is very unlikely. Which is it?"
"SANDERS ADVISER DISSEMBLES ABOUT SUPER DELEGATES: Related to the above: Sanders campaign manager Weaver is now claiming that there was a huge shift of super-delegates from Clinton to Barack Obama in 2008. Glenn Kessler looks into the claim and finds it’s bogus:
"The record shows the opposite. Just 10 people switched from Clinton to Obama before the last primary votes were cast. The number grows to 28 if you include people who switched just before Clinton dropped out on June 7."
"Once again, the super-delegates are not going to switch from Clinton to Sanders. It isn’t going to happen."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/05/this-brutal-new-ad-shows-the-shredding-machine-that-awaits-trump/
No there not. Game over. Even Bernie if you listen to him, seems to admit the truth:
"Bernie Sanders is here to stay."
"The Vermont senator said in an interview with NPR that his presidential campaign will continue until June 14, even if the odds in terms of delegates are stacked against him."
“Well, we’re going to stay in until the last vote is counted, and that will be in the primary in Washington, D.C.,” Sanders told “Morning Edition” host Steve Inskeep in an interview from Elizabeth, Indiana, which occurred on Wednesday and aired Thursday morning."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-were-going-to-stay-in-until-the-last-vote-is-counted-222822#ixzz47oieDnyI
In other words, he is here until the primary is over. Then it's over.
Norman Lear is telling Hollywood liberals to forget Bernie.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/norman-lear-help-hillary-clinton-222849
Meanwhile cable tv is reflecting this new reality: it's Clinton-Trump. Full stop.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/cnn-and-msnbc-shift-their-focus-entirely-to-hillary-vs-trump/24683/
Jamil Smith HT this great National Journal piece on Bernie from 2014 that sums him up well. This was the title:
Bernie Sanders: "I'm right and everybody else is wrong. Clear about that?"
https://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/2014/06/18/im-right-everybody-else-is-wrong-clear-about-that
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