You go, Reverend Jackson:
"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is urging Bernie Sanders, amid escalating tensions within the Democratic Party, to keep his eye on the ball: Defeating Donald Trump in November.
Jackson told CNN Thursday morning that he has been in touch with advisers to both Sanders and Hillary Clinton in recent days to emphasize the importance of party unity as Democrats prepare for a likely general election fight against Trump."
"Sanders "must support the winner, Hillary, over Donald Trump. That's his very public position and I hope he will hold that position," Jackson said, adding that the Democratic primary should be viewed as the "intra-league competition" that precedes the battle for the White House in November."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/jesse-jackson-bernie-sanders-unity/index.html
It's not like Bernie is making things awkward by supporting the DNC Chairwoman's opponent or anything. Oh wait.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-wish-i-lived-in-florida-just-so-i.html
"Despite calls from some party leaders for Sanders to drop out, Jackson said he believes the Vermont senator has "every right" to remain in the race until someone has reached the delegate threshold to clinch the party's nomination. However, once Clinton becomes the nominee, Sanders must work to ensure that his supporters don't assume that the only option come November is to "stay home or support Trump," Jackson added.
"As I've said before, Bernie can stay through till the end of the voting in early June as he clearly wants to do."
"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is urging Bernie Sanders, amid escalating tensions within the Democratic Party, to keep his eye on the ball: Defeating Donald Trump in November.
Jackson told CNN Thursday morning that he has been in touch with advisers to both Sanders and Hillary Clinton in recent days to emphasize the importance of party unity as Democrats prepare for a likely general election fight against Trump."
"Sanders "must support the winner, Hillary, over Donald Trump. That's his very public position and I hope he will hold that position," Jackson said, adding that the Democratic primary should be viewed as the "intra-league competition" that precedes the battle for the White House in November."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/jesse-jackson-bernie-sanders-unity/index.html
It's not like Bernie is making things awkward by supporting the DNC Chairwoman's opponent or anything. Oh wait.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-wish-i-lived-in-florida-just-so-i.html
"Despite calls from some party leaders for Sanders to drop out, Jackson said he believes the Vermont senator has "every right" to remain in the race until someone has reached the delegate threshold to clinch the party's nomination. However, once Clinton becomes the nominee, Sanders must work to ensure that his supporters don't assume that the only option come November is to "stay home or support Trump," Jackson added.
"As I've said before, Bernie can stay through till the end of the voting in early June as he clearly wants to do."
But then he needs to get behind Hillary. Like Jackson says, he should focus on Trump not Hillary at this stage as there is no longer any doubt who the nominee is.
By Jackson's standard, 'until the delegate threshold has been reached for the nomination' Hillary will be there very soon as she's just 89 delegates short now with 939 delegates still in play. In other words, she needs under 10 percent of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination.
A new ABC/Washington Post poll shows Hillary leading Bernie nationally 56-42, taking away another Bernie talking point: 'Sure, I'm losing but I'm tied nationally.'
Those polls were easy to dismiss. More recent polls have been more realistic. The ABC poll is about what the actual voting has been.
There is a new general election poll that shows her losing to Trump by 2 points. This underscores Jackson's point. Bernie is doing more harm than good.
I'm sure the media will go wild over this. I would urge you not to panic. Trump is getting a bump for having sowed up the nomination. In June she will get her own bump.
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