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Except for the fact that Hillary endorsed Obama in the end which led to her supporters supporting him in the end. There is no indication whatsoever that Bernie is going to endorse Hillary anytime soon. There is a lot more bad blood between Hillary and Bernie than there was between Hillary and Obama. Obama was never ever an outsider and he was part of the Establishment from early on. He received Ted Kennedy's endorsement and I don't think you get more Establishment than Kennedy. The Establishment did not fear an Obama candidacy since his positions were in line with the Establishment platform while Bernie is completely outside the Establishment platform.
Each will endorse the other - whoever is nominated. Bernie is still a Senator should he lose the nomination and will still have to work hand in hand with other Democrats. IF he refused to endorse the nominee - he'd be toast and he knows it. He might as well get out the rocking chair and put it on the porch.
Just like Hillary knew she had to suck it up and endorse Obama.
Except for the fact that Hillary endorsed Obama in the end which led to her supporters supporting him in the end. There is no indication whatsoever that Bernie is going to endorse Hillary anytime soon. There is a lot more bad blood between Hillary and Bernie than there was between Hillary and Obama. Obama was never ever an outsider and he was part of the Establishment from early on. He received Ted Kennedy's endorsement and I don't think you get more Establishment than Kennedy. The Establishment did not fear an Obama candidacy since his positions were in line with the Establishment platform while Bernie is completely outside the Establishment platform.
The following quotes are from Bernie's appearance on "Today" this morning during an interview with Savannah Guthrie.
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The senator from Vermont was asked by co-anchor Savannah Guthrie if he had overreacted to comments by Clinton earlier Wednesday suggesting he was unprepared for the presidency.
“Did you overreact because you thought she said something more than she did?” Guthrie asked.
"Here’s the truth,” Sanders said. “I’ve known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I respect Hillary Clinton. We were colleagues in the Senate, and on her worst day, she would be an infinitely better president than either of the Republican candidates.”
“She’s qualified?” Guthrie asked.
“Of course,” Sanders said, “but the point is I would hope we get away from these attacks, which by the way, the media likes very much, and start focusing — maybe we can do that today — on the real issues.”
I hate this election so much. Wish someone would throw Paul Ryan in for president. Right now my top choice is Sanders, but I also like to be realistic, the country isn't ready for him. He is even far more left than Obama, and I am pretty sure Sanders won't get much accomplished in regards to what he has promised. Not due to lack of effort, but due to lack of support from Congress.
Can we just push the election to 2017 and start over on the candidates? Haha if only we could!
We've been thru this before. It was something like over 80% of Sanders supporters hated Trump. Keep dreaming...
Yeah, while Sanders say they will not vote for Hillary, I am pretty sure they will when either Cruz or Trump take the nomination. I can't imagine they would let any of those two be Presidents.
More bad news for Hillary. Now that she is having to defend herself as even being qualified to be President, a new poll shows that 1 in 4 Bernie supporters say they will not vote for Hillary. This after 8 years of Obama has driven millions away from the Democrat party.
I won't vote for her.
Wouldn't in 2008, won't now.
Life is too short to constantly try to justify voting for the least bad candidate.
And I say that as someone closing in on six decades of living.
The election is rigged for whomever the national parties want to win so, I don't believe that my decision to vote my conscience is going to have the least bit of impact on the final result.
I, however, will sleep well knowing that I did/will not validate her vote for the Iraq war and other hawkish endeavors nor will I have supported dynastic politics.
I'd much rather support a faux-Democrat who admits he's a faux-Democrat than one who lies about it with a straight face.
No more GOP-lite for me.
Location: Sitting on a bar stool. Guinness in hand.
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More bad news for Hillary. Now that she is having to defend herself as even being qualified to be President, a new poll shows that 1 in 4 Bernie supporters say they will not vote for Hillary. This after 8 years of Obama has driven millions away from the Democrat party.
If I could, I'd bet money that Clinton's problem will be turnout. I said that almost a year ago when the talk was Clinton vs Bush or as I put it, The Battle of Low Voter Turnout. It's not that Democrats dislike her, in my opinion. It's that they don't like her enough to get up off the couch and vote. She's just been around for so long, she's not the shiny new penny. I don't think she should count on Obama voters turning out for her in the same big numbers. I especially think young voters and younger African Americans won't bother to vote like they did for Obama.
If I could, I'd bet money that Clinton's problem will be turnout. I said that almost a year ago when the talk was Clinton vs Bush or as I put it, The Battle of Low Voter Turnout. It's not that Democrats dislike her, in my opinion. It's that they don't like her enough to get up off the couch and vote. She's just been around for so long, she's not the shiny new penny. I don't think she should count on Obama voters turning out for her in the same big numbers. I especially think young voters and younger African Americans won't bother to vote like they did for Obama.
Trump is the antidote to Democrat apathy. Voting against Trump will be an act of patriotism for people from all sides of the political spectrum come November.
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