MSNBC: Bernie Sanders never wrote concession speech for NV

[brooklynite]

Bernie Sanders’ path to the Democratic presidential nomination, always a longshot, counted on wins to beget more wins, so Saturday’s loss in Nevada is a major setback. But facing critics saying the race is essentially over, the candidate and his top aides insist they can get their groove back.

“What this is about is a slog, if I may use that word, state by state by state,” Sanders told reporters at a press conference in Boston Monday, insisting that “Y-E-S” he can still win. “So for the media, please do not come to be state by state and ask, ‘Is this the end of the world?’”

Still, Sanders wanted a win so badly in Nevada that he never wrote a concession speech, according to aides, and the night before the caucuses he said that historians would mark Nevada as the beginning of his promised political revolution. That revolution has been delayed indefinitely after Saturday’s contest, which offered perhaps his best chance to shatter the theory that he can’t win minority voters.

Right now, a lot would have to go right for Sanders and wrong for Clinton for him to win the nomination. But Sanders’ candidacy, as he reminded reporters Monday, “is about more than electing a president, this is about a political revolution.”

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/how-bernie-sanders-hopes-get-his-goove-back

[NuclearDem]

1. Of course not. He didn't lose. It was a tie.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. It always is, NuclearDem

It always is.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. The Jazz beat the Rockets last night 117-114

It was a virtual tie.

[workinclasszero]

15. There you go

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. The Los Angeles Kings beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 last night.

Close enough to flip a coin to determine the real winner.

[workinclasszero]

32. hahaha

[Human101948]

21. And did they win the NBA championship last night?

Perhaps all the other teams should just give up now?

[workinclasszero]

14. Thats right

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Just as a note, Sanders lost Nevada by more than Romney lost the 2012 election

Percentage-wise.

[brooklynite]

4. 53-47 is not a tie.

[notadmblnd]

5. And yet he managed to accept defeat and speak with grace.

Because he speaks from the heart and not from some canned and rehearsed comment written for him by a staff member.

[cyberswede]

12. ^yep. nt

[restorefreedom]

6. if not for the dirty politics and cheating, he would have won. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. May I please have you excuse when he loses SC and the lion's share of the Super Tuesday states?

Than you in advance.

[restorefreedom]

16. he will be very competitive on ST and will do very well afterwards.

sc will be a loss, no doubt, but it might turn out to be closer than some think. and sanders repeated today that he has not "written off" sc

oh and you are most welcome!

[brooklynite]

11. Here's a list of all the complaints Sanders has made about dirty politics and cheating

[restorefreedom]

18. he is focused on the big picture. he knows the few delegate difference

is not worth fighting over when he needs to keep campaigning.

[brooklynite]

24. So if "the big picture" is more important, he'll throw voting rights over the side?

I guess that's a better excuse than: "there actually wasn't any cheating".

[restorefreedom]

28. we honestly don't know what his people are doing on that matter

besides, caucuses are inherently undemocratic and since they happen in real time, it is very difficult to verify counts and votes after the fact.

but kudos for creativty in trying to turn this on bernie!

[brooklynite]

29. I'll take Bernie at his word...or rather, his lack of one.

[restorefreedom]

37. of course. that is your prerogative. nt

[workinclasszero]

23. Short list

I hear this all the time here and yet Bernie has never said a word about being cheated out of a Nevada victory by dirty politics.

Weird.

[NuclearDem]

13. I know. Clinton didn't play fair.

She should've let him look at her Nevada voter database too.

[restorefreedom]

20. funny how they never explained bernie people getting emails from hillary. nt

[workinclasszero]

17. I just wonder why Bernie himself never said a thing about it?

[restorefreedom]

22. # 11 nt

[NurseJackie]

9. Well ... optimism is one thing. But not being prepared is another.

This helps me to understand more about him... and it also reinforces my belief that Hillary is the better candidate. One should always be prepared for the unexpected.

Go, Hillary! We love you!

[Human101948]

26. As Hillary should have...who knew that the email server would be a black mark against her?

But she should have known. And it is one reason why the Republican campaign to tar her has been so successful. Her negatives are sky high. Maybe she should start preparing her concession speech for the general election right now.

[stonecutter357]

10. wow!

[whatchamacallit]

19. That scoundrel!!1!

[mhatrw]

27. Neither did Obama in 2008. And the is the kind of puerile "analysis" our corporate media loves.

All about the horse race and nothing about the ideas or the records of the horses or how these ideas and records would affect the people the "horses" are supposedly racing for.

[kstewart33]

30. Very surprising.

The defeat must have hit him hard. I support Clinton but I like and respect Bernie. Sad.

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. But did he give one?

[hoosierlib]

34. Its a long road to the nomination and lots can still happen...

Only 3 states have voted so far and we a win by each candidate and a tie (Bernie likely won the popular vote in IA).

The calendar over the next 3 weeks is stacked in HRC's favor. SC, AL, AR, GA and TN will be easy wins for her (20 point wins), while TX and VA will be 10 point wins.

MN and CO will be close contests (similar to NV as they are caucus states which should favor HRC).

OK is a toss up with Bernie expected to win MA and VT.

That'll put HRC in the lead in terms of pledged delegate support for the month of March.

Its going to get interesting after that...

Bernie has a decent amount of cash, a dedicated donor base (I'm on the $27/month plan) and a large grass roots following...

Settle in kiddies, politically speaking, its long time until June 14th...and who knows what the news will bring in the coming weeks and months

[Kalidurga]

35. So we are down to not writing concession speeches for something to be critical about.

Interesting that there is more concern over this than golden handcuff speeches.

[UglyGreed]

36. Maybe he left his speech

where Hillary left her Wall Street transcripts?????