Can Democrats soothe the Bern?

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Can Democrats soothe the Bern?

By Greg Sargent at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/27/can-democrats-soothe-the-bern/

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Democrats took new steps to soothe the Bern today, announcing a new process for setting the party platform that is designed to create a spirit of inclusion. The Democratic National Committee unveiled a new web site to allow ordinary voters to submit comments on the platform, and established a schedule of platform hearings across the country that will be open to the public.

The obvious aim is to try to ensure as smooth a resolution to the nomination process as possible, at a time when Bernie Sanders is still castigating elements of that process as rigged and vowing to press for concessions on the process and the platform all the way to the floor of the convention in Philadelphia.

At a rally in Las Vegas, Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton looked to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supporters for help saying "the only thing standing between Donald Trump and the oval office, is all of us." (Reuters)

In an interview with me today, Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the Democratic convention’s Platform Drafting Committee, stressed that he understood the imperative of reassuring voters about the legitimacy the process, but vowed a level of openness, inclusiveness, and integrity that would succeed at that goal.

Cummings said that he had had private conversations with Sanders, in which the Vermont Senator laid out his hopes for how this all will unfold.

“I have talked to Bernie,” Cummings said. “I told him that the process would be a fair one. He said, ‘Elijah, with you being the chairman, I know that’s what is going to happen. And I’m satisfied that that’s going to happen.'”




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[riversedge]

1. umm. Bernie needs to soothe himself down.

[baldguy]

2. An ointment, ... or a salve ... ?

A balm, perhaps?


On second thought, a multi-spectrum antibiotic might be more in line of what is required.

[barrow-wight]

3. That they allowed Cornel West into the process after what he called Obama is soothe enough.

[CentralMass]

4. Pardon my skepticism.

[MohRokTah]

5. A little topical antibiotic might soothe the Bern. eom