I no longer think Sanders should quit before the convention

[La Lioness Priyanka]

Had he quit right after the DC primary, it would seem like a natural progression to his quitting and endorsing her. At this point, it's too far away from the primaries and just would seem weird if he did it now.

At this point his most high profile endorsement could only come at the convention. Any quitting at this stage would be both lackluster and seem strangely contrived

I would have certainly preferred had he done it right after DC, but at this stage I think the convention is better than now/some point before convention.

[Faux pas]

1. As a

Bernie supporter I say THANK YOU!

[cosmicone]

2. No endorsement, no speaking slot at the convention n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i dont think that's a good idea. he's going to endorse her and vote for her. he said so himself

i think there is no reason to alienate his base and no need to be punitive

hillary isn't suffering because of him, she's ahead in the polls, and at this point all he can do is aid her not hurt her. so i think she should welcome his speech at the convention.

[tonyt53]

8. But he did a takeback on national TV earlier today "Likelihood"???

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. so i have a hypothesis as to why he's remaining lukewarm before the primaries

because he is trying to get that part of his base that is anti-hillary a chance to warm up to her. had he jumped ship immediately, maybe they would dismiss him as a sell out? whereas if he seems like he is slowly making his mind, they might continue to trust his judgment

i'm feeling benevolent after seeing hillary's numbers, so i am interpreting things as benevolently as I can.

[DemocraticWing]

12. That seems right.

I don't have any insight to Bernie's thought process but it seems correct. Some of us are fine with voting for her, but he also brought in a lot of young people, independents, etc. who might stay home otherwise. It's in everybody's best interest if slowly we integrate those people into the Democratic Party rather than pushing them away.

[cosmicone]

13. People who don't endorse the nominee and whose speech is not pre-vetted

are never given prime-time slots. That is the tradition since 1980 when Ted Kennedy ruined Jimmy Carter's chances. Same thing happened to Poppy Bush at the hands of Pat Buchanan.

Hillary's team is seasoned and won't allow a repeat of Ted Kennedy/Jerry Brown/Pat Buchanan/Clint Eastwood to be a major story of the convention.

Bernie is not "owed" anything -- if he wants a prime-time speaking slot, he needs to get with the program and do things in the interests of the democratic party in general and Hillary Clinton in particular. To victors go the spoils.

[floppyboo]

18. She isn't officially the nominee yet.

Presumptive - 99.9% there, but not official. There are rules.

[Gothmog]

15. I disagree

[TreasonousBastard]

3. It probably wouldn't be noticed much now...

but the convention would be the right time to endorse her and try to heal the rifts.

Everybody's paying attention then.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. that's exactly my point

[still_one]

6. How about after the final results from California are reported, would that work?

Here is the current status:

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/president/party/democratic/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. i guess, i still think convention bring Hillary more attention and that would be a good thing

[MoonRiver]

9. I'm totally indifferent.

If he wants to remain irrelevant, so be it.

[Beacool]

10. I no longer think of Sanders.

Far too many other things are taking precedence. Like working our butts off to stop Trump and the Republicans. Like trying to figure out the long term damage from Brexit.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. + a million! eom

[fun n serious]

16. I don't think he should have a speaking slot.

He will use the prime time speaking slot to rail against democrats and talk about all these things he thinks are "rigged." Bad idea in my opinion. I don't think he will concede before convention, and maybe not after either.

[sturnz0r]

17. Too right, mate

The bernieorBusters are real.. bernie doesn't want to endorse too quickly after DC after he had already said we're raking it to the convention. He would have seemed like a sell-out at that time, to them..

Additionally, he really does want to do everything in his power to make America a better place, for what that is worth..