Sanders to go out on the campaign trail for Hillary next month.

[applegrove]

(I don't have a subscription and can't cut and paste Wapo articles so I just got the link)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/19/sanders-eyeing-return-to-campaign-trail-next-month-this-time-for-clinton/

[Maven]

1. Awesome!

[Loki]

2. Good.

[drm604]

3. Yes!

As a Sanders supporter, I knew that he would do the right thing.

And he's also supporting Katie McGinty here in Pennsylvania!

[KewlKat]

4. Here's an excerpt

Bernie Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, plans to return to the campaign trail after Labor Day, with an eye toward energizing working-class and young voters to support his former rival, Hillary Clinton, he said Friday.

“I look forward to it,” the senator from Vermont said in an interview. “I feel very strongly that Donald Trump would be a disaster for the country. I want to do everything I can to see that Secretary Clinton wins.”

Sanders, who endorsed Clinton last month, ticked off a list of states that he is likely to hit in coming weeks, including some where he won primaries and caucuses (New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin) and some where he fell short but ran strongly among key segments of the electorate (Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada).

Sanders said that during some of those visits he will also campaign on behalf of Democratic Senate candidates, including Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania, Ted Strickland in Ohio and Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire. He is also planning to campaign for other progressive down-ballot candidates, he said.

[applegrove]

5. Thank you.

[SunSeeker]

11. Sounds good to me!

[RazBerryBeret]

26. I hope he comes to Ohio

I would love the chance to see him. I missed out during the primary season.

[timlot]

6. Should see the A team out there next month.

I would imagine the Pres. Obama, Michelle, VP Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders are going to start hitting a couple cities.

[seaglass]

7. Good. I hope he also voices strong opposition to wasting votes by writing in his name or voting for

Jill Stein.

[benny05]

17. Bernie will be focused on his task to elect HC

I don't think he will tell undecideds whom to vote for, as much as he will be voting for Clinton. It's not his job otherwise. It's HC's job to persuade (if they haven't been already by the antics of Drumpf) in the long run. The debates will be more helpful to HC as she is a strong debater.

[seaglass]

19. Well if he can't persuade his remaining holdouts to get on board then he's not really

helping Hillary defeat Trump.

I did not say for him to TELL people who to vote for just to let them know what a stupid egotistical mistake it would be to think a write in for Bernie or vote for Jill has any value.

[benny05]

24. Just My Opinion but...

I think the undecideds will be making up their mind after the debates. I don't think Bernie nor Martin (O'Malley) will be able to persuade others to vote for Clinton. Bernie's populist ideas may help the down tix.

[seaglass]

27. I kind of agree with you. I think the Bernie voters who are true progressives and care about their

fellow men/women have already made the decision to vote for Hillary.

The remaining bitter folks, at least some percentage of them, I don't think are persuadable (or logical frankly). Some of them actually think Bernie's life and/or his grandchildren's lives were threatened in order to convince him to endorse Hillary - Bernie would sound like a looney toon if he even acknowledged this thinking.

I hope I am wrong and that Bernie has some ideas about how to help these people get their feet back on the ground and recognize that the ideas they profess to care about will not move forward an inch with Trump in the WH. The only way to prevent Trump in the WH is voting for Hillary.

[Haveadream]

25. The best campaigners try to persuade everyone who is undecided

They also try to change the minds of those who might be committed to voting otherwise. That is what high stakes, gifted politicians and campaigners do. It is fantastic that Bernie will be out there on Hillary's behalf and hope he brings his A game!

[cali]

28. If he's campaigning for HRC, he's obviously against voting for Stein or for writing his name in

Some of you will NEVER be satisfied with what Bernie does. There's already whinging shit about why not before then.

He represents me. Has done for 25 years. He will make a strong case on the campaign trail for Hillary. If that's not enough for some, not only tough, but pretty contemptible.

[seaglass]

30. I know that HE is against voting for Stein or writing his name in, he needs to articulate that

to his hold outs. Otherwise what is the point of campaigning for HRC to voters that are already voting for her?

[oberliner]

8. I wonder what the reaction will be to him

He seemed to generate some serious hostility when he spoke favorably about Hillary in the days leading up to the convention.

[Hortensis]

23. It'll be good. By far most support BOTH candidates

and were always ready to accept either as the final nominee. The usual focus of if-it-bleeds-it-leads media on even the slightest trouble should not fool anyone here.

[democrattotheend]

9. Yay!

I am excited to see him back on the campaign trail. It made me sad that we have not seen him much since the convention. I figured he was getting some well deserved rest.

The article said he is writing a book about his experience running for president. I can't wait to read it.

[SunSeeker]

10. K & R

[George II]

12. Not like a Presidential campaign has any sense of urgency.

[sheshe2]

14. Umhmm.

[cali]

21. huh? Evidently you don't realize that this is almost certainly at the request of Mook and Clinton

and by that I mean the when and where.

August is traditionally more low key for most nominees- as it is for HRC.

[cali]

29. Why are you complaining about this and knocking Senator Sanders?

He's doing all he can to elect HRC.

But no, you have to find some way to knock him.

Disappointing, but sadly not surprising. At all.

[Red Mountain]

13. He's going to irk the crap out of Trump

He will precipitate a meltdown or two, guaranteed.

Trump will attack him, for sure. And it won't be pretty.

[NurseJackie]

15. This is WONDERFUL news! I'm very glad to hear it.

#StrongerTogether

[sofa king]

16. Senator Sanders, you are wonderful!

Thank you for being America's moral compass, sir. If you ever need a bad legislative analyst to work for someone else, give me a call.

[fun n serious]

18. Thank you so much Bernie. nt

[Demsrule86]

20. Thanks Bernie

You rock!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cali]

22. From the article: (where he'll be campaigning)

<snip>

Sanders, who endorsed Clinton last month, ticked off a list of states that he is likely to hit in coming weeks, including some where he won primaries and caucuses (New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin) and some where he fell short but ran strongly among key segments of the electorate (Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada).

Sanders said that during some of those visits he will also campaign on behalf of Democratic Senate candidates, including Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania, Ted Strickland in Ohio and Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire. He is also planning to campaign for other progressive down-ballot candidates, he said.

Sanders said he plans to hold large-scale rallies, which were a staple of his campaign, drawing from both his land Clinton’s lists of supporters.

“I think we can create large turnouts,” he said.

<snip>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/19/sanders-eyeing-return-to-campaign-trail-next-month-this-time-for-clinton/