With her 3rd place finish in MA, Elizabeth Warren should suspend.

[George II]

[AGeddy]

1. I'd rather she stayed in.

Limits Bernie's delegate haul in any state she competes in.


We want a very big gap between Joe and Bernie in delegates heading into Milwaukee.

[TTUBatfan2008]

4. Joe will go well above 2,000

It's not going to be a brokered convention.

[Music Man]

6. If Joe's going to win it, I want it to be legitimate

And not because Warren had to pull votes from Sanders. If someone is more electable, they should prove it.

I can see it backfiring against Biden if she stays in too long, actually. i.e., "What are her motivations?", "Bernie would win if the establishment weren't conspiring against him", etc.

Sadly, I think tonight is her last hurrah in this primary. What a brilliant woman, one of the best things to come along in politics for some time. Who knows? Maybe she'll be on a ticket this fall

[George II]

9. What would make it illegitimate?

[Music Man]

31. Illegitimate as it relates to the public perception of why he won.

Were Warren to stay to the end (or at least well past her viability) and Biden won, there would be a cloud over Biden's victory. Plenty of Sanders people especially would never let Biden hear the end of that. "You only won because Elizabeth Warren stayed in." Biden defeating Sanders one-on-one would lay to rest any claims about his electability or whether Sanders is a stronger candidate.

Just trying to help Biden.

[Jedi Guy]

39. I feel like a fair chunk of Bernie's supporters will say that no matter how a Biden win happens.

If Joe accrues enough delegates to win on the first ballot, there will still be complaints that the fix was in, "the establishment" stole the nomination from Bernie, it's not fair, etc. etc. To some of the Sanders folks, admitting any fault on the part of their candidate is anathema, it seems.

If we wind up with a brokered convention, expect the complaints to be particularly bitter.

[brush]

7. Yes, hope se stays in.

[Cha]

27. From what I see.. I agree right now.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. I think she will...

The race for delegates is between Bernie and Joe.

[world wide wally]

3. She was my second choice

[ancianita]

5. That's what they said when Gore lost his home state and still went on to win the 2000 election.

Not for nothing, she's still getting delegates.

I'm in for Warren as long as she persists. And she will.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. "I'm in for Warren as long as she persists." I can't add to that!

[Kaleva]

16. Gore won TN with 92% of the vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries

[budkin]

17. Al Gore??

He won every single primary that year against Bill Bradley.

[ancianita]

32. Okay, be technical. YOu're right. But you get the spirit of my post. He did lose TN, I just don't

remember at what point in the election process.

[budkin]

35. He lost it to George W. Bush

On election night.

[ancianita]

37. Nope. The actual recount, post-SCOTUS interference, showed he'd won the election.

[budkin]

38. I was only talking about Tennessee

I know he had the election stolen from him.

[ancianita]

40. Then you know she's got way more fight than he did, even now.

[Kaleva]

42. Gore lost TN in the general by just 3 points. Warren lost MA big.

[pattyloutwo]

41. Me too

Donated tonight.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. She needs to stay in the race until Milwaukee.

[Demsrule86]

13. I agree...but the Sanders folks are about to go ballistic about her staying in ...wait for it.

[BeyondGeography]

24. All the more reason to stay in

[frazzled]

14. What's Milwaukee got to do with it?

I must’ve missed something.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. The convention is scheduled to be held from July 13-16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc

[frazzled]

33. Oh, that

No way. I will totally disrespect her if she does that. Bernie pulled that stunt in 2016, and many revile him for that. Many think his ugly fight to the death is what gave us Donald Trump.
Elizabeth has absolutely no path to the nomination after tonight. None. And superdelegates will never pull someone in that position across the finish line. It will only weaken the eventual nominee and splinter the party further.

Okay, I’m really firm on this: she ends her campaign soon or loses all credibility henceforth.

[Skid Rogue]

10. The amazing senator from Massachusetts should do whatever she wants.

[George II]

11. She has been viable in only four states tonight, maybe five.

[SKKY]

12. And yet, her campaign just sent out a fundraising e-mail...

...talking about the primaries next Saturday. She’s losing credit. I hope she realizes that before she kills the Warren brand.

[Kaleva]

20. On the day Harris dropped out, I had gotten an e-mail saying she was in it for the long haul

[SKKY]

22. Really? Perhaps it was something pre-programmed ahead of time???

I did notice that 12 hours after he suspended his campaign, Mayor Pete’s website was still up and active. I guess these campaigns don’t stop on a dime.

[Kaleva]

23. True. The e-mail was probably scheduled to be sent out before Harris decided to drop out.

[USALiberal]

19. Lol, ok!

[NCProgressive]

21. She should suspend AND endorse Joe .. not just suspend.

[Jarqui]

25. She's falling well short of what 538 projected for her

She's below 15% delegate threshold in most of the states - currently including TX & CA.

538 projected 162 delegates for her tonight. Aside from the disappointing 10 delegates from her home state, she only has 3 delegates so far from the rest of the states. She's still 5 delegates behind Buttigieg with a total of 21. So she's a non factor in trying to broker the convention as her delegate count is so tiny relative to the 771 super delegates.

The press for her from this point forward for the contests ahead is not going to be great. Her delegate take is not likely to improve. She shouldn't embarrass herself.

I think she's a wonderful woman. A national treasure. If she'd handled M4A better, she might have been in the thick of it tonight.

But it is not to be this year.

[jcgoldie]

26. Why should she care what you think?

Just curious.

[George II]

28. I don't care what she thinks of what I think. She should look at reality. She has zero chance.

[jcgoldie]

29. You must care

You are the one posting this stuff.

[blm]

34. YOU look at reality. Warren staying in benefits Biden.

Sanders camp is HATING that she’s persisting.

Your demand is silly.

[blm]

30. No, that's what SANDERS wants.

[Qutzupalotl]

36. How would you feel about a Biden-Warren unity ticket?

Stability for the rebuilding of the institutions, progress for the future.