Sanders supporters are going through the five stages of mourning

[edhopper]

denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance

Biden looks inevitable now , but I see a lot of denial and anger from some Sanders supporters (not so much here, but elsewhere)

Will we move to the other stages after the next Primaries and towards the DNC?

[Sloumeau]

1. Trying to get Elizabeth Warren to support Sanders sounds like bargaining. :) nt

[edhopper]

2. could be

[TDale313]

27. And then being pissed she went on SNL

Instead of stumping for Bernie? Anger.

[DownriverDem]

3. Question

Why are you undecided? Considering your comment, I don't get it.

[edhopper]

9. I supported Warren

Biden is not my choice, I just see the math and the map making him the odds on favorite to take the nomination. So I have moved on to look at November. I don't dislike Joe, and if he does, in fact, have the best chance to beat Trump, that is good. I will support him in the election and work to get him elected. I'm just not in his primary 'camp". If things were reversed after Super Tuesday, i would be saying the same things to Biden supporters.

[TDale313]

29. Same here. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

4. Depends on Bernie

Biden respects him and hasn't done anything to poison the well, other than run the table on him. A little grown-up behavior and straight talk with his supporters is all we can ask of him. Either way, the beatings will continue.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Most Sanders supporters I'm seeing on my social media feeds

are declaring as loudly as possible that Biden is going to lose to Trump or that Biden is Hillary Clinton v.2.0 (except of course, Hillary DID overwhelmingly win the primary against Sanders and won the PV and how she lost the EC is waaaay more complicated than many of them want to make it seem). I have a feeling that, if Biden wins the nod, this is going to be much a redux of 2016, although hopefully with a better eventual outcome.

[LongtimeAZDem]

11. I've seen that a lot, and they seem almost gleeful about the idea of Biden losing

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Unfortunately

It's almost like it would give them a sense of smug satisfaction and/or validation, like they probably felt in 2016. I totally understand their disappointment about Sanders (probably) losing the nomination again. I certainly am disappointed that Warren is out of the running now, as she was my first choice. However, we can't survive another 4 years of Trump and even though Biden has a much less developed idea of what he plans to accomplish as President than what I would prefer, I have zero doubts that he will appoint qualified and competent individuals to his cabinet and throughout the Federal Government and he will nominate qualified and competent Judges to fill the federal bench and Supreme Court, esp. as we are looking at the high probability that Breyer and Ginsburg won't last through another 4 years of Trump and having a 7-2 right-wing Supreme Court would be a disaster of unmitigated proportions (and it's bad enough as it is now). Some people seem to be unable and/or unwilling to see the forest for the trees and it's hard to convince them of the actual dangers of another 4 years of Trump. One of my friends basically mocks anybody she feels is just saying "Orange man bad" (which he most definitely is, though). She basically doesn't see that Trump is anything more than a natural extension of everything that has come before and goes back and points out that Trump isn't as bad as, say, Hitler. Hard to challenge that sort of mentality.

[apnu]

38. This is all on Sanders

He's running the exact same campaign in 2016 that wasn't good enough to win the nomination. He's still trying to pack the room with his people and displace long-time democratic voting groups. This is a hostile take over, everybody knows it and Sander's supporters are particularly gleeful about it.

It didn't work n 2016, but here Sanders is again, doing the same thing and failing the same again.

He had years to change his tactics and build bridges to the constituents that rejected him last time. He's done nothing towards that, that is 100% his fault and his problem.

This isn't a failure of his policies or what he's fighting for. This is a failure of Sanders personally, as a leader, as a motivator, as a person.

[edhopper]

24. It's not complicated

they cheated.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

40. No. Not to most of us

But some Sanders supporters completely gloss over the cheating and some of them even mock the rest of us when we bring up Russia being involved in the election interference and continue to just blame Hillary for being a bad candidate/wrong choice, even though she did well in the debates against Trump and, aside from the whole flap over her e-mail server, which she really had no control over, her campaign was fine. The only thing that maybe she should have done more of was to put in an appearance in one of the midwest states (that Democrats almost never lose), but I'm not totally convinced it would have changed anything per se. Comey's surprise announcement that he seemed to be re-opening the e-mail server investigation in the last few days of the campaign seemed to hugely shift the momentum towards Trump, even though he was already actively under investigation for collusion with Russia (unbeknownst to the rest of us).

[edhopper]

41. Comey,at the urging of McConnell

was a key fubar.

[brooklynite]

6. We're already into bargaining...

Twitter is full of Bernie people insisting that Biden pick a left-wing VP...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. Who are they suggesting?

[Lulu KC]

12. As if they are the advisors he'll turn to?

Really, Twitter is hitting a new low. I just visited it to see what my favorites were observing and ended up reporting and blocking 11 people during my normal a.m. coffee visit. And those were just the meanies--the clueless I let drift by.
And yet, I CAN'T TURN AWAY!

[GulfCoast66]

46. Well since he will pick a Democrat the vp will be left wing. But not a socialist.

[TwilightZone]

8. Some won't ever get to acceptance.

A small subset, to be sure, but lack of acceptance is kind of built into the concept.

[Farmer-Rick]

10. No we are not.

Biden supporters are showing irrational exuberance. Biden has been behind Bernie for so long that this small jump feels like a total win to them.

Bernie is not finished. Biden better bring his best game and leave his gaffs at home.

[IluvPitties]

13. Let's see after tomorrow.

[ehrnst]

15. Maybe not so much "irrational" as "informed"

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/

[George II]

43. BTW, Sanders has since dropped down to 0.5%, 1 in 200!

[ehrnst]

44. Alrighty then...

[George II]

45. An about an hour or so ago he dropped down to 0.1% - that's ONE IN A THOUSAND!!!

[TwilightZone]

16. "small jump"

Biden is up nearly 30 points in Michigan and is forecast to acquire more than 2300 delegates before the convention.

That is not, in any form of the term, a small jump.

[tavernier]

17. Oh gosh, hope you didn't buy those pink glasses at the flea market.

They don’t refund.

I’m not being mean. I like Bernie, and he brought us some valuable goals to achieve. But it’s not going to happen for him and it’s not Joe’s fault. Elections are brutal. Don’t you think it’s time now for us to unite against the real enemy?

[Farmer-Rick]

30. Actually I bought them at the farmer's market...get it? Thanks for asking.

I'm not totally sold on Bernie. But I don't think he is out for the count. We'll see.

[tavernier]

37. My SIL is a farmer named Rick.

Unfortunately he thinks rump is responsible for the great economy. But I love him anyway.

[NYMinute]

19. Irrational exuberance? Small jump?

bwahahahahahahahahahaah



Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Either way they are stronger together & can't be bought!!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[grantcart]

22. Lol you really don't understand proportional delegate allocation

There are 2 stories.
1) Biden's rise
2) Sanders collapse

Polls now showing Biden leading in states Sander won 4 years ago like Michigan and Washington.

From detachment to disengagement to complete disregarding of facts, the inability of Sanders devotees to get out of the bubble is a social phenomena of its own.

The final and last stage will be Sanders devotees demanding massive concessions from Biden because Trump and Biden are so similar.

[LanternWaste]

23. What specifically leads you to allege an 'irrational exuberance?'

Or is that simply more inclusive rhetoric designed to bring the party closer together and win supporters?

[Farmer-Rick]

31. No less inclusive than the posts saying Bernie is down for the count.

[NurseJackie]

25. "Small jump"? --- LOL! We can count and we can read.

Bernie is not finished

Yes he is.





Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[J_William_Ryan]

26. Wrong

Biden supporters want to beat Trump.

[Jarqui]

32. Bernie was right

Link to tweet

He said on Feb 21st "I've got news for the Republican establishment. I've got news for the Democratic establishment. They can't stop us."

He is correct.

Democracts are going to stop him at the ballot box on March 10, March 17th and March 24th

Biden has opened up double digit leads in many of the upcoming states

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. Got that right... they're already measuring the drapes before the primaries are over!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!:hi

[George II]

42. Biden was "behind Bernie" for all of seven days, between Nevada and his blowout win in SC.

[DrToast]

18. Five stages of grief

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. Keep it up... but don't complain later.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!:hi

[Hav]

20. I hope the current trend holds

and Biden has decisive enough results so that the primary looks more and more done. We don't need another convention where some naive got duped by irresponsible people that there was still hope and that the superdelegates would overturn the will of the people.

As for the stages of grief, the problem last time was that a considerable number never left the anger phase. Some never did till this day. I hope this time maturity and the acceptance to fight for a common goal and improve the conditions in regards to many aspects wins. Getting to 80-90% of what someone promised who never had a serious plan to make those promises a reality is still definitely progress. 2-3 Supreme Court Justices appointed by a Dem is without a doubt progress. Those who'd rather piss on 80% progress are acting irresponsibly.

[ibegurpard]

36. I really really hope

that one of them enters the convention with the majority of pledged delegates on the first ballot. It's looking like that will be Biden. And that's OK with me.

[Bayard]

21. I don't see any final acceptance happening....

And I'm afraid they just won't vote in Nov. Insert dog in the manger analogy here. X

[mikeysnot]

28. GLWT

[ibegurpard]

35. And people should let them

It is not and will not be helpful to continue to push. Biden's candidacy seems to have the momentum at this point and it's happening organically.

[edhopper]

39. True

but some of the attacks will help Trump.