Clinton on CNN: expects Sanders to work with her on planning the convention and party platform

[DCBob]

She also said she expects Sanders to work with her on planning the Democratic National Convention and the platform the party will adopt at it, and was quick to praise him and his supporters.

She said even after a race that grew increasingly bitter, she expects the two candidates to come together, like Clinton did with President Barack Obama when she lost the primary to him in 2008. She endorsed Obama "immediately" after dropping out in June, she said.

"I was pleased when Sen. Sanders said the other day he's going to work tirelessly, seven days a week, to make sure that Donald Trump is not president and I really welcome that," Clinton said. "We had run a really tough race (in 2008) all the way to the end but I endorsed him, I began working for him, and of course we talked about the platform."

She also suggested Sanders supporters who say they cannot support Clinton will come around. "I think when I dropped, I think the polling was that 40% of my supporters said they would not support Sen. Obama. Thankfully, the vast majority of them did, so this is a natural kind of process that I think will play itself out," Clinton said.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-off-the-reservation/

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For the future of the country, I hope Senator Sanders and his supporters do the same as Hillary and her supporters did in 2008.

[moriah]

1. I hope that they avoid the example of a few distasteful people...

... who insulted the name of a noble feline...

But otherwise, agreed.

And since Sanders supporters aren't dumb, even if they can't consume enough anti-emetics before and intoxicants after to vote for the Nominee, I know none of the people who really believed in his vision will vote for the Hair.

[forjusticethunders]

2. Most Sanders supporters I know *offline*

are going to vote for Hillary.

[Stuckinthebush]

4. Absolutely

Same here.

[Baobab]

20. No, I doubt it

She's not part of the solution, she's part of the problem.

[Dawgs]

9. Not me.

They all hate Hillary and will not for her.

[Zynx]

12. Like all children, they'll get over it.

[NurseJackie]

14. Same here! I have friends who support Sanders ...

... and they're perfectly normal ordinary folks.

[PragmaticLiberal]

16. That's been my experience as well.

[apcalc]

3. I am glad to read that they plan to work together

[IdaBriggs]

5. I think she needs the FBI endorsement first before she starts

planning her coronation.

[DCBob]

6. She will get it.. no problem.

[KittyWampus]

11. She's been working her ass off to get elected talking to people at Town Halls not rallies...

so for you to throw out the bitter bile of "coronation" is disgusting.

You may not agree with her politics (most of which are close to Sanders) but to belittle her tremendous efforts to get elected just makes you look bad.

In the end, it seems Sanders supporters are the ones who expected a "coronation". Even though he has run an amateurish campaign and done little else but spout empty rhetoric at rallies where he doesn't have to talk to real people.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. I am proud to endorse this powerful post.

[NurseJackie]

7. I have confidence that ...

For the future of the country, I hope Senator Sanders and his supporters do the same as Hillary and her supporters did in 2008.

... level-headed adults will be able to work things out. As Hillary said, the process will play itself out.

Hillary's smart! She knows it's not worthwhile to veer hard-left to chase after a handful of unreliable fringe voters at the risk of losing thousands of pragmatic voters (who actually and reliably vote).

[DCBob]

8. Yes, I think you are right.

[MoonRiver]

13. It also wouldn't work.

The hate is too deep. They would accuse her of pandering, flip flopping and responsibility for an, imaginary, upcoming WWIII. She really can't win with that crowd and she should just forget about wooing them.

[Botany]

10. All join hands and sing ....

[whatchamacallit]

15. Never

[Skwmom]

18. A platform is mere words on a paper if you can't rely on the nominee to carryout the platform.

Plus, does the platform address engaging in endless regime change wars, spreading destruction far and wide?

[Bjorn Against]

19. It was her campaign's choice to smear Bernie supporters

Now she can live with the consequences of her choices, there is no way in hell I am going to vote for her after her campaign's smears against people like me. It is disingenuous to compare it to 2008, the Obama campaign never launched a smear campaign against Hillary supporters like the Hillary campaign did with their "Bernie Bros" smear.

She was stupid to ally her campaign with David Brock and allow him to smear the very people she would need to win in November. Now she can pay the price for her stupidity.