Sanders' campaign says he'll stay a Democrat after election

[onehandle]

Source: Politico

“If Sen. Sanders is not the nominee, will he stay in the Democratic Party forever now,” Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin asked.

“Well, he is a Democrat. He’s said he’s a Democrat, and he’s gonna be [supporting] the Democratic nominee, whoever that is,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told Bloomberg Politics’ “With All Due Respect.”

“But he’s a member of the Democratic Party now for life?” Halperin pressed.

“Yes, he is,” Weaver said. “Yes, he is.”

Sanders’ Senate office has identified him as an independent as recently as April 1.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-democrat-independent-222228

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Yep. The campaign is winding down.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. We will know when he runs for Senate in 2018.

[stopbush]

6. He filed the paperwork in October with the Senate

to run as an Indy in 2018:

http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/344/201510160200258344/201510160200258344.pdf

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. That says a lot.

[mwooldri]

9. Apparently Bernie is now an IINO.

Independent in name only.

That is if you look at that filing more closely.

[itsrobert]

2. It's settled

Hillary to name Bernie ambassador
























to the Vatican.

[riversedge]

3. who knows--maybe you are right??

[progree]

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[Eric J in MN]

7. He's serving in the Senate as an Independent, and so his Senate office is correct

...but he can run for re-election to the Senate as a Democrat if he doesn't become president.

[Gamecock Lefty]

10. BS as a Dem?

Granted Bernie may caucus with the Dems, but didn't he say he would never be labeled any political party because once you do then you become beholden to them?

[pandr32]

11. Not much truth coming out of his campaign lately

[apnu]

12. Hey that's cool.

I'm glad to have Bernie in the party. He can stay as long as he likes. We could use more roaring progressives around here.

[Recursion]

13. How mature of him

Seriously. I've never before been through a primary season where I came out with a worse opinion of both candidates until this year.