Breaking News: Sanders Campaign Chief Vows Contested Convention-Won't be over in June.

[NewsCenter28]

Jeff Weaver just said on MSNBC that Bernie Sanders is taking this all the way to the 1st ballot in Philadelphia. Interview with Steve Kornacke at the MSNBC wall. He said that they intend to spend all summer lobbying the super delegates.

He's going the TMK-PJC 1980 divided party GOP victory route rather than the BHO-HRC United Dem victory route.

MSNBC about to go crazy on this. Brian Williams stressing the magnitude of Bernie's all the way to the convention vow just now!

Up to the super delegates to go en bloc to HRC on June 8th now to make it clear to Sanders that he won't be allowed to destroy the Democratic Party.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Yes!!!!!

[FlatBaroque]

13. OH HELL YES!!!!

We must seize this moment, it may pass and not come again for some time.

[RandySF]

2. I think his job is in danger.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. why?

Bernie got a very respectable vote in NY

[riversedge]

35. the longer Bernie hangs in there the more Weaver gets paid.

[seabeyond]

101. I wast saying the same. If it is not, it needs to be. Nt

[Bobbie Jo]

3. That was just bizarre.

And everyone knew it.

[riversedge]

37. Weaver is a vile man. Bernie would be wise to cut him now.

[R B Garr]

38. That earned Weaver a shudder look from those listening to him at how nasty

and aggressive that all sounded. Weaver got some Eeewwww looks. Bizarre is right.

[Renew Deal]

4. $$$$

He's getting rich

[seabeyond]

10. $$$$$$$$

Yup

[LexVegas]

5. He sees the cash cow going away. nt

[Ed Suspicious]

11. Bernie is all about the money? FFS.

[msanthrope]

72. Ad buy revenue. Weaver/Devine benefit. nt

[timlot]

14. Exactly. $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27

It adds up.

[Trust Buster]

6. That's nice but he doesn't have the numbers and won't have the media anymore.

[k8conant]

80. He never had the media.

[geek tragedy]

7. Gravy train is slowing down. nt

[workinclasszero]

73. Gravy train is off the tracks!

[k8conant]

81. I thought we were discussing Sanders not Clinton...

she's the one on a gravy train.

[kstewart33]

8. Yes, he said it, but there was no joy or conviction in his voice.

Expected on election night, but I doubt it will stick.

[Trenzalore]

9. So on June 8th when 90% of the Supers announce their support

They are still going to stay in it?

They just spent a week trashing party fundraising. What is their grand argument going to be. Despite losing the popular vote and pledged delegate count we are stronger.

[Joe the Revelator]

15. Depends on what happens with the national polls

If they still show Bernie leading Hillary, then they a have an argument to make. Not a great one, but worth trying.

[Trenzalore]

19. They could do the honorable things

Honestly, if the democrats get to 51 Senators in 2016 I'm ok with them kicking Bernie out of the caucus if he pulls that shit.

[grasswire]

24. yes

EVen Chris Matthews says that Bernie is "in the passing lane" and going to be ahead of Hillary in the national polling soon. 48-50 as of two weeks ago.

It will come down to who is most electible. Bernie will have those numbers.

[LoverOfLiberty]

82. Do you honestly believe

that national polling should decide the nominee? If yes then:

1. Would you support it if the situation were reversed and Bernie had the most votes and the most delegates but Clinton was ahead in the national polls?
2. Why have primaries at all? Why not just take a national poll and pick the nominee that way?

[COLGATE4]

44. The longer he stays in the more $$$ rolls in. nt

[peacebird]

84. Oh please. Why do dollars roll in for Bernie? Because people are royally disastisfied

They do not like the way the middle class has been shafted with trade agreements since Billy Boy that have made the corporations rich and destroyed the middle class. They do not like the race to the bottom for wages in America or the fact corporations hide their profits in other countries instead of paying their fair share of taxes. They do not like that the richest people in America do not pay their fair share in taxes.
They do not like that banksters engage inrisky trading schemes where the banksters privatize the profits earned but have the govt make the taxpayers insure them against losses.

Bernie has MORE individual donations than any candidate in our history. Small dollar donations that people keep making because he is the first candidate to give them HOPE.

[COLGATE4]

93. And, from this point on, every dollar he spends on

continuing a futile campaign is a dollar taken from those people and wasted. If they want HOPE they can give their dollars to the Salvation Army or the Red Cross or to a homeless shelter. Not in supporting a candidacy which is over.

[peacebird]

95. We will continue to support the candidates who are NOT the DLC/ThirdWay rightwing neocons

Have a nice time trying to elect Hillary, she who never met a cluster bomb or war she didn't love, without the support of the new voters Bernie has brought in, or those of us sick of seeing the Ds turn into the moderate Rs of our youth.

I'll get the popcorn ready, to watch the corporatists imploding!

[Bjornsdotter]

104. No need to worry about the money

...I'm donating to Bernie. It will continue and it is going exactly where I want it to be.

[COLGATE4]

107. I'm not worried about it. You, on the other

hand should be.

[Bjornsdotter]

108. Why?

Why should I worry?

[COLGATE4]

111. Because you're throwing good money away.

[onecaliberal]

105. That would be your candidate, the one owned by Wall Street. The greed and corruption candidate.

The one being investigated by the FBI.

[COLGATE4]

106. My candidate didn't blow $5MM in New York. nt

[Godhumor]

12. And he made his play for the establishment SDs by song the DNC they all represent

That's thinking strategic!

[Corporate666]

16. All this talk of a contested convention is silly

There will be no contest.

Hillary will have the delegates and on the first vote, she will be nominated as the candidate for the democratic party.

What, exactly, does Bernie or Bernie supporters think is going to happen? I imagine they envision a wedding-like ceremony, where the top dog says "if anyone here has any reason not to grant her the nomination, let him speak now or forever hold his peace", and Bernie stands up, wagging his finger, and runs up on stage, grabs the mic and gives a speech to try to sway the delegates to his side.

It's just fantasy. It's not going to work like that. Even if Bernie decides to be a dick and refuses to concede and endorse Hillary, then what's going to happen is the first vote will happen, Hillary will EASILY be the nominee, by hundreds of votes, everyone will clap, she will give a victory speech, and Bernie will just be sitting in the corner waiting for a chance to 'contest' the results that never happens.

[artislife]

36. It is a free country and he can run as long as he wants

and in the end, we can either fall in line or





not.

[Carolina]

46. NOT!

[bvf]

96. You've been whistling that particular tune

quite a bit lately.

At least you've recognized that nothing is decided until the convention. That's a good start. Bravo!

[Matt_R]

112. FIFY circa 2008... All this talk of a contested convention is silly

There will be no contest.

Obama will have the delegates and on the first vote, he will be nominated as the candidate for the democratic party.

What, exactly, does Clinton or Clinton supporters think is going to happen? I imagine they envision a wedding-like ceremony, where the top dog says "if anyone here has any reason not to grant him the nomination, let her speak now or forever hold her peace", and Clinton stands up, wagging her finger, and runs up on stage, grabs the mic and gives a speech to try to sway the delegates to her side.

It's just fantasy. It's not going to work like that. Even if Clinton decides to be a dick and refuses to concede and endorse Obama, then what's going to happen is the first vote will happen, Obama will EASILY be the nominee, by hundreds of votes, everyone will clap, he will give a victory speech, and Clinton will just be sitting in the corner waiting for a chance to 'contest' the results that never happens.

[uponit7771]

18. Weaver was either hurt or an idiot, he didn't sound at all prepared for this conversation or he ..

... should have waited to talk until he had more specifics

[PufPuf23]

20. Good. Lots can happen between now and Democratic convention. eom

[beaglelover]

21. It ain't gonna happen. Bernie will be convinced to drop out of the race well before the convention.

[Stuckinthebush]

23. Sooner than many think

It's going to be nasty here at DU!

[Jester Messiah]

97. Going to be?

It's already nasty.

[NewsCenter28]

25. We need him to campaign

His heart out for HRC the way HRC did for President Obama in 2008 and her husband did in 2012 when she couldn't due to being a senior government official. Nothing less acceptable.

Rachel is absolutely astonished!

[azurnoir]

41. What Hillary going to offer him in return will Bernie be SoS?

will the DNC guarantee him "next time" , somehow I don't think so

[COLGATE4]

45. He can be her envoy to the Vatican,

I understand he and the Pope are practically on a first name basis.

[azurnoir]

49. Not good enough Bernie's been there and done that without Hillary so.........

[COLGATE4]

54. Maybe canonization? From I what I read on

the Bernie group, he's already been beatified.

[azurnoir]

60. yawn so what's Hillary offering Bernie again?

[COLGATE4]

68. Chair of the Senate Finance Committee.

The chance to show that he's a good loser, much like she did with President Obama.

[azurnoir]

69. would that have been good enough for Hillary? I don't think so

[COLGATE4]

70. It's the best he can hope for. nt

[azurnoir]

71. Depends on what Hillary wants and more importantly needs

you see Hillary fans simply do not understand what Sanders started here or that it extends beyond him - he can not just say some words and have his voters magically go for Hillary- it simply doesn't work that way

[COLGATE4]

75. No. But he can start supporting Hlllary now rather than

continue with an ever increasingly negative campaign which only gives the RW more sound bites to use in the GE. He has the choice of having some influence on the party and platform if he does the right thing. Otherwise, I hope he likes being Senator from Vermont for the Socialist Party.

[azurnoir]

77. Bernie's campaign plans on continuing on and I support that

[COLGATE4]

110. Waste of time, waste of money, provides more RW

sound bites and talking points for the GE and has now reached the point of mathematical certainty of failure. Who could argue with that?

[k8conant]

85. So what's good for the goose is forbidden to the gander???

I'm tired of this sexist crap from Hillary supporters with very short memories.

[COLGATE4]

90. There is absolutely nothing sexist in what

I wrote. You're overwrought with what happened to Bernie in NY.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

78. I though your side found transactional politics distasteful?

[azurnoir]

79. nothing transactional about it are you insinuating Bernie is a hooker? -sounds that way to me

[HillareeeHillaraah]

91. Not at all, how odd you would jump to that

I was remarking on the tone of 'what's he gonna get for his allegiance going forward'

That's the very definition of transactional politics.

Which I thought your side found to be a disqualifier.

Personally, I'm not against the concept of 'we're all in this together, you help my constituents, I'll help your constituents and we all move forward'. That's how stuff gets done.

He's in a very strong position right now to negotiate something worthy of his Senatorial talents.

But the longer he trashes the Democratic Party, the more that position of strength is diluted.

That's politics.

[azurnoir]

94. to quote Hillary re-BLM ummmhmmm

[HillareeeHillaraah]

98. Well there you go, you win the debate.

I concede the point.

Have a better day ~

[nolawarlock]

62. +1000!!!!!

[peacebird]

89. Does not matter. We love Bernie, but Hillary is not an adequate substitute. She will never get

The votes from most Bernie supporters. How can we trust her or believe a word out of her mouth? As Barack Obama famously stated "Hillary will say anything"

She has NO core conviction or belief, except perhaps that she is 'owed' the presidency. If she wins, we, the people in the middle and lower class, lose.

Except, perhaps, for the amusement of watching her impeachment hearings.

[Scurrilous]

22. Worked for Teddy in '80!

[Algernon Moncrieff]

87. LOL!

[workinclasszero]

26. Deadender's want to get Trump elected because..

..he will "bring the revolution!"

All democrats must now unite to stop these libertarian greens from destroying the party and handing the White House over to that fascist Trump!

[frustrated_lefty]

27. Good!

Maybe she'll be indicted. Maybe the super-delegates will flip. Unlikely, but at least it will be on record as a contested convention. Be damned if she can claim a mandate.

[COLGATE4]

47. Don't hold your breath waiting for

a contested convention.

[frustrated_lefty]

53. Hillary isn't hitting 2383 pledged delegates.

It will be contested. Math is hard.

[geek tragedy]

65. She has a mandate from the voters.

Bernie will be having chats with President Obama and Elizabeth Warren about this "take it to the convention" silly talk.

[Bleacher Creature]

28. Jeff Weaver just wants to squeeze a few more dollars out of Bernie's supporters.

This thing is over and he knows it.

[still_one]

31. I think so also. He gets paid, win, lose, or draw, and the longer he can draw it out, I suspect the

more he makes

Bernie will make the ultimate decision

[still_one]

29. That will be Bernie's decision, not someone who wants to keep his job for as long as he can

[SaschaHM]

30. Yeah.. He can try, but..

Superdelegates are not going to switch and the press is going to slaughter the campaign in the weeks up until the convention. You can't lose in the pledged delegates, popular votes, consistently get slaughtered by AA voters, and try to contest the nomination on the floor. He must have a shrine to the FBI, because that is never going to happen.

I give it about a week after June 7th/14th for a concession speech.

[amborin]

32. Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To the Convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[artislife]

33. We are going to convention

and exposing her faults to all along the way. Waking people up.

[Squinch]

34. What an asshole.

[Number23]

39. You just summed all of this up with only three perfectly concise and beyond appropriate words

Well done.

[Squinch]

40. .

[ismnotwasm]

66. Indeed

Bravo.

[Waiting For Everyman]

42. They don't listen well, do they?

Bernie's been saying this now for how long? (a really long time)

[Kittycat]

50. Right!

She can't win the pledged delegates needed, and there is voter disenfranchisement everywhere. Bernie supporters aren't accepting Clinton policies - so let's do this. On to the next contest, and let's do the best we can to bring home as many delegates as possible.

[Demsrule86]

43. Well if he does that he is finished.

And of course a fraud...because he can't win...and making trouble for the Dems and Hillary is just plain spite.

[COLGATE4]

48. I think people are beginning to see that Bernie is not the

'nice' man his followers try to convince themselves he is. He's out for one thing, and one thing only. Bernie.

[LostOne4Ever]

51. Whoever wins the most pledge delegates should get the nod

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Super delegates are undemocratic and neither candidate should use them in anything other than a tie of pledge delegates.

And regardless of who wins super-delegates and caucuses need to go. [/font]

[Codeine]

52. He's not going to win the delegates. The supers aren't going to shift his way.

Can anyone explain to me just what the heck he gets out of dragging it to the convention floor, knowing full well he'll lose it on the first vote?

Is it ego? Is he pissed? Does he really, truly believe he can flip superdelegates who - at this point in a contentious race - can't stand him? Is it money?

Does he just want to burn down the party? Was that the intent all along?

[Jitter65]

56. Supers will not switch to him after the way he has conducted his campaign the last three weeks. nt

[votesparks]

58. Because delegates

get to serve on these things called "rules committees".

[BreakfastClub]

64. I think he might be delusional at this point. He seems to think he is the leader

of the most important revolution in American history.

[nolawarlock]

55. That may be harder than he thinks.

Just out of curiosity, I visited the Facebook pages of a few random Super Delegates. The vitriol and abuse being heaped on those pages by Bernie supporters is so hateful, insulting, and rancorous that I'm sure that's going to factor into all of the interactions these delegates have with Bernie's campaign staff. Then again, that wasn't even the lowest thing I've seen. CNN's Facebook page had a post about the people who died in the flood in Houston and Bernie supporters were derailing the tragic topic of thread by ranting about CNN's delegate count. It was truly the most disgusting low point I've seen in this election.

[NuclearDem]

57. Anything to keep lining his pockets with $27 donations.

[Indydem]

59. I'm not an artist

But I wish someone would make a $27 bill with Bernie's picture on it.

That would be great.

[BreakfastClub]

63. That interview really bothered me, and I see many others feel the same. The bigger

issue here is that Bernie is not really a democrat. He isn't loyal to the democratic party, and it wouldn't surprise me if he goes scorched earth and tries to bring the party down. He has nothing to lose because he isn't a part of our party. I hope I'm wrong and he will support Hillary in the GE, but I have my doubts.

[madville]

67. He needs to stay in just in case

Hillary is forced to withdraw for say (unlikely) legal or health reasons, then he would have an argument for being next in succession. Not likely but a slim chance it could go down like that.

[JoePhilly]

74. That dude is delusional.

[NCTraveler]

76. Weaver is a highly unethical and sick man.

He is everything Sanders claims not to be. Seems it was just an image.

[wendylaroux]

83. Go Bernie!!!!

Love Weaver too

[CrowCityDem]

86. Ridiculous and pathetic. At this rate, Bernie will be ostracized in the Senate.

[k8conant]

88. or Hillary will be a rich old retired woman.

[pdsimdars]

92. Old man river, he just keep rolling along.

[NurseJackie]

99. There won't be anything to "contest" ... his advisors are fools.

[seabeyond]

100. Democrats need to let Sanders know, this will affect his seat in the Senate. He has gone too far. Nt

[imagine2015]

102. If Hillary captures the nomination she will lead the Democratic Party over the cliff.

[Depaysement]

103. Of course

Neither Sanders nor progressives get anything by conceding now.

The comparison to 1980 is just plain silly for more reasons than anyone would care to go into.

[Justice]

109. I'd like to hear Bernie say it.

[John Poet]

113. GOOD.