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Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com)
It's official. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday endorsed former presidential rival Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee ahead of the party's July convention. Sanders said Clinton will make an outstanding president and that he is proud to stand with her. "Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty," Sanders added. CNN reports: "I have come here to make it as clear as possible why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president," Sanders said at a joint rally here. "Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination and I congratulate her for that." The 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist, who has been a thorn in Clinton's side over the last year, pledged his support to his former rival: "I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States." Clinton, speaking after Sanders, declared: "We are joining forces to defeat Donald Trump!" "I can't help but say how much more enjoyable this election is going to be when we are on the same side," she said. "You know what? We are stronger together!" Full remarks of Sanders can be found on this blog post.
Nothing wrong with maintaining the status quo. I just hope that enough seats flip in Congress to prevent Republicans from obstructing Hillary for the next eight years the same way they obstructed Obama for the last eight years.
Hillary doesn't care about passing legislation. As long as she is president, she can finally make all her enemies regret the day they crossed her. In fact it's probably better if her republican congressional foes are seen as obstructing her, as it will dull criticisms of her from the left.
It has nothing to do with his race...it has to do with his radical policies that he wants to enact to fundamentally change the US from what has worked well for the history of the country, into a more European socialist model with the Federal Govt in charge of all our lives....
It is his radical policies that were blocked.
That and his complete refusal to work with congress and try to at least come to some meaningful compromise.
Hell, Bill Clinton faced a Republican majority...and he was able to work with them and actually get some meaningful stuff done.....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
The only way the democrats can lose is to alienate the Latino vote, Bush won enough of that vote to win, Trump has no chance at all. In fact he'll get the lowest Latino votes a Republican president has ever received.
No, sorry, they still don't allow undocumented immigrants to vote.
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia