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Tulsi Gabbard launches petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process

June 11, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Kristen East
(June 11, 2016 07:48 p.m. ET) — The Democratic presidential primary process may be ending next Tuesday, but the fight among Bernie Sanders supporters to rid the party of superdelegates and install new leadership at the Democratic National Committee is not.

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard encouraged her followers on Saturday to sign a petition ending the Democratic Party’s use of superdelegates.

Ralph Nader: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over for Bernie Sanders

June 10, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Ralph Nader, Time

(June 10, 2016 16:30 p.m.) — The Democratic candidate has many good reasons not to descend to the bended-knee posture of a toady

Quo Vadis, Senator Bernie Sanders? For months Sanders has scored higher in the national polls against Donald Trump, than Hillary Clinton, highlighting some of her drawbacks for the November showdown. Yet, with one primary to go next Tuesday in the colony known as the District of Columbia, the cries for him to drop out or be called a “spoiler,” are intensifying. Don’t you understand that you have been vanquished by Hillary? You must endorse her to unify the party.

No, Bernie has other understandings beyond his principled declaration in speech after speech that his campaign is going all the way to the Democratic Party Convention. Between the June 14th D.C. Primary and the July nominating convention, lots can happen. As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” (The run-up to the primary is a perfect time for Sanders and Clinton to forcefully advocate for DC Statehood.)

Americans want Bernie Sanders to stay in the race . . .

June 10, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Jeff Stein and Zachary Crockett, Vox

(June 10, 2016 14:50 ET) — Loads of commentators have recently argued that Bernie Sanders needs to drop out of the presidential primary for the good of the Democratic Party, to help Hillary Clinton, or to teach his followers a valuable lesson of political engagement.

The voters themselves, however, don’t seem to care much if Sanders stays in.

Only 36 percent of Americans think Sanders should throw in the towel — compared with 48 percent who want him to keep fighting, according to a new poll conducted by Vox and Morning Consult.

Jill Stein to Bernie Sanders: Run on the Green Party Ticket & Continue Your Political Revolution

June 9, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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(June 9, 2016 08:00 a.m.) — As Bernie Sanders prepares to meet with President Obama, DemocracyNow’s Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez speak to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who has also been reaching out to the Vermont senator.

With Hillary Clinton claiming victory in the Democratic race, Stein is attempting to start a dialogue with the Sanders campaign.

In an open letter in April, Stein wrote, “In this hour of unprecedented crisis—with human rights, civilization, and life on the planet teetering on the brink—can we explore an historic collaboration to keep building the revolution beyond the reach of corporate party clutches, where the movement can take root and flourish, in the 2016 election and beyond?”

Stein was interviewed in depth by DemocracyNow from Albany ahead of this weekend’s New York Green Party convention.

Read Bernie Sanders’ Speech Vowing to Continue His Nomination Fight

June 8, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Katie Reilly, Time

(June 8, 2016 10:10 a.m. ET) –Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of supporters at a rally in California on Tuesday night, vowing to continue to “fight for every vote and every delegate,” shortly after Hillary Clinton declared victory in the Democratic primary during a speech in New York.

“We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington, D.C.,” Sanders said. “I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.”

Bernie Sanders Team Claims ‘It Ain’t Over’ After Hillary Clinton Clinches

June 8, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Daily Beast

(June 8, 2016 03:36 a.m.) — After decisive wins in New Jersey and California, Hillary Clinton takes a victory lap. But Bernie vows to fight on, and on, and on.

The Democratic primary contest that no one saw coming between the woman who would be president and a gnarly socialist senator from Vermont is finally, finally—but, ahem, not entirely—over.

Even before Tuesday’s primaries, the Associated Press had counted enough solid delegates, committed and “super,” to declare Hillary Clinton the putative nominee. And after her more-than-convincing primary victories in New Jersey and California last night (63 percent and 56 percent), she decided it was time for a victory lap. From above the old glass ceiling, she reached down to Bernie Sanders, congratulating him on his campaign and, looking back at her own emotions in 2008, saying she knew well how hard it is to concede.

4 Reasons Bernie Sanders Could Fight On

June 7, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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Why Clinton’s call for Sanders to fall in line misreads the 2016 race
By , RollingStone

(June 7, 2016 03:00 p.m.) — On Monday — even before the Associated Press declared her the presumptive Democratic nominee — Hillary Clinton leaned on Bernie Sanders to fall in line. Citing her own precedent from 2008, Clinton told reporters, “Tomorrow is eight years to the day after I withdrew and endorsed then-Sen. Obama. I believed it was the right thing to do.”

The message from Clinton is clear: Let’s get that “Kumbaya moment” going, Bernie. And make it snappy.

Bernie Sanders Visits SF’s Mission District

June 6, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Laura Wenus

(June 6, 2016 21:06 pm) — Senator Bernie Sanders addressed a crowd of more than 200 in San Francisco’s Mission District, the ZIP code that has raised the most money for the presidential hopeful’s campaign nationwide, one day before the California primary election on June 7.

In his remarks at the City College of San Francisco’s Mission campus, the Vermont senator addressed some of his main campaign points, including concerns over the influence of big banks and financial firms on politics, global warming and the need for environmental protections, accessible higher education and political engagement. But he dismissed the notion that these are radical ideals.

“Our ideas are as mainstream as motherhood and apple pie,” he said.

Bernie Sanders Can Still be the Democratic Nominee

June 5, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Kim McLendon, Inquisitr

(June 5, 2016 11:00 pm) — Bernie Sanders still has a good chance to win the nomination. Clinton supporters want the public to think the primary is over, but that just isn’t true. There are still 714 winnable delegates in play, and an additional 67 delegates yet to be assigned when the votes are counted in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. So far, the counting process is going slowly.

On June 7, there will be 694 pledged delegates up for grabs, including 475 delegates from California. The District of Columbia will offer another 20 in the final primary on June 14, according to Real Clear Politics. In addition, another 67 delegates will be assigned for votes cast this weekend and are yet to be counted in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

ernie Sanders: Clinton Foundation Is A “Problem,” Took Money From “Dictatorships”

June 5, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Tim Hains, RealClearPolitics

(June 5, 2016 11:05 a.m.) — “If you ask me about the Clinton Foundation, do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments, many governments which are dictatorships… yeah I do,” Sanders said in an interview Sunday morning with Jake Tapper on CNN’s ‘State of the Union.’

“You don’t have a lot of respect there for opposition points of view for gay rights or women’s rights,” he said about countries she accepted money from, like Saudi Arabia.

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