Posted on 07/08/2016 2:11:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Stein, expected to become the party’s nominee at its August convention, says she has invited Sanders to collaborate: ‘Everything is on the table’
Bernie Sanders has been invited to continue his underdog bid for the White House by the Green party’s probable presidential candidate, who has offered to step aside to let him run.
Jill Stein, who is expected to be endorsed at the party’s August convention in Houston, told Guardian US that “overwhelming” numbers of Sanders supporters are flocking to the Greens rather than Hillary Clinton.
Stein insisted that her presidential bid has a viable “near term goal” of reaching 15% in national polling, which would enable her to stand alongside presumptive nominees Clinton and Donald Trump in televised election debates.
But in a potentially destabilising move for the Democratic party, and an exciting one for Sanders’ supporters, the Green party candidate said she was willing to stand aside for Sanders....
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The Clintons will pay him off not to do it. I hope he makes them pay a lot!
The Clintons will pay him off not to do it. I hope he makes them pay a lot!
Very good idea! I love it! Please Bernie do it; Bern baby and all that stuff.
RUN BERNIE RUN!
GO BERNIE GO!
This is interesting
Burnie will not lose any supporter over this. Burnie stromtroopers hate Hillary more than they hate Trump.
Good!
I hope Bernie Sanders will accept the offer and run in the general election on the Green party ticket.
That way his supporters can make a statement.
GO BERNIE!
He’d probably win.
I guess we'll see if the bern has been bought and paid for
This would be great, but I wonder if this would embolden NeverTrumpers or delegates on the fence to cave and oust Trump since Hillary’s chances of being defeated would increase dramatically...
No no no. Trump debate Bernie in a Larry King format and takes a fall. This will excite Bernies’ followers. Cruz could stand in (both finished #2) and make Bernie look even better.
He said defeating Trump is his priority now. If he is dumb enough to think a split left vote could do that he is even more idiotic than I thought he was.
Ditto!
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