Posted on 09/12/2016 10:50:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
During my writing this election, I’ve warned Democrats and voters afraid of Donald Trump that Bernie Sanders was the only way to defeat the GOP nominee. My advocacy for Bernie in over 200 articles in The Hill, Salon, and The Huffington Post was fueled in large part by my admiration for his honesty and message. As a result of being an inspiration to millions, polls showed Vermont’s Senator consistently beating Trump by over 10 points.
In contrast, Hillary Clinton was only up by 2.7 points over Trump the other day. Furthermore, time is no longer on Clinton’s side. She’ll need to actively campaign to win, yet just canceled a trip to California. Not long ago, a Trump presidency was viewed as an impossibility. Now, both candidates are battling for swing states and national polls show a virtual tie. How did this become possible?
After 5 DNC officials were forced to resign for cheating Bernie Sanders, and Vermont’s Senator endorsed Clinton, the oxygen was removed from a growing political revolution. Hillary Clinton became a political Ms. Pac Man, devouring Elizabeth Warren and then Bernie Sanders. The establishment claimed that unity was needed in order to defeat a dangerous Trump, but after months of being labeled Bernie Bros and worse, many progressives moved to Jill Stein. If Bernie doesn’t return, I’ll be voting for Dr. Stein in 2016.....
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NOPE
Early voting starts the 3rd Thursday before Election Day
Oops. From the article I linked, too... Geesh.
The dem establishment will never let it be Bernie, he is not one of them and under their control. They are already floating Biden but they can not do that either as it will be all out war in their base coming from the Bernie voters and they will not just lose it will be a slaughter.
They are stuck with Hillary until the last vote is cast then she can drop.
lol - what a debacle the DNC has created for itself. Having disenfranchised all the Bernie voters they now want to switch out Hillary at last minute because they’re scared they’ll lose. It just shows they have zero interest in the will of the people and the DNC elite always decides whom the candidate is.
You couldn’t have a better formula for destroying the party. While I know many would just vote dem by default I can’t imagine the turnout would be good. There’s no way they’ll pick Bernie.
What a mess.
Too late, libs...you made this stinking mess now lie in it..
The way I understand is that it doesn’t matter who is on ticket. If someone votes for Hillary!/Kaine, they voted for the Democrat presidential ticket and that is how the electors will vote, no matter who is on the Democrat ticket.
So, it doesn’t matter if Hillary! withdraws or dies. The Democrat ticket remains.
I kind of like that - it means the system is fault tolerant - losing a candidate in the middle of the election doesn’t break the process.
I think you're right. Closest I was able to find was this guy, James Sherman, who was Taft's Vice President. Checked out in 1912, a week before the election.
“Might actually lose”?? She lost when she collapsed at the 911 Memorial.
Bernie would be fair. Biden would be unfair. They’ll go with Biden.
Did the liberals make the wrong choice?
How is that possible, they’re so much smarter than everyone else!?
I hope anyone in the DNC trying to replace Hillary has current life insurance payments.
The Democratic base hates Hillary.
They’ll either vote for Jill Stein or stay home.
There’s zero enthusiasm for Hillary.
She’s not inspiring any one to vote for her.
I believe you are correct, but the Dems may replace Hillary with Mahmoud Admajinad (or whatever) if they win the election. Doesn’t matter he’s not legally eligible to be President.
Neah.
If Hillary dies before the election, the new candidate still has to meet the eligibility requirements.
And, if Hillary! croaks AFTER the election, we get Kaine (assuming she wins...).
Didn’t you know that any populist man of the masses requires 3 houses and more? This man is an old school Soviet-style charlatan.
Bernie Sanders - he’s fighting for the 99%ers /sarc
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