Sanders' sole backer in the Senate says party unity to begin today

[Rose Siding]

“We have to be unified to take on Trump. And that unity is going to begin today as soon as the polls close,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., says on CNN.
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NOTE: Merkley supported Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whose campaign manager said yday will continue bid until July national convention

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2016-06-07/sanders-backer-sen-merkley-says-party-unity-to-begin-today

[tonyt53]

1. The guy holding the door open has just let go of it. Now it is shutting.

[Cha]

2. Sen Jeff Merkley!

Yeah, most are moving on without BS in mind.. it's all about trump now.. no time to be coy about who's going to win.. DEMS are smarter than that.

Gracias, Sen Merkley!

Mahalo, Rose~

[Rose Siding]

4. He's a grown up in the room

This will be such a good day

[Cha]

6. NIce sig line.. Such a long time coming!

[stopbush]

7. He didn't waste any time walking back the political mistake

he made in backing Sanders, did he? Did it while the body was still warm.

[Cha]

8. That's right! Reminds me.. somebody Sen Merkley was too smart to let this go on

too long.. and here he is being smart.

[BobbyDrake]

3. I'm interested to see how Merkeley's endorsement plays out for his future career.

Do progressives in his state remember his loyalty, or in their anger, do they misplace blame for Bernie's loss onto his shoulders? As in, "Why didn't Merkeley get more Democratic Senators to flip for Bernie? Why didn't Merkeley do MORE to make Sanders the winner?" I know it was outside his power, and you know it was outside his power, but will they?

[Her Sister]

5. He's been saying that since he endorsed BS!

Plus never a bad word towards HRC!

[Cha]

9. Right.. I was thinking he called for Unity sooner. He was not your average BS endorser.

[TwilightZone]

10. He's been pretty pragmatic the whole time. I give him credit for that.

He's really shown how it should be done. He has backed his candidate, but also understands that in the bigger picture, a Democrat winning in November is of utmost importance.

[SharonClark]

14. This is good.

[Blue Idaho]

11. There is still one Senatorial Super Deligate backing Bernie

That's Sanders himself. I wonder how long it will take him to throw his vote behind Hillary?

[BlueMTexpat]

12. Merkley is one of the few

Dems in the Senate - if not the only one - who never served with Hillary as a Senator.

In his endorsement of Bernie, he never said a bad word about Hillary and I don't believe that he has said anything bad since. He set a good example.

[DemonGoddess]

13. K&R!

[George II]

15. That's one superdelegate who is going to flip - to Clinton!!