Bernie Sanders to meet with Hillary Clinton, Senate Democrats

[BlueMTexpat]

http://www.wkyc.com/news/politics/elections/bernie-sanders-to-meet-with-hillary-clinton-senate-democrats/243698463

Most Democrats want to see Sanders treated with respect and dignity, said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. But Sabato also said the nomination battle is over and Sanders "has to cooperate.” Tuesday's meeting with his Senate colleagues offers Sanders a good chance to transition to the role of “party unifier,” Sabato said.

“If he drags his feet, he will be seen as a spoilsport at a time when Democrats are horrified at the prospect of a President Trump,” Sabato wrote in an email. “Sanders will risk losing all that he has gained.”

On Sunday evening, after meeting in Burlington, Vt., with his close advisers and supporters, Sanders called for a 50-state strategy to get young people and working people to run for political office and to demand that government answers the needs of “ordinary people,” not just wealthy campaign contributors.

Asked whether he'll still consider himself a candidate after Tuesday, Sanders responded: "We are taking this campaign and our ideas for a strong platform to transform the Democratic Party away from a party which spends far too much time raising money from wealthy people into a party which represents the grassroots of this country."

Sabato is absolutely right, IMO. I hope that Bernie and his campaign realize that. But his own remarks leave me wondering.

[shenmue]

1. I hope he will salvage a tiny bit of credibility

[Her Sister]

2. I trust HER!

Whatever good comes out of this we'll have mostly HER to thank! JMO.

But good they're meeting.

[BobbyDrake]

3. Hard to return to the back bench, I guess.

I want Democrats to stop walking on eggshells around the anti-Democrat we foolishly allowed to run in our primary.

[stopbush]

8. Bingo!

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Glad to see someone being a little more firm on the REALITY front

As he appears to require a bit of nudging. I do still think he'll do the right thing though. I'm incurable.

[BlueMTexpat]

5. I like your "incurable"

optimism!

I hope that you are right!

[okasha]

6. I suspect this is going to be a good-cop/bad-cop drama

Hillary will be gracious, the Senators will nail him to the wall if he doesn't' cooperate.

[BlueMTexpat]

10. If only ...

[Koinos]

7. I think all the Democrats will leave the meeting feeling encouraged that Sanders will cooperate.

And then tomorrow Sanders will make another disruptive statement.

I hope I'm wrong, but that has been his behavior pattern so far.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. I fear that you

may be right. The past is prologue and that has indeed been his past behavior pattern.

[Princess Turandot]

9. Treating him with 'respect and dignity' ...

does not equal pretending that he hasn't fucking lost, by every measure.