Sanders files to run in N.J. Democratic primary

[TexasTowelie]

Bernie Sanders filed nominating petitions today to run in the June New Jersey Democratic presidential primary.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already filed. The deadline is 4 PM on Monday.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) filed his petitions today, the first time in a nearly 30-year political career that he will run in a Republican primary. He switched parties in December.

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) filed for the 22nd time to seek the GOP nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district.

Read more: https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sanders-files-to-run-in-n-j-democratic-primary/

[zackymilly]

10. Don't hold back! n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bernie is not popular in NJ

He's wasting his time for some reason known only to himself.

[Aquaria]

5. Ego and money

That or he’s been foolish enough to buy his own hype.

[padah513]

19. It's a little of both really

If he stays in everyone on his staff keeps getting paid. I can't fault him for wanting to take care of his people but now that he has no real path to the nomination, he should put the good of the country before himself. I don't expect him to though. I think we've read this book before.

[HarlanPepper]

24. The primary results indicate he's not popular in many other places either.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. Please - for the sake of the country - get OUT!!!

Out of the primary - NOW!!!

[George II]

20. It increasingly appears that he's not worried about the country or the millions of people...

....who will have to risk their health or even their lives to vote.

He's currently about 300 delegates behind Biden and he is not even close to winning a single one of the remaining 27 primaries/caucuses.

With each passing day his support outside of the zealots in his campaign and "movement" is decreasing.

[madaboutharry]

4. I'm beginning to think there is something very wrong with him.

If anything, this stubbornness demonstrates a complete absence of leadership skills.

[Aquaria]

7. I keep saying he

Seems to think if he keeps coming over and following you around, you’ll change your mind about him. You know, like that creepy psycho stalker who’s sure that you do want him, so he can’t and won’t take no for an answer. You don’t know what you think or want like he does, after all.

[madaboutharry]

8. That's a good analogy.

He doesn’t understand that Democrats are just not that into him.

[ehrnst]

17. My thoughts exactly...

[Blue_true]

31. Wow, that was on the money. nt

[PatSeg]

23. Yes, it has become a disturbing obsession

He seems to be stuck and can't shift gears. Each day my opinion of him sinks lower and lower. He is not the person I thought he was.

[FloridaBlues]

6. He's not going anywhere until after June 2nd

[HarlanPepper]

25. Meanwhile, America has moved on.

[FloridaBlues]

28. Yes they have but sanders didn't get memo

NY will change primaries to late June as stated by NY Gov few minutes ago on tv.

[NNadir]

9. Good. This gives me an opportunity to not vote for Trump-left.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. No kiddin'

Trump wouldn't exist without his followers, and now, it is blatantly obvious Sanders wouldn't even be acknowledged without his followers.

I see more and more comparisons to Bernie, as Trump-Left. The situation is glaringly obvious to everyone but Bernie and his followers, but they are all filled with such grandiose attitudes of self importance......instead of graciously admitting defeat and getting the hell out of the way......and throwing all of their support behind the Democrats choice. Oh, silly me, I forgot, he isn't even a Democrat.
Since he has become rather nasty as of late, I'm going to get nasty. A creature that lives off a host, while giving nothing in return, as well as possibly damaging the host... I believe is called a parasite. For the last month and for three months to come he can only damage the Democrat's candidate's chances of beating Trump.......

Not exactly the Legacy you would like Bernie........

I'm even beginning to wonder if Putin doesn't have something on him too. This is shaping up to be another Ralph Nader/Jill Stein....

[Croney]

11. His choices were to file by the deadline, or not file.

If he hadn't filed, we would know it was over for him. I mean, we already know it's over for him, but he's hoping we don't know. Psst Bernie... We know.

[dalton99a]

12. It's a business decision to preserve the Bernie brand

[Demsrule86]

15. His brand is toxic at this point except for the die hard fans.

[DownriverDem]

13. Go away Bernie

You seriously need help.

[Politicub]

14. Of course he did. His goal is not to win, because that's a virtual impossibility.

At the time we need to be rallying to oust Trump, he is being whimsical with his notions.

[MrsCoffee]

16. Gotta keep the cash coming in.

[ehrnst]

18. .....

[LizBeth]

30. $ and ego.

[kcr]

22. Pathetic

Especially after the rape smear and the latest dementia claims.

[Frances]

26. I don't think Bernie is the right person

To get his ideas into law
As Elizabeth Warren said, she does the work and gets things done
Bernie makes it harder for his ideas to get enacted by not doing everything he can to support the Democratic Party
Bernie should be grateful that the Democratic Party allowed him to run in our primary even though he’s not a Democrat
I think he should be a better guest in the Democratic house

[PubliusEnigma]

27. Why did Trump's DOJ decline to charge Bernie's wife for the Burlington Land Deal?

Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

[thucythucy]

29. Interesting indeed.

It reminds me of something I heard about the 1972 presidential election:

According to this account, the GOP was afraid that if George Wallace ran again as a third party candidate--as he did in 1968--that he'd take more votes from Nixon than the eventual Democratic nominee (assumed early on to be Muskie). And so Nixon leaned on the IRS to conduct an investigation of Wallace's brother's taxes. Wallace was then approached and told if he ran as a Democrat in the primaries, that the IRS would drop its investigation into his brother. So Wallace ran as a Democrat until he was shot and almost killed.

I tried Googling this but was unwilling to wade through all the material that came up that didn't seem to source this story. I'll try again later--but in the meantime, as you say, "Hmmmmm."

[green88]

32. Is there even going to be a NJ primary?