The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Are these real dangers or is the talk just people trying to sell papers?

Sanders Backs Away From Potential Support For Hillary

Asked five times if he will support Hillary and if there are conditions for his support, he evades every time.

Two questions, assuming Hillary gets the nomination.

Would he run for the White House as an independent?

Would he help get his supporters to come out for Hillary?

Juan Williams: Dems must pay price to keep Sanders sweet

But if Sanders is not to be made the prospective veep, Democrats will have to find something else to give him. 

After all, he has exceeded all expectations during the primary season. 

The depth of his support was underlined by his three strong victories on Saturday in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. 

And Democrats live in fear of a him mounting a third-party run along the lines of the populist campaign run by Ralph Nader in 2000 that arguably gave the White House to George W. Bush.

The heart of this troublesome political puzzle for Democrats is how to get Sanders’s passionate supporters to line up behind Clinton. 

In early March, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found a third of the people voting for Sanders saying they “cannot see themselves voting for Hillary Clinton in November.”

The Nation magazine, a leading voice of the left, reported recently that “nearly 60,000 people have signed the ‘Bernie or Bust’ pledge,” vowing to remain loyal to him even if Clinton wins the nomination.

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