As most of us have heard, Democratic Party leaders are getting very worried. In fact, establishment leaders interviewed by the New York Times say they are willing to risk intraparty damage to stop Bernie Sanders.
To be more specific, if Sanders arrives at the convention in July without a majority in delegates, even if a plurality, they are prepared to throw their support behind somebody else. Only 9 of 93 superdelegates the NYT interviewed said Sanders should get the nom if he ends up with a plurality in delegates. Look at the sheer desperation of Democratic donors floating Sherrod Brown with Michelle Obama as VP, or Kamala Harris, who's been out of the race for what seems like a year now. They are in anybody but Bernie mode.
Cue the life's not fair and Bernie's not a real Democrat, the party doesn't owe him anything.....blah blah. No the primary process isn't necessarily fair, but there's something to be said about an industry standard. Superdelegates have traditionally thrown their support behind the candidate with the most delegates, majority or not, with a few exceptions. A break from this convention I feel is going to look really, really bad. It just might hand Trump the election on a silver platter.
I understand they are looking at a wider political landscape, with Congressional elections coming up they want to keep seats in regions they feel they risk losing with Bernie Sanders as nominee/president. And some people don't believe Sanders has a great chance against Trump, even though there are polls that suggest the opposite. Does the Democratic Party really want to take that risk? Do they think pissing off hundreds of thousands if not millions of would-be general election voters is a negligible expense for the long game?
It just might backfire epically.
To be more specific, if Sanders arrives at the convention in July without a majority in delegates, even if a plurality, they are prepared to throw their support behind somebody else. Only 9 of 93 superdelegates the NYT interviewed said Sanders should get the nom if he ends up with a plurality in delegates. Look at the sheer desperation of Democratic donors floating Sherrod Brown with Michelle Obama as VP, or Kamala Harris, who's been out of the race for what seems like a year now. They are in anybody but Bernie mode.
Cue the life's not fair and Bernie's not a real Democrat, the party doesn't owe him anything.....blah blah. No the primary process isn't necessarily fair, but there's something to be said about an industry standard. Superdelegates have traditionally thrown their support behind the candidate with the most delegates, majority or not, with a few exceptions. A break from this convention I feel is going to look really, really bad. It just might hand Trump the election on a silver platter.
I understand they are looking at a wider political landscape, with Congressional elections coming up they want to keep seats in regions they feel they risk losing with Bernie Sanders as nominee/president. And some people don't believe Sanders has a great chance against Trump, even though there are polls that suggest the opposite. Does the Democratic Party really want to take that risk? Do they think pissing off hundreds of thousands if not millions of would-be general election voters is a negligible expense for the long game?
It just might backfire epically.
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