Clinton says her campaign talking to Sanders camp about unifying Democrats
Source: Reuters/RawStory
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/clinton-says-her-campaign-talking-to-sanders-camp-about-unifying-democrats/
Reuters
31 May 2016 at 17:27 ET
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday her campaign has been in contact with the campaign of rival Bernie Sanders about unifying the Democratic Party.
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In an interview on CNN, Clinton said the contacts are likely to intensify after next weeks California primary.
I will certainly do everything I can to unify the Democratic Party. Our campaigns have been reaching out to one another. We will continue to do that, she said.
She said both she and Sanders are going to do everything we can to prevent Republican candidate Donald Trump from winning the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/clinton-says-her-campaign-talking-to-sanders-camp-about-unifying-democrats/
Keeping the eye on the ball--knocking Trump out.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)I know a lot of people will seek to exploit the rift to try and fulfill their fantasies of vindictive justice, but this way, Bernie can make sure he gets input, which keeps his wing alive, and Hillary can then focus on Trump.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)phazed0
(745 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)her side has flung at youth, elders and the rest, I don't feel the love.
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)The problem is she can't beat trump.
Not without the left and not without the independents.
So you Hillary people are just pulling us into the abyss.
I may need to move to Canada!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)If Democrats get out and vote, we win, if Democrats sit on there ass and don't vote, for whatever reason, they only help Trump. I am confident that the vast majority of Democrats, even the Bernie supporters, will get out and make sure Trump does not win. Hillary can beat Trump no matter what some may say, she really can.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)She'll be lucky to get 10%.
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)oh please.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)you REALLY get it.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)seekthetruth
(504 posts)More money only going to the top? More corporate influence? A continuation of failed Mideast policies? No thanks.
Both are bad news....and cannot be trusted.
GRhodes
(162 posts)Boo! The people that appreciate this pathetic situation most are those funding Clinton's campaign. What exactly do I have in common with the Clinton supporters in this thread and David Brock? What am I going to have in common with someone that gets support from a war criminal like Kissinger, or someone that has gotten more money from Wall Street than all the other candidates combined? What in the hell am I uniting around? Blind partisanship? If they want to "unite the party", focus on the damn issues and address her corruption. Anything else is window dressing.
treestar
(82,383 posts)vote third party - there is sure to be some socialist running.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)and she was never going to get the Independents. She is so screwed because she wanted to win at all costs, even though it meant fucking over large swaths of the party in order to do it.
Just desserts. May she choke on them.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)She's lost a few fringe characters who were never going to support her over Trump anyways
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)The bubble Clinton and her WAAC supporters live in is going to burst...
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)meet any rational definition of progressive or liberal
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Her problem is those same rational progressives and liberals will not vote for her either. She cannot overcome that problem, because she IS the problem.
And we're back full circle, so... see you in November.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)those content to see Trump win out of pique are narcissists, not progressives. They sure as shit aren't rational.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Bernie supporters like me have been working our tails off to prevent that scenario from happening. We can't do it without you. Join us!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)The primary is pretty much over.
The question is going to be whose side are you on in November.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)defeat him.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)with Clinton supporters. I can't help you through it. You'll just have to experience November for yourself. Que sera, sera.
And please, do have the last word-I must phonebank for Bernie.
Adieu...
GRhodes
(162 posts)That has worked wonders to this point, the stick your fingers in your ears and go "la la la, can't hear you" strategy when confronted with uncomfortable truths. That is how you got the most disliked candidate in party history, someone not trusted and corrupt, someone tied against Donald freaking Trump nationally. You didn't want to listen and are counting down, in every damn post, until the day where you can go back in the bubble. Maybe, in the next 15 days, instead of saying 15 days over and over again, take the time to listen and think about things said from people on the left that are outside your bubble. I swear, you'll be okay if you let different ideas a thought.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Clinton or Sanders can beat Trump, even if you would rather see him elected.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)But we are so damn stupid, we are going to put him in there by low voter turnout for her. Poll today shows her only up by 2, where Bernie is still in double digits.
youceyec
(394 posts)Bernie voters not voting for Clinton. This is fact, for now. Once she is nominee Bernie will do all he can to help her. Welfare of country far more important than what went on in primary, Bernie knows this.
SusanLarson
(284 posts)I will not vote for her, you can do whatever you like
Andy823
(11,495 posts)phazed0
(745 posts)But it's 'our' fault? Stupid.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)And yes, we will look very "stupid" in the end when no one shows up to vote.
As for her ratings at 55%, many don't understand how she could even be in this thing.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Why so scared of Clinton that you have to troll DU?
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)a realist. I will NEVER vote for Trump. Get real here, and wake up to reality.
Shadowflash
(1,536 posts)HRC should be VERY thankful that the GOP nominated an incompetent, hateful, racist gasbag, blowhard like trump in this cycle because, even at that, she is barely polling even with him. Had the GOP nominated ANYBODY else with even a lick of sense, she would be doomed.
But, sure, go ahead and blame the Sanders supporters when she loses.
If she loses, it's because we nominated a non-starter candidate, that everybody hates, and that can barely hold her own against the likes of Trump. That is the ONLY reason.
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)#1 for trying to foist the worst imaginable nominee on the Democratic Party, and #2 for alienating half the party's base. He should at the least send you a Christmas card this year.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Response to geek tragedy (Reply #10)
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Zorro
(15,757 posts)You won't be sorely missed.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Sounds great to me.
seekthetruth
(504 posts)Democat
(11,617 posts)Have fun until you're banned.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)MH1
(17,635 posts)I assume you are calling Clinton a republican. But since the poster clearly isn't rooting for Trump, who is the other "republican" you refer to? Who would you call a Democrat?
Democat
(11,617 posts)Bye.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)to prevent Republican candidate Donald Trump from winning?
I call LIE!!!!!
Everyone knows that the polls give it to Bernie. Now, is she going to do everything she can to accomplish this task? I don't think so, or she'd drop out tomorrow.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Poll after poll gives it to Bernie, over Trump. Most are double digits. Clinton has a 55% unfavorability ratio. With numbers that high, she shouldn't even be in this race, and also indicates a low voter turnout. NO ONE wants to vote for her. Due to the extreme differences in the two, she'll be lucky to get 10% of the Bernie supporters. Everyone knows when voter turnout is low, the Republicant's win, which is going to give it to Trump. She CANNOT do it alone. Don't bullshit yourself here.
It's pretty easy for me to predict the outcome if Hillary goes forward.
End result, We are fucked!!!!
It's amazing as I watch it all crumble around me.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)They require training wheels on them to keep them in place.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)the truth, nor reality, eh?
Wait and see what happens.
FYI: My training wheels were toast about 50 years ago.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)of conservative Christians . . . Immune to all reason and facts which conflict with their core belief.
GRhodes
(162 posts)If you asked what Sanders stood for, you could say what he and his campaign stands for. What does the Clinton campaign stand for? What does she stand for?
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Tortmaster
(382 posts)... and completely endorses Secretary Clinton, we can concentrate on Tang Face. As a side benefit, we'll also find out who the Republicans and weirdo Libertarians are.
Democat
(11,617 posts)I bet there will be some surprises when posters with 5,000+ posts come out as pro-Trump.
Let's find out who our friends and enemies are.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)he will throw his support to Clinton. Now you want the real issue? By Bernie supporting Clinton, this will NOT bring many of his supporters to the dark side. It's that simple. They will not vote for her no matter what.
Tortmaster
(382 posts)... for a massive electoral and popular vote win in November without them. Trump has already gotten his post-nomination bump, and she still leads him.
If those voters don't want to come to the table, they will gain nothing.
MH1
(17,635 posts)not "vote for Clinton", if they have such a problem with it. (I like to just vote straight Democrat. That means I don't have to actually push a button next to the name of a D candidate that I don't really like that much. For as long as I can remember now, the D candidate has been far better than the R, even when the D isn't all that great. So this is not a difficult calculation at all.)
Most Bernie supporters I know IRL, actually will vote for Clinton despite their disappointment with the outcome of the primary. They know that she isn't as terrible as some of the extremists try to make out. They know that while not as much progress will be achieved as Bernie would strive for, and some things will not progress at all and some things may even regress; there is not one area where Clinton would not be vastly better than Huckster "Little Boots" Trump. And there are critical areas, such as women's rights, where her policies will be an absolute bulwark against horrible regression by the republican party. I would say that, assuming she is the nominee, any one who votes for Trump or fails to vote Democrat, is demonstrating either ignorance or willfully spitting on the basic concept of women's rights.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)But I'm telling you they will not vote for her. Especially the millions of millenials.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)For example, adopting more of Bernie's positions (she's been known to do this already), like promises to strive to break up too-big-to-fail banks, and to appoint Supreme Court justices intent on overturning Citizens United. It would help too to take a prominent Bernie supporter (e.g., Senator Merkley of Oregon) as her VP choice. She should apologize to the American people for all the lies she told, and promise to be more honest in the future. In her platform must be some kind of statement that she has sworn off unnecessary belligerence.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)maintain a position. That view of her has been earned. By her.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)...could help (at least to a small degree) her in keeping her word. Moreover, further insincerity on her part would damage her even more for the 2020 election.
If she adopts a Bernie position (e.g., free tuition for all paid for by a tax on stock trades), and then elaborates on that plan in talking about it in her convention speech (providing notable further details), well, that would help too in keeping her promises.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)They ask what Hillary is going to do to reach out to Sanders and his supporters ALL THE TIME !!!! Now news comes out that she's communicating with the Sanders campaign and look at the Sanders supporters responses. This is why I see them as just foolish emotional reactionaries.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)That you can't deal with reality. If she wins, be ready for the reality of a loss. If Bernie wins, we win by double digits. Apparantly that does not matter to people such as yourself. And all along I thought we were in this for the betterment of this country. I guess not.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)have been calling for Clinton to reach out to Sanders. Now word comes, by way of this thread, that she is and Sanders supporters trash her for that. You are emotional reactionaries.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Time will tell now. Lines have been drawn in the sand.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)reporting that the Clinton camp is communicating with the Sanders camp. Something, mind you, that Sanders supporters have been calling for. Now you whine about it. You do it because Sanders Supporters are serial whiners. Nothing makes you happy.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)What would make me happy is if there was confirmation of her statement "Our campaigns have been reaching out to one another".
I see nothing coming from Sanders. He still plans on winning, so I call bullshit from the HRC camp. Saying Hi to each other don't count.
And although it may appear to be whining to you, our goal is to put forth the best political candidate for the betterment of us ALL. And we know for a fact that Sanders smokes her numbers head to head against Trump. Her number today is +2(well within margin of error), Bernie's is in the double digits. You want the Democrats to win? Vote for Bernie. It's pretty simple once you do the simple math.
People are fed up with all the political corrupt bullshit, including myself. I prefer a democracy, not an oligarchy.
ancianita
(36,238 posts)And what do you want Berners to say?
You are definitely not going to get a Bernie rally for her.
What has she said so far to inspire confidence? What progressive plans has she laid out for the betterment of Americans.
Given Hillary's "walk," her talk is cold comfort. Just the way her old school triangulator hub hovers gives me the creeps.
Some day the Hillary people, as they feel betrayed by the same punches they've gotten from Obama, will be grateful Berners fought so hard for the benefit of all.
As a Democrat my whole life, I've never seen the level of infighting I've seen here. Promoting one's own party candidate should never mean tearing down the other candidate OR his/her supporters.
Berners have earned the right to say that it's really, really on Hillary to really, really try to unite this party.
You want to talk "pathetic"? Let her effort go beyond words to progressive plans, and not be pathetic sound bites of cheap conciliation.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)This thread points out that the communication process has begun. And how do the Sanders supporters respond ? With more whining. You are just serial whiners.
ancianita
(36,238 posts)When this Berner won't admit to the "whiner" characterization, you double down.
Why is that?
Uniting isn't our responsibility, it's Hillary's and her supporters'.
Be worthy of your candidate's intent. Give Berners one progressive reason beyond her being a woman.
You'll have to do better than attack Berners here for being "pathetic" and "whiners."
Berners will not simply flip a switch for Hillary.
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)Most Sanders supporters I know who are dems will vote for Hillary.
The problem will be the republicans and independants who are for Sanders.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)You think? Well I know for a fact that a huuuuge percentage of millennials will not support HRC. The difference is night and day to them. For me too. I've been a staunch dem for all my life. Will I vote for her? The verdict is still out. She still needs to convince me, and millions of others that she is the best for the job. I don't see that so far.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)what a fantastic plan.
as in fantasy, never-never land, inanity, etc.