Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton at event next week

[ckf]

Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton for president at an event Tuesday that will be in New Hampshire, a source intimately involved in Clinton campaign field operations and strategy confirmed to CBS News on Thursday.

The source confirmed to CBS News' Major Garrett that advance teams are preparing for the dual event.

Clinton's campaign, the source added, is also coordinating planning with the Democratic National Committee to maximize the impact of a Sanders endorsement and to demonstrate party unity ahead of the Republican National Convention the week after next.

Sanders came very close to officially endorsing her in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg's Al Hunt.

"We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton," he said in an interview that will air on PBS's "Charlie Rose" program. "I don't honestly know how we would survive four years of a Donald Trump" as president.

While he still hasn't officially dropped out of the presidential race, late last month, Sanders had also said that he will vote for Clinton in November's general election.

The endorsement will come after a long primary battle between Sanders and Clinton during which they each went after each other's policy positions and voting records. Sanders even questioned whether Clinton was qualified to be commander-in-chief at one point, although he quickly walked the statement back.

While Clinton endorsed then-Senator Obama just a few days after the end of the presidential primary cycle in 2008, Sanders has waited much longer since the primaries officially ended in mid-June to make a move.

Sanders is trying to influence changes in the Democratic Party platform this month, though Clinton has already proposed an expansion in her college affordability plan.

The endorsement will come a few weeks before they head to their convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.

[racer254]

How many times are we going to hear about Bernie backing Hillary?  He is holding out for a reason and yet the dems keep saying something that just isn't true yet.

[Mainecat]

30 minutes ago, ckf said:

Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton for president at an event Tuesday that will be in New Hampshire, a source intimately involved in Clinton campaign field operations and strategy confirmed to CBS News on Thursday.

The source confirmed to CBS News' Major Garrett that advance teams are preparing for the dual event.

Clinton's campaign, the source added, is also coordinating planning with the Democratic National Committee to maximize the impact of a Sanders endorsement and to demonstrate party unity ahead of the Republican National Convention the week after next.

Sanders came very close to officially endorsing her in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg's Al Hunt.

"We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton," he said in an interview that will air on PBS's "Charlie Rose" program. "I don't honestly know how we would survive four years of a Donald Trump" as president.

While he still hasn't officially dropped out of the presidential race, late last month, Sanders had also said that he will vote for Clinton in November's general election.

The endorsement will come after a long primary battle between Sanders and Clinton during which they each went after each other's policy positions and voting records. Sanders even questioned whether Clinton was qualified to be commander-in-chief at one point, although he quickly walked the statement back.

While Clinton endorsed then-Senator Obama just a few days after the end of the presidential primary cycle in 2008, Sanders has waited much longer since the primaries officially ended in mid-June to make a move.

Sanders is trying to influence changes in the Democratic Party platform this month, though Clinton has already proposed an expansion in her college affordability plan.

The endorsement will come a few weeks before they head to their convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.

I wonder if it's close by me?

[Anler]

If he endorses her then he can fuck off too...

[ckf]

34 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

I wonder if it's close by me?

I'm sure it will be somewhere in southern NH.

[Cold War]

Shouldn't the headliner be Sanders to sell out on Tuesday.

[Stephen Hawking]

If he has a single shred of integrity he won't endorse her and run as an independent.

[Sleepr2]

11 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said:

If he has a single shred of integrity he won't endorse her and run as an independent.

He's a leftist, integrity?  LOL!

[Jimmy Snacks]

39 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said:

He's a leftist, integrity?  LOL!

You're a conservative fucking douchebag with zero integrity....what's your point? 

Edited July 7, 2016 by Biggie Smails

[Rod]

50 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said:

If he has a single shred of integrity he won't endorse her and run as an independent.

Yup. Or doesn't want to commit suicide.

[racinfarmer]

If I was Bernie, I'd walk onto the stage with a simple one line message of "I have no endorsement for either mainstream candidate." and walk off stage.

[Skidooski]

3 hours ago, Anler said:

If he endorses her then he can fuck off too...

Yep we all knew it was coming. Now is he being strong armed into it, getting something out if it or just selling out? None of which would show good character

[Momorider]

4 hours ago, Sleepr2 said:

He's a leftist, integrity?  LOL!

[Sleepr2]

14 hours ago, Biggie Smails said:

You're a conservative fucking douchebag with zero integrity....what's your point? 

Just can't help yourself eh? poor  Dumbass.

[Highmark]

He was waiting to see if charges would be filed against her.  He's a man of principle because we all know she didn't do anything wrong even though the FBI basically said for them she no longer could get top secret security clearance.