Sanders is advocating open primaries.

[LiberalFighter]

Then MSNBC cuts away.

[SaschaHM]

1. Cold day in hell.

You want to select the democratic nominee and influence the party? Join the damn party.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. He knew the rules when he got in this race.

[displacedtexan]

5. He only wants rules that favor him.

Actual Democrats actually voting in actually closed party primaries don't favor him.

[Ohioblue22]

9. Didn't secretary clinton win more open primes than bernie

[displacedtexan]

12. yep. She beat him in every possible type of measurement.

But the next kook might be more charismatic.

[Cha]

38. lol

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. ^^^ THIS ^^^

[kstewart33]

30. Yep, and Bernie did not saw a word about getting rid of caucuses.

Talk about an undemocratic process.

[stonecutter357]

3. Democratic party Members only.......thanks.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. And I want my dissertation written by the gods

Chances are neither of us will get our way

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Good luck with that one :-)

Good luck with the dissertation, lots of work!

[leftofcool]

11. LOL! I knew a bunch of folks who felt that way.

[Ohioblue22]

6. Glad they cut away from that bullsht

[BlueCaliDem]

8. How do open primaries improve or benefit the Democratic Party with voters who don't want to be

Democrats to begin with? It doesn't make sense - unless, of course, your goal is to merge the fringe political Parties with one of the strongest major political Party and try to take over from within which, again, doesn't benefit the Democratic Party. So, it's not just no, it's HELL NO.

[skylucy]

36. Ditto!!! I agree. Open primaries just encourage the other party to muck around and

make mischief. Why would we want Republicans to be able to vote in Dem primaries?

[Arkansas Granny]

10. I don't understand the logic in letting people other than Democrats determine the Democratic

nominee. If you want to have a say in the selection, register as a Democrat. How simple is that?

[athena]

44. Agreed.

Republicans have a huge interest in ensuring that the Democratic nominee can't actually win the general election. I'm not sure why anyone would want to let them vote.

[spooky3]

13. Yeah, let's make major changes to the process so

We can have a nominee like Dump (D. Trump) and be powerless to do anything about it.



I would like the Dems to eliminate undemocratic and unrepresentative caucuses, and to change the order of primaries (maybe rotate which states go first) so that tiny, disproportionately white states do not in essence consistently have a bigger say than do states like California. But it's up to the Dem power structure to decide this, not to the losing candidate.

[teamster633]

29. They may drum me out of my state for saying it but...

...I fully agree that there is no way that NH should be the first primary on the Democratic side. Our population may be pretty representative of the modern rEpublican party, but it is a pale substitute for the diversity of our Party. The idea I like best (can't remember the source) is to divide the country into 5 sections, each of which takes turns as the first primary block of states.

[spooky3]

34. That is interesting. I suppose the reason it hasn't yet

Been implemented is that the states would have to agree to cooperate.

[teamster633]

37. And unfortunately, NH would fight like hell to prevent it.

There is a real sense of entitlement among many of our local polls. I think one year there was even talk of moving the primary to late December in order to preserve our first in the nation primary status.

[kstewart33]

31. Bingo.

[Rose Siding]

15. Blech! I'm ok with retiring the caucus, though. Did he mention that?

[SaschaHM]

16. Nope. He's not going to.

This isn't about making changes. This is about taking a torch on everything that kept him from winning.

[Rose Siding]

18. Wonder if he's even aware that the states get to set the rules, not the DNC

[SaschaHM]

19. Sanders isn't even aware of how to fulfill his own policies so I doubt it.

[Rose Siding]

21. He's chosen an issue that's un-winnable.

Hope he's not looking for trouble at the DNC. I'm not all the way to trust with him yet.

[Little Star]

17. No way!!!!!

[jmowreader]

20. I'm a little surprised he didn't advocate open caucuses in all jurisdictions

If he would have faced 56 open caucuses, he would have won the nomination easily.

[SharonClark]

22. No! The Democratic Party is for Democrats, not spoilers

[procon]

23. He lost. The press doesn't was to waste airtime on the runner up.

His 15 minutes of fame are over. Hillary is going to be nice and give him an public attaboy and a yummy consolation prize, but damn, stick a fork in him please, he's done.

[spooky3]

35. I didn't see any of this but wonder whether

The TV people were hoping for some big announcement and were prepared to cut away and go back to their usual programming as soon as they determined it wasn't going to happen.

[FloridaBlues]

24. Don't think he will convince the DNC for open primaries

Most of that decision comes from the states. Did he say anything about caucus and removing them? Probably not .

[SunSeeker]

25. No.Fucking.Way.

Want to determine who DEMOCRATS chose to represent THEIR PARTY in the GE? BE A DEMOCRAT!!!!

[Fresh_Start]

26. did he also advocate no more caucuses

or is his liberalization of the rules completely self-serving?

[Gothmog]

46. Sanders is very self serving

[OKNancy]

27. I don't want Republicans voting for my nominees - It's not just for President

In a red state like mine, many times a Republican is running unopposed, so I can see it now... the Republicans would vote in the Democratic primary and pick the weakest candidate for every office.

No... closed primaries, with generous time-lines to register... and no caucuses either!

[LuvLoogie]

28. I translated Bernie's speech and got hidden

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512184903

[TwilightZone]

32. That's a pretty silly hide.

It pales in comparison to about half the posts in any Orlando thread involving ISIS and/or homophobia.

[Her Sister]

33. lol! Perfect words, yours!

Look at this AG twitter thread:

Never in his 25 years in Congress has Senator Sanders sought to reform the Democratic Party. But this is the ship he'll go down with.

https://twitter.com/AlGiordano/status/742806515677941760

"Will you give me these concessions, that make it look like I only lost because of these things, and not because less votes."

[misterhighwasted]

39. Gave it a rec anyway!

You made an excellent point.

[displacedtexan]

42. I thought you were way too nice in that post.

I hope it won't be long now until the man who spent $200 million to bite the hand that feeds him goes away.

[misterhighwasted]

40. He should have just hitched himself to the GOPTea Party. They have open primaries.

Why is he in the Dem Party anyway. We have NOTHING he agrees with.

[Stand and Fight]

41. No. I don't want non-Democrats choosing our nominee.

Are people too fucking stupid to realize that it allows people to tilt elections toward the easier candidates to take down? I mean...

[Ellen Forradalom]

43. Not impressed with this attempt at entryism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryism

[Gothmog]

45. We need to get rid of caucuses

Sanders is not discussing the most undemocratic feature of the Democratic primary process. I wonder why

It is hard to take anything that Sanders says seriously.

[Freddie]

47. It's an open invitation to Operation Chaos

You want a say in our party, you join our party. Pennsylvania has always had closed primaries and it works as intended.