Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Present Unity Front at Private Washington Meeting
http://time.com/4369551/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-meeting-washington/No real news yet about what was decided. But it's somewhat typical that Bernie strode out from the front to be seen by the press, etc., while Hillary exited more discreetly from the rear.
“Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders met at the Capital Hilton in Washington this evening and had a positive discussion about their primary campaign, about unifying the party and about the dangerous threat that Donald Trump poses to our nation,” said a Clinton campaign official.
Clinton has now won nearly 400 more pledged delegates than Sanders and some 15 million votes, about 3.5 million more than her opponent. Sanders has said he will continue to campaign in the convention, but there is a widespread acceptance among his aides and allies that he has clearly lost the primary.
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Also attending the meeting were Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, Clinton campaign manger Robby Mook, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver and Bernie’s wife, Jane Sanders. Mook and Weaver have been the most frequent points of contact between the two campaigns. Sanders and Clinton met for around an hour-and-a-half.
I love the article's conclusion in which Hillary is right back to the business at hand, i.e., defeating Trump.
This was essentially a courtesy visit on Hillary's part. What Bernie is asking for in re SDs, open primaries, and DWS"s ouster is certainly NOT going to happen in the middle of an election cycle and will not change this one, however much he may believe it will just because he is "holding out" about doing the right thing, instead of conceding, and becoming a team player.
What happens in future elections will be decided by party regulars and the new DNC Chair, because there will indeed be a new DNC Chair appointed by HRC herself in due course. Bernie may find himself simply superseded by events and will lose any clout he might otherwise have had if he continues along this path.
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anyone with common sense and who truly walks the walk of a "progressive."
But thanks again for stating it! 
Eugene McCarthy's playbook from 1968. In too many ways, he seems to be locked in 1960s amber.
He should remember that 1968 was the high point in McCarthy's political career. His unwillingness to "play nice" with fellow Dems after the 1968 Convention was not only a factor in Humphrey's eventual GE loss, but diminished his own political power and influence afterwards.
2016 is a VERY different year for Democrats. We are not in the throes of Vietnam - a hugely divisive issue - and Hillary Clinton is not Hubert Humphrey who was, rightfully or wrongfully, tied to Johnson's Vietnam strategy rather than to successes such as the Civil Rights Act and Social Security.
Even more importantly, Donald Trump is no Richard Nixon - who looks like a knight in shining armor in comparison. And I truly despised Nixon, so that may give you an idea of how I feel about Trump. 
Mahalo, Cha!
BlueMT~ 
... that phrase lets us know that there remain some hold-outs who STILL believe that Bernie has a chance.
It's a little 
but it also makes me
Jackie~and filibuster with the Dems.
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has to "take steps to win his confidence" and I wonder whether the fact that he - as the loser - seeks to impose those steps on her is more about misognyny than anything else.
Would he dare force any male opponent who had won against him as overwhelmingly as Hillary has to take such steps?
I think not. 
alone in thinking that, sad to say.
