Expectations were growing Monday that Bernie Sanders would
endorse Hillary Clinton at a joint rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday.
No one in either high command would confirm more than they
were holding the rally together.
Associated Press published a story under a headline: “Bernie
Sanders Will Endorse Hillary Clinton.”
The subhead said “Expect it to happen on Tuesday.”
Other news organizations use similar language, avoiding
stating flatly that the endorsement would occur.
However, it was a win-win for both sides. Clinton was
gaining more endorsements, and Sanders had won several platform battles at
meetings preceding the Philadelphia convention in July, meaning his campaign
was not a waste of time.
Many Sanders’ supporters have taken to the Internet to
express their disgust with a Clinton endorsement, and declare they will never
vote for her.
Only time will tell how effective Sanders can be on the
campaign trail for Clinton, and how far he is willing to go. Few of his supporters
are likely to vote for Donald Trump.
Clinton has led in most polls, usually by five or six
points, sometimes more. However, the impact on the campaign of recent violence,
including deaths of police and civilian, is unknown.
As usual, Trump says the problem is easily solved with a
hammer. Clinton says divisions in the country must be healed.
The FBI failure to indict Clinton for using a private email
service, just as her predecessors had, has left a stain on the campaign. But 60
percent of those polled by the Washington Post said the issue would not decide
their vote.
The next hot issue is going to be who is selected by each
candidate as the vice presidential candidate.
Trump doesn’t have the campaign money or solid support from
people of his party that Clinton does. Years of attacks on her, since her
husband was president, may make it hard to gain momentum for a businessman with
no government experience. And he has his own share of scandals.
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