I for one think that Clinton is preferable to Trump. I think Bern thinks that too, and so if Bern has in fact determined he has no shot at the presidency then I would expect him to endorse. However, to do so now, on the heels of Comey's statement seems like absurdly bad timing. A majority of the country is still trying to figure out how being incredibly careless doesn't amount to negligence, why that although the relevant federal statute fails to mention intent Comey appears to have based his decision on the concept.

To endorse now, before those questions have even been addressed, could tie Bern to the same type of back door cronyism we have been fighting against--at least in the public's imagination.

Bernie used the Democratic party machinery to get as far as he did.

I'm sorry he feels the necessity to "endorse" what he's been speaking out against for his entire campaign.

But that's his action.

As for me, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR CLINTONS (it's both of them) no matter what Bernie, Elizabeth, Obama or anyone else threatens, uses fear, intimidation, blame, the whole litany of what will be thrown. I would rather see a President Trump, than another 8 scandal/drama filled years of more Clintons. With nothing to stop them, no need to try to protect their political viability, we'd have endless wars, and theft of tax payer money, and crime. NO MORE CLINTONS.

Clintons are corrupt, cowardly, criminal, selfish, SELFISH, power hungry megalomaniacs, who will never have enough money or power. NO MORE CLINTONS.

Enough is Enough

Endorsing Hillary after she was officially nominated.

But do we really have to hear Bernie's surrogates vouch for her honesty? Her sleezy actions besmirched her, not right wing attacks. She only skated this time because "no reasonable prosecutor" would indict the former Secretary of State & presumptuous democratic nominee. Comey made that clear when he added his 'don't anybody else get the idea to do this; you're nobodies & we'll prosecute you.'

the last candidate I will financially support.
I didn't know a year ago that the primaries were rigged, that Comey and Lynch were compromised, that Bernie is a gun nut, Jew hater, and tax cheat, until Hillary pointed out those things to me.
A year ago, I accepted that he chose to join and support the party, come what may.
That was then.
I can't fall in line. He can.
I respectfully disagree with his endorsement.
My interest in his rally to give her an endorsement and talking points to have her repeat to get Berners to vote for her is mild curiosity, not enthusiastic.

You reminded my of the basic principles of a Progressive government. You reminded me of integrity and principle. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

There is no way that your endorsement of Clinton will in any way convince me to vote for that Wall Street, lying, war monger. You'd have to pry my ballot out of my cold dead hand and mark it yourself.

I will do everything that I possibly can to keep the Clintons out of our White House.

When he said it was about changing the country, not just winning elections, that was a high point: he really got the importance of his legacy igniting a new movement. But that's followed with a hard 180 to 'negotiating' for a few vacuous policy statements in return for a tit-for-tat endorsement??

The bottom line is that some of his supporters would vote for HRC anyway, while those who wouldn't are not going to blindly follow any 'endorsement' by him. He would be doing massive harm to his legacy by breaking off from the movement in favor of politics as usual.

Sure Ellison and other surrogates should be free to do as they want for the sake of their own careers: they are young. But Bernie endorsing makes no sense except to send us all the message that everything we worked for and dreamt of – starting now but going far beyond this election – was for nothing.

We are in a world of shit.
But still, I can't believe all the hand-wringing going on around here. We all knew that Bernie was a long shot from the very beginning of his campaign. I think many of us were incredibly surprised at the success of his campaign. I think the Sander's campaign was as astonishing and brilliant as it was unexpected. Sander's deserves an immense amount of credit for that gigantic effort. He did not have to do that. His career was just fine as it was.....he certainly did not have to do what he did. Credit where credit is due.

Bernie may very well have done all he can. I have no idea about the pressures he could be facing. It really is up to the people now.

As someone up thread suggested, he was holding out to see what the FBI investigation of Clinton would bring. He as concluded that HRC will be nominated and will try to get what he can. He may get some nominal improvements to the platform, but they will not mean anything in the long run. The key is what happens ahead. Will we be able to harness the energy we have generated to improve politics in the US and the world or will we hang our heads. I suggest that we have the right to be depressed, but the duty to get our asses in gear.

in the sense that its most prominent members are just thugs disguised as upstanding, patriotic, intelligent, caring, elites; and Sanders has helped us to see the real characters underneath their disguises, then that is a victory alone. Additionally, since the true character of the Democratic party has been irretrievably exposed as thoroughly corrupt, then it doesn't matter who Bernie endorses within that party.

Clinton is the Democratic version of Romney: no charisma and willing to say anything to get elected. Unfortunately, she's much worse since she has a proven record of selling out the 99% both here and around the entire planet. Like Lieberman she'll end up as a "bipartisan" candidate totally in thrall to 1%.

If the GOP figures out how to dump Trump things might get interesting: the corporatist-faction of the GOP will come back home and the rest of the electorate will perceive the GOP replacment as far less scary than Trump and neuter Clinton's main campaign asset: fear.