Bernie Sanders, who hasn’t aired ads or fundraised since losing badly in the March 17 primaries, could still very well call things off. But one thing is certain: He’s not acting like a candidate who’s finished with the primary
Since his staff announced last week that he is reassessing his campaign, Bernie Sanders has not yet definitively said whether he is still running.
“Bernie has every reason to stay in,” said James Zogby, a Democratic National Committee member who has spoken with Sanders in recent weeks and urged him to continue running. “He has a role to play in policies of course, but also continuing to be the glue that holds the progressive movement together.”
The moves — and that line of thinking — are infuriating to some establishment Democrats and Biden allies, who fear a repeat of 2016, when Sanders declined to drop out after it was mathematically impossible for him to win. Many party leaders believe the delay further fractured the already divided Democrats and made it more difficult for Hillary Clinton to take on Donald Trump.
Biden himself also appears eager for Sanders to go away. Asked at a press briefing Wednesday if he would debate Sanders in April, Biden said he was focused on the coronavirus crisis.Meanwhile, multiple allies of Sanders have encouraged him to remain in the race. But they have urged him privately to articulate his reasons for staying in, rather than to pivot entirely to the coronavirus — his current approach — a source familiar with the conversations said.
“I don’t think it’s over. Lord knows what happens over the summer,” said Zogby. “The Biden campaign can implode. I don’t know. I’m not wishing anything, but it’s not over till it’s over.” Sanders’ team has long seen New York not only as a state that he could potentially win, but also a place that is important to his narrative arc. He was born in Brooklyn, and kicked off his 2020 campaign at an event in his nativeFour years ago, Sanders’ advisers also viewed New York as a place where Sanders could deliver a race-altering upset, entering the state on a hot streak before Hillary Clinton’s decisive victory there.
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