pre-Democratic convention discussion LATEST: Sanders supporters protesting

[Devout Centrist]

Bernie or Bust is going to be protesting outside the Convention Hall.

will it be a repeat of LA in 2000 or not amount to much?

[Devout Centrist]

I'll be at the convention; I'll post what I can about what I see on the DNC discussion thread.

I will too, I'll get to vote for Bernie as the nominee

Larry Sabato made the astute (at least to me) observation that a guy like Sanders, who has won as many primaries as he has, and has accumulated over 40% of the convention delegates, has the ability to demand quite a bit at the convention. 

So far, it's not going well.  Sanders called for the ouster of CT Gov. Dan Malloy and ex-Rep Barney Frank as convention co-chairs, and was pretty soundly rejected.  That's a pretty limited demand, and if he can't get two co-chairs (out of twenty-something) removed, is he really going to force out Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC Chair? 

I am predicting that Sanders gets zilch gravitas at the Democratic National Convention.  I don't see the concessions to Bernie, or to his supporters, coming at all.  Hillary is thinking that she'll beat Trump in a Bush 41 type landslide, and she's incapable of being magnanimous.

Bernie's demands have been a little odd, especially since he has yet to concede nor has he endorsed Clinton. By now, Clinton had done both.

Sanders has essentially blown his leverage by not meeting Clinton halfway. He could've really shaken up the DNC, yet he picked the wrong fights on trying to oust Frank of all people.

[Devout Centrist]

I hear deceased criminal thug Michael Brown's Mother will speak at the DNC.   

That black darkie thug got what he deserved! Breitbart told me so!

[Devout Centrist]

Are O'Malley, Webb, or Chafee expected to speak?

O'Malley yes, Chaffee and Webb no.

Webb would get on stage and urge the audience to vote for Trump.

[Devout Centrist]

Leftists are their own worst enemy.

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