re: #457 NO SMOCKING GUN!

By your definition of bending or breaking the rules, the Democrats should not nominate anyone then. Someone has to be the nominee, and the candidate who got the most votes and delegates is the obvious choice. By “Bernie or bust” I mean people who will only vote for Bernie period; that is a small group. I think there is a larger group who will be turned off if they perceive that he is denied the nomination unfairly. Its more important to defeat Trump than to stop Bernie; if he is the most popular candidate, has the most votes, and the most delegates, it stands to reason he is the logical choice for the nomination.

Everything will depend on the details and the numbers. Bernie going into the convention leading with 26% with three other candidates having 25%, 25% and 24% is very different than if the numbers were 49% for Sanders and 5 other candidates at 11%, 10%, 10%, 10% and 10%.