# Bernie Withdraws **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 8, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349 "2020-04-08T15:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/1 "2020-04-08T15:27:30Z")
He sys he is done. He announced he is suspending his campaign. He’ll talk at about 0845 Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/2 "2020-04-08T15:28:10Z")
Smart move ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/3 "2020-04-08T15:30:09Z")
FINALLY!! Very smart move. He needs to tell his Bros to get behind Biden and not sit home and pout on election day. The Pubbies are going to do enough to make sure Dem votes don’t get counted. They don’t need help from disgruntled Bernie supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/4 "2020-04-08T15:32:09Z")
Yes, very smart move. I sense Joe helped to work a little magic with him. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/5 "2020-04-08T15:32:19Z")
About time. Now he can go back to being an independent. Hope like hell it’s the last time he runs. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/6 "2020-04-08T15:32:29Z")
May I be the first to say, “Trump and Biden, how did we end up with those two?” ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/7 "2020-04-08T15:34:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > About time. Now he can go back to being an independent. Hope like hell it’s the last time he runs. Nuts to that, Bernie 2024! Good luck guys. Unite to defeat that incompetent democidaire in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/8 "2020-04-08T15:37:01Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > … > > Good luck guys. Unite to defeat that incompetent democidaire in the White House. Let’s hope. (I belong to no organized political party…) Wondering what the dems can do at what points betw now and Nov… What is required to persuade/motivate what voters? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/9 "2020-04-08T15:44:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He needs to tell his Bros to get behind Biden and not sit home and pout on election day. The Pubbies are going to do enough to make sure Dem votes don’t get counted. They don’t need help from disgruntled Bernie supporters. Your edit crossed my post. Yes he does. He’ll talk in about 2-3 minutes. We’ll see what he says. The Dems need a united front to unseat the orange 🍊 one. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/10 "2020-04-08T15:45:54Z")
> [@Paul in Qatar](#): > > May I be the first to say, “Trump and Biden, how did we end up with those two?” I think several people said that exact same thing just prior to Super Tuesday, over a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/11 "2020-04-08T15:50:08Z")
Has he started his talk yet? News radio here in San Francisco doesn’t have him on yet, and I expect them to. It is already 0849 Pacific. Maybe he’s running late. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/12 "2020-04-08T15:52:34Z")
Yep. He’s live. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/13 "2020-04-08T15:55:49Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > Yep. He’s live. Thanks. And the market is already responding. SFBA news radio reports the Dow has jumped up 560 points. ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/14 "2020-04-08T15:56:35Z")
The best part of this is that my Reddit feed will now be free from non-stop Bernie shit. Thank. Fucking. God. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/15 "2020-04-08T15:58:48Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Thanks. > > And the market is already responding. SFBA news radio reports the Dow has jumped up 560 points. Thats because Bernie would’ve fought income inequality, now they’re celebrating that plutocracy will not be challenged. Thats not a good thing. Its disappointing but I understand why Bernie dropped out. I hope we all move to support Biden, because Biden on the issues is a pretty good candidate and will be vastly superior to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/16 "2020-04-08T16:00:43Z")
Sanders supporters. I know Biden isn’t your first, or even second choice. Wasn’t mine either. Nevertheless. Please, please, please, drop the animosity and get behind Biden. Defeating Trump is the priority. And second priority. And third through tenth. The only other thing that matters is winning back the Senate. With a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress you’ll get huge amounts of what you wanted, probably as much as you would if Sanders somehow had won. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/17 "2020-04-08T16:04:10Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > May I be the first to say, “Trump and Biden, how did we end up with those two?” [Regression toward the mean](https://fs.blog/2015/07/regression-to-the-mean/) That this is what we’ve come to says a lot more about the culture of the country as a whole and the divisions within it than it does about the relative competencies of the candidates. Elizabeth Warren was smart, articulate, educated, experienced, personable, and met questions and challenges to how she’d govern with detailed plans and policy statements. Somehow, this made her “unelectable”. Go figure. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/18 "2020-04-08T16:04:42Z")
330 million people and we get a very mentally ill guy vs. a career politician who has not really done anything worthwhile despite being in DC for over 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/19 "2020-04-08T16:11:51Z")
This lets Obama get off the sidelines. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349/20 "2020-04-08T16:13:57Z")
Now we find out if Bernie means it when he says he’ll support Biden. Will he support him by not tearing him down or will he support him actively out on the trail stirring up his group of voters. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349.md?page=2)