Yes Bernie should stay in the race and on the ballot. If it appears that Hillary has the delegates to win the nomination, then Bernie should campaign for unity and strength, and encourage everyone to do the hard work of getting out the vote in the general election.

I’ll be voting for him in California, because I believe that the Bernie vote sends the message to the Democratic party that it needs to embrace more of the progressive values that Bernie has been advocating. And I’ll be voting for Hillary in the general (assuming she gets the nomination, which is a very safe assumption) because she’s smart, sane, caring, and competent, and because whichever Republican we’re facing in November will be none of the above and a catastrophe seeking to happen.

Re. Paul @ 7: Another good cure for speeding is to plug in a ScanGauge in your car (costs about $200), which will show you instant and cumulative mileage per gallon. With that feedback, one learns to drive in a manner that substantially increases fuel efficiency, something we all need to do. And one of the things that goes along with that is driving just a bit below the speed limit where it’s safe to do so. QED no more speeding, no more tickets, and fuel efficiency that’s 10 – 15% or more above the vehicle’s official ratings.

Back when I was a callow youth, I decided one day to beat the speed cameras by going into what I called “stealth mode” – just drifting along at 5k below the limit. It soon occurred to men that I was not “beating the system” at all – I was simply avoiding speeding tickets by obeying the law.

Super delegates do not exist to ensure the status quo. Maintaining the status quo is not the original reason they were set up, there was an entirely different reason. Since the were set up in the Democratic Party there has not been a single time the voted against the popular vote. So, sorry, but that is just wrogn.

I agree we don’t have time to wait in acting on climate change, but actually, their positions are not all that different. Remember, Sanders was the Congressmember and Senator from Vermont, where the only interests he had to protect were Big Ice Cream, Big Syrup, and Gun Ownership, and he protected all three very well. Clinton, on the other hand, was Obama’s SOS, and the SOS does not actually get to make policies, and the main Sanders-Clinton differences on climate policy trace back to that.

From the standpoint of winning at all costs it may be rational, but it certainly isn’t honest and ethical. And it further negates the notion that the race is between purity and impurity.