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PHILADELPHIA — Senator Bernie Sanders and his campaign advisers plan to reassess where his candidacy stands after five states vote on Tuesday, though he is adamant that he will remain in the race until the Democratic convention this summer.
As Mr. Sanders spent the morning happily greeting voters across Philadelphia, his senior campaign strategist said the senator understood the challenges ahead and would talk with his staff on Wednesday to decide how his bid will continue. Polls show Mr. Sanders trailing Hillary Clinton in at least four of the five states voting on Tuesday — Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Still, Mr. Sanders, who visited those states and the fifth state, Delaware, is not preparing to drop out of the race but will look into how to adjust how he talks about his prospects.
“If we are sitting here and there’s no sort of mathematical way to do it, we will be upfront about that,” said Tad Devine, Mr. Sanders’s senior strategist. “If we have a really good day, we are going to continue to talk about winning most of the pledged delegates because we will be on a path toward it. If we don’t get enough today to make it clear that we can do it by the end, it’s going to be hard to talk about it. That’s not going to be a credible path. Instead, we will talk about what we intend to do between now and the end and how we can get there.”
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Mr. Devine explained that on Wednesday, Mr. Sanders’s senior advisers will talk about a range of issues, including how to adjust their messaging about the election process, what route if any they have to winning the nomination, and where they should focus on gaining ground. He said he could still see a mathematical path to winning the nomination, but he added that if that changed with Tuesday night’s results, the campaign would have to adjust.
“We may decide we have to pick up some more delegates in some of these caucus states,” Mr. Devine said. “Maybe we have to get some more people on the ground between now and the state conventions some place because we are not going to win as many as we thought we were going to win in primaries. But we have got to make up the difference elsewhere — that’s the reassessment.”
Mr. Devine was careful to stress that the senator has already decided that he will compete in every contest, including in California and the District of Columbia, which vote in June.
“Reassess does not mean that he’s not going to be part of this race,” Mr. Devine said. “Reassess does not mean that his message, that we think is the most powerful message, is going to change.”
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As Mr. Sanders spent the morning happily greeting voters across Philadelphia, his senior campaign strategist said the senator understood the challenges ahead and would talk with his staff on Wednesday to decide how his bid will continue. Polls show Mr. Sanders trailing Hillary Clinton in at least four of the five states voting on Tuesday — Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Still, Mr. Sanders, who visited those states and the fifth state, Delaware, is not preparing to drop out of the race but will look into how to adjust how he talks about his prospects.
“If we are sitting here and there’s no sort of mathematical way to do it, we will be upfront about that,” said Tad Devine, Mr. Sanders’s senior strategist. “If we have a really good day, we are going to continue to talk about winning most of the pledged delegates because we will be on a path toward it. If we don’t get enough today to make it clear that we can do it by the end, it’s going to be hard to talk about it. That’s not going to be a credible path. Instead, we will talk about what we intend to do between now and the end and how we can get there.”
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Mr. Devine explained that on Wednesday, Mr. Sanders’s senior advisers will talk about a range of issues, including how to adjust their messaging about the election process, what route if any they have to winning the nomination, and where they should focus on gaining ground. He said he could still see a mathematical path to winning the nomination, but he added that if that changed with Tuesday night’s results, the campaign would have to adjust.
“We may decide we have to pick up some more delegates in some of these caucus states,” Mr. Devine said. “Maybe we have to get some more people on the ground between now and the state conventions some place because we are not going to win as many as we thought we were going to win in primaries. But we have got to make up the difference elsewhere — that’s the reassessment.”
Mr. Devine was careful to stress that the senator has already decided that he will compete in every contest, including in California and the District of Columbia, which vote in June.
“Reassess does not mean that he’s not going to be part of this race,” Mr. Devine said. “Reassess does not mean that his message, that we think is the most powerful message, is going to change.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...vote-but-won’t-drop-out/ar-BBsiH35?li=BBnb7Kz
