Tad Devine, Sanders message and strategy guy, is on CNN right now finishing up an interview. His message was dramatically different from the one I noted below from Campaign Manager Jeff Weaver. He never brought up Weaver’s comments, as near as I could tell. But what he did say was very significant. He framed the entirety of his comments on Sanders’ continuing ability to win a the majority/plurality of pledged delegates and assessing after more primaries in the coming weeks whether that is still possible. As a statistical matter, that’s a stretch – the ability to catch up on pledged delegates, given the Democrats’ use of proportional representation. But the point is he made no mention whatsoever of an effort to get Super Delegates to override the pledged delegates.
He’s definitely not throwing in the towel. He clearly wants Sanders to stay in through California. And there’s no reason why he shouldn’t. But he’s very conspicuously not on the same page as Weaver.
