sea, good question.  here’s a how-to story from last year in which he’s quoted saying “No, I am an independent who is going to be working with the —”: How Will Bernie Sanders (Officially) Become A Democrat?

and then in November bernie took the plunge (that is pledge) and became a dembat:
State party rules require Sanders to be a Democrat to run in the primary, and Sanders — who has long reveled in the fact that he’s not officially a member of any political party — is willing to do what it takes to keep his presidential bid moving forward.
But as he becomes a regular Democrat, Sanders is also becoming something else: a regular politician.

what I wonder is have all signs, name plates and publications now been changed in his d.c. and vt senate offices acknowledging he is no longer an independent but a democrat.

  bernie’s theme song:

pogo, not bad guitar towards the end

sea, right now it probably depends on party primary rules in each state whether he has to sign official papers declaring his allegiance … sorta like how pols usually tailor their speeches and issues, whichever way that state’s wind blows.

“….its rather egomaniacal to expect super delegates and money from the party you joined a few months ago”

not to a dyed in the wool socialist, sea.  he sincerely believes in spreading the wealth.

flatus, since the officer asked more than once about your well being, did it give you pause and did you take a peek at yourself in the mirror just to make sure?

’twas probably that tinfoil hat you were wearing 🙂

sea, you said earlier “….its rather egomaniacal to expect super delegates and money from the party you joined a few months ago” and earlier I noted that spreading the wealth is what bern’s all about. trail friend flatus probably would also suggest a more likely phrase: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs

from politico:

Clyburn, an influential black leader in South Carolina and nationally, remarked that some had speculated that his remark last week that his “head and heart are in different places right now” to mean that he was torn between Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

“That was not the case at all. My heart has always been with Hillary Clinton. But my head had me in a neutral corner. But after intensive discussions with my wife, Emily, who is here today, our children and grandchildren and other constituents and friends here in South Carolina and across the country, I have decided to terminate my neutrality and get engaged,” he said, noting that he had the opportunity to work with both candidates “up close and personal” in Congress.

“My experiences with both have been pleasant and enjoyable,” he said.

oh the silly things we say in our idealistic youth, huh mitch? from courier journal:

A young Mitch McConnell wrote in a 1970-71 law journal article that politics should play no role in Senate confirmations of Supreme Court appointments and that the Senate should defer to the president.

“The president is presumably elected by the people to carry out a program and altering the ideological directions of the court would seem to be a perfectly legitimate part of a presidential platform,” wrote McConnell, the chief legislative aide to Sen. Marlow Cook.

“To that end, the Constitution gives to him the power to nominate.”

[….]

“Even though the Senate has at various times made purely political decisions in its consideration of Supreme Court nominees, certainly it would not be successfully argued that this is an acceptable practice.

“After all, if political matters were relevant to senatorial consideration it might be suggested that a constitutional amendment be introduced giving to the Senate rather than the president the right to nominate Supreme Court justices,” he said.

from public policy polling:

New Public Policy Polling surveys of the 12 states that will hold Democratic primaries for President between March 1st and 8th, conducted on behalf of American Family Voices, find Hillary Clinton leading the way in 10 of 12, with double digit leads in 9 of them. Bernie Sanders has an overwhelming lead in his home state of Vermont and also leads in Massachusetts. The race is close in Oklahoma where Clinton is ahead by just 2 points, but she has double digit leads in the other 9 states that will have primaries that week

jack, with regard to the mri, sounds like you….