Top Dems in talks on how to push Sanders to end campaign: report

Top Democrats are engaging in talks on how to convince Bernie Sanders to end his White House run, CNN reported Friday morning.

One option they are considering is to persuade front-runner Hillary Clinton to select Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as her running mate.

{mosads}Warren’s addition to the ticket would give Clint a credibility boost with progressives at a time when Democrats are concerned about whether Sanders’s liberal supporters will line up behind Clinton in November.

“She can take away [Sanders’s] power by showing there’s no division within the party,” said one Democratic source who is advocating for Warren’s selection.

Warren has not endorsed either candidate so far.

Top Democrats are also considering asking Sanders to suspend his bid for the sake of Democratic unity, the report said.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made a similar argument when he spoke with Sanders last month by phone.

“We will walk out of our convention with a nominee,” said Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.). “We should be able to walk into the convention in a consolidating mode.”

“One thing I’m slightly worried about is the tone and tenor of the convention,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “We’re going to need a very positive unified convention. [Sanders is] going to have to send a very clear signal to his delegates that he wants them to be vocal and loud in support of Hillary in our convention.”

Becerra, Murphy and Reid have all endorsed Clinton.

Sanders has repeatedly insisted his campaign will continue all the way to next month’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Democrats are also considering gutting the role of superdelegates in the Democratic primary process as a concession to Sanders, the report said.

Some have also floated giving Sanders a prime speaking slot at the convention or ousting Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Sanders supporters have repeatedly decried Wasserman Schultz’s handling of the primary process.