NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 23: U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks to supporters in Manhattan at an event where he went over his core political beliefs on June 23, 2016 in New York City. Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd, Sanders did not speak about Hillary Clinton who has secured the delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Source: Time
By Sam Frizell
The Democratic primary is over and Bernie Sanders has all but conceded. But that doesn’t mean his fight has ended.
Even as his campaign has largely disbanded, Sanders and his allies have been negotiating with presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton’s supporters continuously over the last few weeks in an attempt to craft theDemocratic Party’s platform as a liberal manifesto. The biggest test of Sanders’ enduring influence will come next week in Orlando, Fla., when a draft written by a small group of Sanders and Clinton allies goes up for a vote before a 187-member committee of Democratic delegates.
Sanders aides said in interviews that the biggest issue at stake—and the one where they may have the most leverage—is opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation trade deal that President Obama supports. But Sanders will fight for a battery of other policies, from a fracking ban to a $15 minimum wage.
“The platform that comes out of the Democratic convention will be by far the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” Sanders vowed in New York last week.
Sanders allies have already been hammering away at policy disputes in a series of meetings organized by the Democratic National Committee and held all over the country, from St. Louis to Phoenix to Washington, D.C. The negotiations are part of Sanders’ commitment to shaping the party in his liberal image for years to come, despite his loss in the primary contest.
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