New Hampshire: Democrats Out

[brooklynite]

FiveThirtyEight:

The Washington Post reported today that Bernie Sanders will head to New York City this weekend to make a not totally surprise cameo on “Saturday Night Live.” (This week’s show is hosted by Larry David, whose impersonation of Sanders is Tina-Fey-as-Sarah-Palin-level accurate.) At 5 p.m. today, Sanders is scheduled to go the New Hampshire Democratic party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner, along with Hillary Clinton. After that, according to a New England news station, his next planned New Hampshire event is a rally on the night of the primary. He’s done campaigning here.

Clinton is also going to be leaving town this weekend — she’s headed to Flint, Michigan, on Sunday to talk to residents about the ongoing water crisis there — but she’ll be coming back to New Hampshire on Monday for a get-out-the-vote event.

The reason both Democratic candidates appear to be phoning it in is clear: Sanders has a tremendous advantage in New Hampshire, and neither candidate has much to gain by expending additional resources here. In fact, both of our primary forecasts put Sanders’s chances of winning at greater than 99 percent.

[JonLeibowitz]

1. From my perspective, this is a tactical error on Sanders' part. He should be trying to make this

a blowout

[Attorney in Texas]

4. More New Hampshire voters will see Sanders on SNL than would see him at 10 events in New Hampshire

[hoosierlib]

2. HRC is losing minority voters...

Time to pander...remember SC is her firewall...

[onehandle]

3. He's got a real shot at two states.

Not his home state of New York, though.

[bunnies]

5. It doesnt bother this NH Democrat.

We've had our fill.