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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary will not "clinch" the nomination unless Bernie drops out or the convention floor vote [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)11. Not true. He clinched when he had both the pledged delegate win and overall delegate win.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/5/29/1532358/-What-Does-It-Mean-to-Clinch-the-Nomination-When-Superdelegates-Are-Involved
It really doesn't matter if Sanders or his dead end supporters think she will have clinched it on June 7. Reality will go on with or without them.
As many of you are all too painfully aware, the 2008 election brought the issue of superdelegates back into the mainstream. Still, when Obama made the magic number, the papers did not hedge. With a combination of supers and pledged delegates putting him just over the number he needed, Obama was considered the nominee as of June 3rd, 2008. It is also the case that on June 3rd it was a last minute rush of superdelegates that put him over that years magic number of 2,118.
Wolf Blitzer broke into a McCain speech to say that Obama had secured the nomination. Note that Obama wins the nomination, incidentally, in part by losing South Dakota. Based on him even placing in that contest it was projected that he would get at least four delegates and win.
Clinton would drop out of the race just three days later.
Senator Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, prevailing through an epic battle with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a primary campaign that inspired millions of voters from every corner of America to demand change in Washington.
A last-minute rush of Democratic superdelegates, as well as the results from the final primaries, in Montana and South Dakota, pushed Mr. Obama over the threshold of winning the 2,118 delegates needed to be nominated at the partys convention in August. The victory for Mr. Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, broke racial barriers and represented a remarkable rise for a man who just four years ago served in the Illinois Senate. (Source)
Wolf Blitzer broke into a McCain speech to say that Obama had secured the nomination. Note that Obama wins the nomination, incidentally, in part by losing South Dakota. Based on him even placing in that contest it was projected that he would get at least four delegates and win.
Clinton would drop out of the race just three days later.
It really doesn't matter if Sanders or his dead end supporters think she will have clinched it on June 7. Reality will go on with or without them.
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Hillary will not "clinch" the nomination unless Bernie drops out or the convention floor vote [View all]
morningfog
May 2016
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Secretary Clinton cliches the nomination on June 7th ... everything else is #BernieMath n/t
SFnomad
May 2016
#1
Secretary Clinton doesn't have to reach 2383 pledged delegates, ever ... that's #BernieMath
SFnomad
May 2016
#41
Just like obama didn't clinch the general election until the electoral college voted.
geek tragedy
May 2016
#5
I agree, sanders real nature is being revealed and I gotta say we are dodging a bullet
beachbum bob
May 2016
#7
Not true. He clinched when he had both the pledged delegate win and overall delegate win.
geek tragedy
May 2016
#11
presumptive nominee = clinched nomination = President of the United States nt
asuhornets
May 2016
#17
You're clearly confusing "clinching" with "winning." She'll clinch next week, then win @ convention.
BobbyDrake
May 2016
#25
If Bernie wants to continue his quixotic campaign/WeaverDevine Retirement Fund
tritsofme
May 2016
#26
In every contested primary since adoption of super delegates, the winner is announced based on SDs
Gothmog
May 2016
#28