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awake

(3,226 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:11 AM Jan 2016

The latest polls in Iowa are a win win for Bernie

Hillary is expected to win now and if;

A) she does pull it off then no bump for her & if the polls are right and it is with in 5 points then the press will spin it as a close race (which will be in their best interest because they always like a horse race) this is a win for Bernie.

B) Bernie ties then this is an win for Bernie who was the "underdog"

C) Bernie wins out right this becomes a Big Win for Bernie

In all cases Hillary has burned through through a ton of her funds in Iowa at the same time with the heighten press coverage Bernie now has over three million donations and almost all of those doners can keep on giving while many of Hillary's backers have hit the limit. All in all Iowa has been good to Bernie.

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The latest polls in Iowa are a win win for Bernie (Original Post) awake Jan 2016 OP
You haven't lost yet, hold the spin. Hoyt Jan 2016 #1
My point is Bernie can not lose awake Jan 2016 #4
Your pathetic spin efforts Joe Turner Jan 2016 #11
Hillary has burned through a ton of her credibility FreakinDJ Jan 2016 #2
Ah...so Hillary's the loser not matter the outcome. Metric System Jan 2016 #3
I think that I must agree with your statement awake Jan 2016 #5
bernicorns enid602 Jan 2016 #6
That's right workinclasszero Jan 2016 #7
+10,000 She lost as soon as Bernie got in striking distance. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #15
Concession speech will be a major win, too, I'm sure alcibiades_mystery Jan 2016 #8
The "win" is determined by who earns the most delegates BainsBane Jan 2016 #9
Bernie has always know that Iowa is the begaining of along race awake Jan 2016 #13
Now that's a fact! n/t californiabernin Jan 2016 #17
Thanks, awake senz Jan 2016 #10
The only way it's a win for Bernie is if he wins Renew Deal Jan 2016 #12
Anything close Old Codger Jan 2016 #14
dirty as a... well you know ypsfonos Jan 2016 #16

awake

(3,226 posts)
4. My point is Bernie can not lose
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:20 AM
Jan 2016

Unless turn out is so low the Hillary wins by more than 5points

 

Joe Turner

(930 posts)
11. Your pathetic spin efforts
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:42 AM
Jan 2016

would be better spent on republican forums. That's where your "leave no big corporation behind" agenda belongs. Oh wait, you are for Hillary. Never mind.

 

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
2. Hillary has burned through a ton of her credibility
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:18 AM
Jan 2016

Flip Flopping positions trying to mimic Bernie

All the Dirty Tricks from 2008 came out

Clinton Foundation ties to the press writing Bernie Hit pieces

Only thing missing was the Kamikaze Planes

enid602

(8,616 posts)
6. bernicorns
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:25 AM
Jan 2016

Still, there might well be some pissed off bernicorns come Tuesday morning. Watch out for the light purple ones with long eyelashes and sparklies; they're the most brutal.

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)
9. The "win" is determined by who earns the most delegates
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:31 AM
Jan 2016

Not cable-news level spin. There is actual math that matters. Bernie can't win just because you and your friends say so. He has to earn a number of delegates sufficient to carry the nomination. The same goes for Clinton. The stories you tell yourself are entirely inconsequential to any of that.

It is unfortunate that the notion of politics as entertainment has become so pervasive. The showman-like spinning of election results may garner ratings, and with them corporate profits, but it is ultimately vacuous. Voters determine this election. Not the cable TV networks or persons more concerned with spectacle than results.

It is interesting to see people who claim to oppose corporate, MSM media so enamored of its capacity to spin and distort.

awake

(3,226 posts)
13. Bernie has always know that Iowa is the begaining of along race
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:44 AM
Jan 2016

While Hillary thought Iowa would be the start of her crowning ceremony

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
10. Thanks, awake
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:38 AM
Jan 2016

Yep, Hillary's been pulling out all the stops, but the primary could work out very well for Bernie.

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
14. Anything close
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:45 AM
Jan 2016

Is a win for Bernie, I do not think it will be that close for her.. He has already beat her in almost every way imaginable, just count the votes Mon. to get that part out of the way...

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