Clinton’s Best Day Is Behind Her, Sanders Adviser Says

[Purveyor]

Hillary Clinton’s best day on the primary calendar is now behind her, a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders said the day after he lost seven of 11 Super Tuesday states to the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Sanders now trails Clinton by more than 600 delegates, casting substantial doubt on the possibility he can can overtake her by the time of the party’s convention in July.

“We do not think the calendar ahead looks nearly as good as yesterday” for the former secretary of state, Sanders aide Tad Devine told reporters at a briefing with campaign manager Jeff Weaver. “We understand that we have a long road ahead of us that we have to take if we’re going to win the nomination.”

Delegate-rich Michigan, California, and New York are key opportunities for Sanders, they said. In Michigan, at least, Clinton leads Sanders by 20 points among likely voters, according to a Feb. 29 Marketing Resource Group poll reported by Real Clear Politics. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Weaver called Sanders’ performance on Tuesday, when he won four states including Vermont and narrowly lost Massachusetts, "a fantastic night. We shot for five, we got 4.9"

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-02/clinton-s-best-day-is-behind-her-sanders-adviser-says

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Tad Devine might want to look at the polling in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan...

[Adrahil]

12. Yeah, no kidding! But to be fair, she won't win 7 states that day...

So technically not as great as yesterday!

[onehandle]

2. Well if a Sanders adviser says so... nt

[FloridaBlues]

4. Tad sometimes is off the mark in his predictions

Actually she polling well over 20% in March 15 states. Her best days are ahead!

[Octafish]

3. Most of those 600 are SuperDelegates.

And Wolf Blitzer has made a big point of not pointing that out.

Bernie's best days -- like America's -- are ahead, Purveyor.

[4lbs]

5. Before superdelegates are counted, Hillary has almost a 300 regular pledged delegate lead.

That's much larger than the lead Obama had over Hillary in 2008, at this point in time.

Current delegate count:


Hillary Clinton: ... 596 without superdelegates ........ 1053 with superdelegates

Bernie Sanders: . 399 without superdelegates ........ 421 with superdelegates

[Avalux]

10. Your math is incorrect - that's a 197 pledged delegate difference. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

6. OK Bernie only trails her by around 190 pledged delegates

and that's still a big gap to make up.

[RobertEarl]

7. After the first vote

And Clinton doesn't win, they can all switch to Bernie.

We'll be at the convention and that's where Bernie finally overcomes!

[thesquanderer]

8. Either Hillary or Bernie will win on a first vote.

As long as there are only two candidates at the convention who have delegates, you can be assured that one of them will have the required 50%.

[Codeine]

11. She'll win the first vote automatically.

She'll have over 50% of the available delegates.

[localroger]

9. It's not that big a gap

...when both candidates are at around 1/4 of what is needed to lock up a majority. And these early states are where Hillary has always been expected to perform best. This thing is a long way from over.

[ConsiderThis_2016]

13. "Sanders now trails Clinton by more than 600 delegates"

You Lie!