I'm not a bettor, but PredictWise says there's a 97% chance of Hillary getting the nomination

[pnwmom]

and a 73% chance of the Democrat winning in the general.

http://predictwise.com/politics/

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Not trying to be snarky, but 97% seems low.

[SCantiGOP]

32. Especially in light of this:

(Saw a post in Sanders forum saying Clinton needs 60 something per cent of remaining delegates to go over the top without the superdelegates. I think I will put my faith in this statement that I just copied off of MSNBC):

In pledged delegates, Clinton currently holds a lead of 331 delegates with Washington delegates to still be allocated (was 270 before last night)

Clinton 1,620 (56%)
Sanders 1,289 (44%)
Clinton must win 36% of remaining pledged delegates to get a majority in pledged delegates (was 41%)

Sanders must win 64% of remaining pledged delegates to get a majority in pledged delegates (was 59%)

In overall delegates (pledged + super), Clinton holds an overall lead of 787 delegates (was 695)

[thesquanderer]

41. It was 99% earlier today, it's 98% now. (n/t)

[bkkyosemite]

2. The fix has been in since the beginning and yet they were so foolish to show their corruption

throughout this primary. Amazing.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Like the lottery?

[jmcc]

4. Eat shit and die repuke leadership

You spent 20 years telling your base Hillary was the devil. You did it so well that a significant portion of the left now dislikes her. And you also turned a blind eye to the tebag racists because they voted for your candidates.

Well guess what, now you get the candidate you have been hammering for years against a nationalist who is so reprehensible he may end your party.

Oh yeah, guess who her first nomination to the court will be. If it makes you feel any better 30 years from now, history will remember his administration much better than you have tried to paint it.

[pnwmom]

5. Welcome to DU, jmcc!

[sheshe2]

6. Wow!

Great 2nd post.

Welcome to DU!

[moriah]

7. Welcome to DU! But I don't think she'd choose Bill.

Bill has no experience as a judge, and that's important for the top court.

Even if it would be (edit: almost) worth doing as an April Fool's Joke just to see Limbaugh's head explode.

[StevieM]

11. I think JMCC was referring to the possibility of Hillary appointing President Obama

to the Supreme Court.

[moriah]

13. Same issue and head explosion....

Experience as an attorney, even a Constitutional Law expert, isn't quite the same as experience on an actual bench.

[jcgoldie]

37. Obama said he doesn't want the job

Says he couldn't take the monotony of it wants to travel around and talk about issues after his term. Who knows I guess he could have been sandbagging like Paul Ryan.

[NurseJackie]

8. Their bitterness makes Hillary's victory all the more SWEET.

[StevieM]

12. Welcome to DU!!

To be honest, I doubt the Republican Party will end. They always find a way to come back and do more damage.

They may have to take us into a second great depression in order for the American people to finally be done with them.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

27. You remind me of someone from another board, always made me laugh

and nod my head in approval.

Welcome!

[rhett o rick]

9. I will fight the corruption that Clinton represents for as long as it takes.

Go ahead and gloat and drink your martinis while 2.5 million children are homeless. The oligarchy doesn't care about them. Democrats should. But some Democrats think having a Clinton Aristocracy is more important.

[Stuckinthebush]

10. It's called politics

Grow up

We've all been there. You don't always win

[rhett o rick]

20. I work at a foodbank and with the homeless.

People are literally dying because of the greed of the Rich Fat Cats that control our government. It's easy for some to side with them and ignore those in the 99% struggling.

I know it's just a game to you and I welcome your condescension.

[Demsrule86]

22. I volunteer at the food bank

And it is no game. The idea that we could lose the general because Berne staying in this race- when it is pointless- scares me to death. I don't say he does not have the right. But should he do this is a different question? Already kids are not eating well and some go hungry. They do; we do what we can. Often we use our own money. But anyone who says...better Trump than Hillary is putting the hungry at great risk and others as well. The GOP could win all branches of the government .Think about that.

[rhett o rick]

24. I recognize your concerns but think that Sanders offers a much better chance of defeating Trump.

And even if Clinton does win the general, the poor and homeless numbers will continue to grow. The solutions she offers will simply move resources from one part of the 99% to another. The 1% will continue their looting of our resources and won't contribute a dime to helping us.

[jcgoldie]

38. He has no chance of defeating Clinton

Therefore no chance of defeating Trump. Your opinion on that hypothetical matchup doesn't matter much more than batman vs superman at this point.

[rhett o rick]

39. Sorry I don't respond to the low post Hillary supporter clones.

[jcgoldie]

40. You just did.

Your argument doesn't hold water no matter how many posts you have here.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

29. Then you of all people should know that while Bernie is FAR better for that issue -

if he loses, there is NO question which of the remaining options is THEN best, is there!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. if bernie won, would you not be rejoicing, even though 2.5 million children

would still be homeless? c'mon. let's not lie so blatantly.,

[rhett o rick]

18. I know it's difficult for your side to understand but I've been fighting and volunteering for a long

time before this campaign. I find it repulsive that people calling themselves Democrats would turn their backs on those struggling in the 99% just to side with the Rich.

I recognize that a Sanders win would probably not dent the corrupt culture that your side holds so dear. I find it funny that you try to reject the Koch Bros that recognize that your side will help them. If you think that a Wall Street controlled presidency will help the poor you are fooling yourself. They might allow some social justice (cake) while they tighten the economic strangle-hold. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized that you can't have social justice without economic justice.

I think the fact that your side finds it necessary to disparage those of us fighting for the 99% very telling. Remember you've chosen to side with the Koch Bros. and other Rich Fat Cats. Either you revere them for their wealth or you believe their lies about helping those struggling.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. just because we disagree about the candidate we picked, does not make

your accusations true.

there is nothing to substantiate that Hillary voters do not care about poverty and plenty to suggest they do.

be as mad as you want, but don't pretend that you and yours care about these issues that are cared about throughout the democratic party.

[rhett o rick]

26. There are two sides to the class war and the progressive side is way apart from the

conservative side that merely pretends to be concerned with those struggling.

The $5,000,000,000,000 that the 99% gave the wealthy bank bailout blackmail comes directly from our ability to help those struggling.

There are two sides to this class war and you can't support Goldman-Sachs and think you can also help the poor.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. yes, and to me these sides are republican and democratic sides

they are not the bernie vs hillary sides.

[rhett o rick]

34. While that's convenient it's not reality. You must recognize the

heated debates between the Progressive Side and the Conservative Side. Goldman-Sachs and the Koch Bros both have come out to say they support Clinton and it's not because they think she is progressive.

[anigbrowl]

35. You are why I am not a Marxist

Everything has to be shoehorned into your 19th century class war framework, and you think this gives you special insight into everyone who doesn't agree with you - if they do anything to help the poor but don't buy into your class warfare narrative, they're 'just pretending'. Basically you present like a religious person that happens to be fixated on Marxist dogma, endlessly repeating your beliefs without real evidence that they're true and trying to lay guilt trips on anyone who has a different point of view from you. In reality you're not the arbiter of moral standards, you're just one other person with an opinion and not a very persuasive one at that.

[Demsrule86]

23. But your side

are putting those kids and others at risk because they won't vote for the Democratic candidate.

[LanternWaste]

19. you'd be very successful as an author of bumper-stickers.

There's a whole lot of allegation in your response. No supporting evidence, objective or otherwise about martinis, lack of care, gloating, aristocracies, et. al., but still... great job on the allegations! I'd guess you'd be very successful as an author of bumper-stickers.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. 538 had her at 89% likely to win CA. 88% likely to take Indiana.

And that was before the most recent results. Should look even better now.

[pnwmom]

15. And the AP says she could lose all the remaining contests, at wide margins, and still win overall.nt

[Maru Kitteh]

16. True, but the lovely thing is - she will win

The momentum, the very feel has changed. It's hers.

[qdouble]

25. Did they forget to apply #BernieMath?

Bernie gained 500 momentum points by winning Rhode Island

[Renew Deal]

28. 97% seems low

[Jackie Wilson Said]

30. Cant be 100% or no betting could occur.

[Hiraeth]

31. aw, go on. take the odds. you know you wanna.

[Scurrilous]

36. Boink!