2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A reminder of why minimizing Clinton's Southern victories is so hurtful. [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)Yeah, but he still would have lost. Candidates with money don't walk away from a state that they can win. If Hillary chose not to put resources into Colorado that says something. It's not a minor state, it has mixed demographics and a major U.S. city it. It is also an important swing state. All campaigns have to make strategic decisions. Even well funded ones don't have unlimited money to burn. Plus a big loss can look worse if it is obvious that you poured a lot of effort into it. I'm sure it didn't make the Sanders team happy to under contest Georgia etc. either.
As to the Super Delegate thing, yeah. His only chance with some of them is if the momentum of the race swings strongly enough toward Sanders before the convention that it would get real ugly for their votes to knock him out of it despite what real voters chose.