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4. Keep in mind that in WA the "party establishment" was also very heavily pro-Hillary
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 05:16 AM
Mar 2016

Also our party establishment is also very pro-TPP because our state probably actually stands to net benefit from it, albeit at the expense of the rest of the Union. And yet, we all saw what the WA rank-and-file thought about THAT.

Now, that doesn't negate Hillary's other advantages in NY (current homestate, represented the state as Senator), but I'm not sure the party establishment is all that UNTIL it's reckoning time at the convention. The supers don't actually get to vote until AFTER the people have voted.

WA just gave our own party establishment a big "FU, we'll vote how we want, keep your thumb off the scales." Granted we don't have quite the influence as NY, but we are THE biggest caucus state by population (13th in the Union, the 12 above us are all primary states).

If anything, we just told everyone, "Don't let the supers control YOUR vote."

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