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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary can't win the nomination before the convention [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)23. They're not going to change their minds.
Not when she's wiped the electoral floor with Sanders. To believe they will overturn that margin of victory is asinine and desperate.
This notion that the will of the people should be overturned is literally all you've got left, and it's pathetic.
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and that is exactly what they will do this time. The SD will go to the candidate with the most
still_one
Apr 2016
#82
Maybe, maybe not. If it was that straightfoward, why are there superdelegates in the
TheDormouse
Apr 2016
#7
Tad Devine made the first statement and Bernie Sanders said he had no idea what Tad meant by that
Samantha
Apr 2016
#91
What in the world makes you thing Sanders will win in such a diverse state as California?
brush
Apr 2016
#86
So that there's not another McGovern. He lost 49 of 50 states in the general election
brush
Apr 2016
#84
He did, but California at the time was winner take all and that push him over the top.
brush
Apr 2016
#90
In the most literal sense, no one can win the nomination before the convention.
tritsofme
Apr 2016
#9
You spent a lot of time on something that would have taken only one sentence to explain.
Beacool
Apr 2016
#13
If the pledged delegate count was razor thin and one candidate was far ahead in the popular vote,
Beacool
Apr 2016
#19
The nice thing is that Clinton Camp super confident dismissals of the point you are making
bjo59
Apr 2016
#14
I know. I was thinking of adding in something about that, but thought you'd made it obvious.
bjo59
Apr 2016
#53
Absolutely NOT true and you know it. Neither Sanders nor Clinton have enough delegates yet
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#60
"She would still fall short by 418 - 377 = 41 pledged delegates." Keep on keeping on!
senz
Apr 2016
#37
the nominee will be selected on Tuesday. The rest is just wishful thinking.
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2016
#45
Whatsa matter? Don't like this kind of math? Can't stand waiting? Can't stand the thought that
highprincipleswork
Apr 2016
#52
That's what I've been saying but hard core Hillary supporters just refuse to believe the facts.
imagine2015
Apr 2016
#69
They're so DESPERATE for Bernie to surrender... Ain't happening Camp Weathervaners...
AzDar
Apr 2016
#70
Again, if it's 2175 to 1876 or thereabouts, getting to 2383 is a mere formality.
Garrett78
Apr 2016
#77
The pledged delegate runner-up in 2016 will concede about when the runner-up conceded in 2008.
LonePirate
Apr 2016
#76
Because both candidates understand the importance of unity at the convention.
LonePirate
Apr 2016
#81
your first point is wrong in it's premis...can't be bothered reading the rest
Sheepshank
Apr 2016
#79