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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So who do you think most superdelegates will support for the nomination? Biden, Warren or Sanders [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)24. It's a trade-off between winning the election and keeping the 1% happy.
Winning the election would mean Sanders, Warren or Trump, in that order. These three are exciting populists and two of them have coherent, well thought-out policies that favor the people over the oligarchs.
Keeping the 1% happy would mean Biden or Trump in that order. Biden is definitely status quo, while Trump is probably status quo, but less predictably so. Also, Trump is scary, and none of the others (in this list) are.
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So who do you think most superdelegates will support for the nomination? Biden, Warren or Sanders [View all]
imagine2015
May 2016
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How does Bernie do it then? Why does she have to reach 2,383 with pledged alone and not him?
BobbyDrake
May 2016
#41
They were not pledged or required to vote for the person with the most pledged delegates.
imagine2015
May 2016
#19
The person with the most pledged delegates has always ended up being the nominee.
Garrett78
May 2016
#21
200 SDs changed from the candidate in 1st place to support the candidate in 2nd place in 2008?
brooklynite
May 2016
#16
Or, they says she is super sick and about to have a blood clot burst in her brain soon.
bravenak
May 2016
#18
There is another one. Self-interest and the desire to remain in Congress if up for election.
imagine2015
May 2016
#15
How about the very likely probability that the Republicans would impeach Hillary for her
Cal33
May 2016
#45
I'm a Bernie fan, but why don't you just cut this shit out? You embarrass yourself.
HERVEPA
May 2016
#26
Dream on. Also, not a chance in hell it would be Sanders anyway if that did happen.
tonyt53
May 2016
#27
Hillary can't "sew up the nomination" before the convention. Do you understand why?
imagine2015
May 2016
#39