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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: David Sirota: Bernie would win a brokered convention [View all]rampartc
(5,401 posts)9. the brokered convention will feature superdelegates and "smoke filled rooms"
i'm all for it if the Colorado delegation is hosting the smoke filled rooms.
but seriously. a few ambassadorships and a cabinet post or 6 will be dealt for enough delegates for biden to win. Bernie will not be his vice president, but maybe warren will. just kidding. a younger female from the Midwest will be vp. klobachar maybe?
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Indeed. Which Democratic delegates, when released after a first ballot doesn't determine....
George II
Jun 2019
#11
He may not win, but I'm confident that a substantial number of delegates like Bernie
aikoaiko
Jun 2019
#35
Ask Hillary hater, what would you expect him to say? Whoever has the most delegates going into a
still_one
Jun 2019
#10
I can't help but read or hear what David Sirota says without thinking of it like this:
Politicub
Jun 2019
#19
Very very unlikely we will have a brokered convention regardless of how many candidates we have now.
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#20
There are a large number of real democrats who will not support sanders for good reasons
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#21
His ability to win a brokered convention is contingent on his ability to convince people
StevieM
Jun 2019
#22
If Bernie's only hope is to win this thing via a brokered convention, we're fucked as a party...
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#24
I really do think that was one of the more funny means of appeasement.
SouthernProgressive
Jun 2019
#30