Sun May 1, 2016, 08:35 PM

Bernie Sanders begins making case to Hillary Clinton’s superdelegates

Yahoo 5-1-2016

Sanders pointed out that although he won Washington state’s Democratic caucuses by 46 points (73 percent to 27 percent) and 25 of the state’s 36 pledged delegates, Clinton has the support of 10 of Washington’s Democratic unpledged superdelegates.

But no mention of the states that Clinton won. If it was applied by the same rational to both sides Clinton would receive 374 while Sanders would be limited to 143. But that was not the purpose of the automatic delegates.

“Let’s be clear,” Sanders said. “It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to reach the majority of convention delegates by June 14 — the end of the primary season — with pledged delegates alone. She will need superdelegates to take her over the top at the convention in Philadelphia. In other words, it will be a contested convention.”

So Sanders is also pushing for the "Convoluted Math" like some of the Bernies over in the other group.

It is doubtful that the delegates supporting Hillary will switch over to Sanders when he has been a jerk towards them.

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Bernie Sanders begins making case to Hillary Clinton’s superdelegates (Original post)	LiberalFighter	May 2016	OP
and he still thinks he can win the nomination	dlwickham	May 2016	#1
No he doesn't. He knows he can't. This is for the money.	Squinch	May 2016	#6
^This	Stuckinthebush	May 2016	#12
This is why he sent Jane out on TV to beg the FBI to hurry up and indict Hillary...	Walk away	May 2016	#20
His "case" looks more like a bushel of sour grapes. "I won this state, so I should get them."	IamMab	May 2016	#2
Bernie's case sounds like Scalia: "argle bargle"	CrowCityDem	May 2016	#3
Sanders is lying. He knows that Obama did not win a majority by pledged delegates.	Agnosticsherbet	May 2016	#4
For me, it has always been astounding...	yallerdawg	May 2016	#5
Once hillary gets to 2026 pledged, the heat will increase on Bernie's backside. nt	BootinUp	May 2016	#7
Superdelegates were created to give the party a big part in selecting their nominee	splat	May 2016	#8
Yes, and here we are, splat!	Cha	May 2016	#24
Having a majority of pledged delegates that gets you to 2383	stopbush	May 2016	#9
You need to stop being so nice to Bernie.	LiberalFighter	May 2016	#10
perfect.	shadowandblossom	May 2016	#21
Indeed.	SunSeeker	May 2016	#11
Yeah, and he's #FeelintheMath and it Berns!	Cha	May 2016	#13
The same math he used to explain how he would pay for his	stopbush	May 2016	#15
Sanders is further behind in pledged delegates and I don't see how he is	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#14
I have the feeling Sanders is setting himself up for a major embarrassment	stopbush	May 2016	#16
He could land the plane without cross winds but don't see this happening.	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#18
She will receive more delegates.	LiberalFighter	May 2016	#17
They will make their endorsements soon, think some have, just have not said the words yet.	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#19
In 2008, didn't Hillary have more of the popular vote...	Satch59	May 2016	#22
Your memory is the same as mine. nt	BootinUp	May 2016	#23
And not once did she call for a contested convention. nt	SunSeeker	May 2016	#25
Check out the comments to the TPM article on this!	SunSeeker	May 2016	#26
That was a very vicious evisceration indeed.	KitSileya	May 2016	#32
Fools are ripped apart on TPM--no hides for hurting fee-fees.	SunSeeker	May 2016	#33
one of my favs:	BootinUp	May 2016	#36
"Go home Bernie, you're drunk"	Maru Kitteh	May 2016	#37
Oh wow, that was great reading...	Satch59	May 2016	#38
hilarious!	sarae	May 2016	#39
It seems the presidency has now become his obsession. To think	oasis	May 2016	#27
At this point ...	NanceGreggs	May 2016	#28
I expect him to be millions in the red once he	stopbush	May 2016	#29
I'm particularly curious ...	NanceGreggs	May 2016	#30
Yep. That really is a scandal. You can't use campaign donations for relatives' vacays.	SunSeeker	May 2016	#34
I don't see how the trip ...	NanceGreggs	May 2016	#35
But, isn't the pope a superdelegate?	Koinos	May 2016	#40
Well, considering how he and the minions	2naSalit	May 2016	#31
"Vote my way or else," is not a good campaign strategy.	Koinos	May 2016	#41
Yup. Tell-tale sign right there.......nt	2naSalit	May 2016	#44
I don't think he understands the meaning of a "contested convention."	Koinos	May 2016	#42
His campaign has gone off the rails.	sufrommich	May 2016	#43