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skylucy

(4,016 posts)
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:04 PM May 2016

CNN Wolf Blitzer just said that Sanders Indiana win will not change the delegate math and the only

question now is how Sanders will end his campaign...whether he will do it in a way that helps Hillary or hurts her.

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LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
1. I'm shocked that anybody on CNN even mentioned delegates ...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:06 PM
May 2016

all I ever see are the national poll numbers, which are freaking meaningless.

I'm making this link my sig.

http://www.270towin.com/maps/crystal-ball-2016-electoral-college-ratings

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
2. bernie was just on. he said "we have to prevent trump
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:09 PM
May 2016

from becoming president". also said polls say he's got a better chance of beating him. i doubt that.

skylucy

(4,016 posts)
7. Good lord. Hillary hasn't attacked him because she is beating him without any attacks and she
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:34 PM
May 2016

doesn't want to alienate his supporters.The GOP hasn't attacked him because they would love to run against a tax raising, not terribly bright socialist who wrote about naked children and rape fantasies (and who, just like Trump, won't release his tax returns). My only question is this: Does Bernie actually believe that he wouldn't be attacked if he was the front runner or nominee...or does he realize that his line "I can beat Trump because I have no negatives" is a bunch of crap. Arrogance or stupidity in the bubble?

dubyadiprecession

(7,341 posts)
3. Hillary won slightly less than half of indiana's delegates...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:17 PM
May 2016

BS is 984 delegates behind. Hillary is only 200 delegates from winning the nomination. Wolf is telling it like it is.

 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
6. It's time that Sanders understand what everyone else already knows...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

Springs polls which claim to project the November general election are historically wrong. In Sander's case, he has many things in his background that could be significant problems in a race with Trump...things that no Democrat wants to acknowledge because it would be divisive to the party.

At this point he just looks like a stubborn, old man who is enjoying his role as spoiler. The only glint of hope is that if he remains uncooperative, it will be easy for the Hillary campaign to throw him under the bus when Trump starts using the Sander's lines against her. Trump says "Here's what a fellow Democrat said about you..." and Hillary's campaign can answer that "He has proven that he is no Democrat."

SunSeeker

(57,885 posts)
8. Sanders' narrow IN victory is a delegate wash and puts him further behind pace than he was.
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:34 PM
May 2016

Certainly he underperformed in a state tailor-made for him: open primary and overwhelmingly white, and Hillary didn't spend a penny on ads while he carpet-bombed IN with negative ads against Hillary.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
9. It did change the delegate math...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:39 PM
May 2016

Now he needs to win an even larger amount of the remaining delegates. It should be around 67-68% when all the delegates are sorted.

 

still_one

(98,883 posts)
10. He won't do anything to help her based on what he has said. He promised "a contested convention"
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:44 PM
May 2016

and the Hillary bashing is loud and strong from him and his campaign. The sooner his ass is kicked back to Vermont the better

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