Bernie has worked very hard for this.

[Chichiri]

He has poured his heart and soul into winning the early states, in the run up to Super Tuesday. He has plotted a course of picking his battles, targeting heavily white states and heavily liberal states while ceding unfavorable ground to Hillary. States like Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and even Massachusetts are "middle of the ground" states where neither he nor Hillary have a decisive demographic advantage; these are exactly the kinds of states that he needs to win after Tuesday, along with carrying demographically favorable states like Vermont and New Hampshire, to catch up to and exceed Hillary.

He knows that those four states are "key" states, in that they test his ability to build coalitions and turn out voters in neutral conditions. If he can perform well there, he has a tough but passable road to the nomination. If not, it's not likely he's going to improve matters between now and Michigan, or now and Wisconsin, or now and New York, or now and California.

Bernie and his supporters have worked very hard. On Tuesday, we will find out if that work has paid off.

[Iliyah]

1. So has HRC.

[SunSeeker]

2. So have we. nt

[yallerdawg]

3. Hillary is fighting for every primary delegate!

She got caught flatfooted 8 years ago - and now she is the one on her toes!

[RBInMaine]

4. As I understand it, Hillary is ahead as of now in all four. If he loses any or all, he's DONE.

I like Bernie. But campaign rallies and big talk isn't enough. He's too short on specifics and overall plausibility. Again, I like him very much. His heart is good and in the right place. When he loses this nomination he has said he'll support Hillary and I hope he stays involved by working to build a real longterm national movement to get younger and disaffected voters to the polls and into the larger political process.