2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTo All Bernie Supporters....(Please Read)
It is not over until we say it is over. It is not over until the "Fat Lady Sings". (Cliché). It is not over until one candidate has reached the requisite number of delegates. Please, PLEASE, Please.....Do Not Stop Donating, Volunteering, Phonebanking, talking with friends, family, your social networks, Remember, the media gave no coverage at first, then minimal and now is trying to Shut Him Out. The media is happy to accept his paid advertisements tho will not give any coverage otherwise.
This race is still on, still close and more states have not voted than have!!!
Please for our Nation's Best Future, for what our Founding Fathers envisioned please make a $27 donation if you are able to or volunteer to canvass or phonebank to other states or write a letter to the editor or do anything like post on your Facebook why you support Bernie.
I know, really today has been tough for us. Remember though, tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, this is a Leap Year and I can see the signs for the GE---Sanders/Gabbard!!!!!!
Please everybody do your part!!!! This isn't over until we say it is at the Convention!!!!!
jillan
(39,451 posts)

Looks a little different than what the msm has been shoving down our throats, doesn't it?
Bern2WinUSA
(44 posts)You are awesome and the Graphics are cool too!!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)According to those figures, Bernie would need to win over 57 percent of the delegates the rest of the way.
About 40 percent of those delegates are from California and New York. Those are states that Hillary won quite comfortably in 2008.
It seems like it would take some major game-changing event for Bernie to pull out the victory, which is certainly possible.
DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)Once they pass the TPP any change to make governments work for the people will result in a law suit from corporations.
Bern2WinUSA
(44 posts)You are so right!!! The TPP is so bad and you know what this election is all about!!!
DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)I am very fearful that this whole thing has been about marginalizing the only candidate who is really against the TPP.
Even the shiny object that says he will go for a better deal on trade deals.
Tinkering is not going to do it.
They really want Americans to compete against people making $7 a day and those are the lucky ones.
A lot of these countries are lax on human trafficking, child-slavery, not to mention little to no worker and environmental protections, and corrupt handling of resources.
And the ability for corporations to sue governments for trying to improve the status quo.
bjo59
(1,166 posts)So many have no idea what the TPP is really about. Once that agreement gets signed, good bye national sovereignty. Obama didn't manage to get that thing through in time and now there is one chance to stop it and that chance is Bernie Sanders.
PATRICK
(12,348 posts)if Sanders is simply there. List them all. For example, privacy and rights violations, tax cuts for the rich, money for horrible projects, privatization of the commons, oil subsidies!. With legislative acumen not Trump tantrums. leadership on wages, social security, taxation, health care.
Do you want to live?
Samantha
(9,314 posts)bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)the establishment to dismiss us as a bunch of wusses. I'm in it to the end.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Bernie can pull this off because Washington, Oregon and California are yet to vote.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)If not for Multnomah county
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Multnomah county has 3/4 of a million people, out of 4 million total. #2 is washington county, which votes pretty reliably blue as well.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Oregon_Senate_Election_Results_by_County,_2014.svg/2000px-Oregon_Senate_Election_Results_by_County,_2014.svg.png
The GOP in OR is flailing because the populous areas are consistently progressive and getting moreso, but the Republicans need their base in the red counties- which leads them to nominate candidates that dont stand a chance.
And even when they nominate these "moderates", the GOP brand has such a bad rep here they still lose.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)But I can not ignore that our state as a whole is barely blue... but yes getting bluer. When I first moved here it was red one year blue the next...
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Aside from the Portland area, there are some other islands of blue amid the sparsely-populated red counties (Ashland, Eugene, Corvallis, etc...). The red areas do indeed drive the GOP primaries, and the effect is just as you say: candidates that are increasingly struggling. Our two Dem senators seem pretty safe.
0rganism
(25,529 posts)Send Me Your Pee! Eat More Radiation!
and this from a "Power Player" in the Oregon GOP
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Good times.
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)Uncle Joe
(64,564 posts)Thanks for the thread, Bern2WinUSA.
Bern2WinUSA
(44 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Seriously?
<flush>
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)no one in the Hillary camp wants that to be seen or acknowledged -- especially as time moves ahead to the West
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)And what evidence do you have that Sanders will be able to reverse that trend to capture 60% of the remaining share?
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)...then Bernie wouldn't need to.
The debates against the Republican nominee for President would go a lot better if our candidate can attack the Republican for deception, instead of having to defend all the lies she herself has told the American people.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)brooklynite
(96,882 posts)I disagree with that assertion, but it doesn't bother me to discuss it. Why do you object to discussions about the reality of the rest of the Primary?
Personally, I have no emotional investment in Hillary Clinton; I do cold-hearted, dispassionate analysis of data and make my decisions accordingly (I switched from Clinton to Obama in the middle of the 2008 Primary when the data supported it). Right now, the data tells me that a Sanders Primary win is very unlikely, and a Sanders GE win is less so.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Including me.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)I donated Tuesday night, yesterday, and 5 minutes ago. I will not desert Bernie, because he is not deserting me. The fight goes on.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)PADemD
(4,482 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)Should the party nominate Clinton, the work will continue outside the party.
We're sure as hell not shutting up, not going away, and not giving up.
