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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 08:53 PM Apr 2016

Good to see ole Nate

still has Hillary chances in WI surging up 4% and national lead it surging up too.......... two days out and bern must win 70% of WI delegates to remain viable. ....... ruff as a cob as granpaw use to say,,,what does that mean anyway?

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morningfog

(18,115 posts)
1. He does not need 70% of WI delegates. I don't know why you keep saying that.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 08:55 PM
Apr 2016

It is wrong.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
4. "Rough as a cob"...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:12 PM
Apr 2016

... probably referred to the fact that corn cobs used to be staples of outhouses.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,222 posts)
8. Yep. And the longer they sit there unused, the dryer they get. And the dryer they get....
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:29 PM
Apr 2016

Let's just say Charmin Ultra-Soft they ain't.

Which was one reason everyone looked forward to the arrival of the new Sears catalog.

Edit: Thankfully, I have no personal experience in this -- my grandparents told me. They also told me that it was definitely a last-resort option.

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
7. That's the polls-plus forecast.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:28 PM
Apr 2016

The polls-only forecast looks a wee bit better.



UPDATED 1:55 PM EDT | Apr 3, 2016

According to our latest polls-only forecast, Bernie Sanders has a 65% chance of winning the Wisconsin primary:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/wisconsin-democratic/#polls-only

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