If Bernie getting 55% in Oregon is being called "weak", then how do we describe Hillary's 44%? LOL

[reformist2]

Pathetic? Abysmal? Embarrassing???

[arcane1]

1. They're calling it a triumphant victory, probably.

It's about as much sense as they're making these days.

[KingFlorez]

2. Considering the territory, Sanders should have gotten 80%

Oregon is a liberal state where Sanders should have kept Clinton below viability, but he failed to do so.

[Txbluedog]

3. It's weak because he needed 67 percent

Hillary is strong because she prevented Bernie from reaching his targets last night

[reformist2]

11. "Hillary is strong" in Oregon, with 44%. LOL

[UMTerp01]

4. Because Kentucky is the kind of state that Sanders historically should've dominated her in

Overwhelmingly White and White working class, anti-Obama, coal country. I figured he'd perform about the same as West Virginia. That state had all the markings of a dominant Sanders win and yet it wasn't.

[reformist2]

16. I Was talking about Oregon. But we could talk about Kentucky, too.

[litlbilly]

5. the only county she won was by 1 vote. heres the map

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/may/17/primary-results-kentucky-oregon-election-2016

[Ohioblue22]

6. Irrelevant since Bernie can't win with just white people voting for him

[pugetres]

7. It is sour grapes.

Oregon held a *Closed* primary which generally works in favor of Clinton.

[reformist2]

12. I actually didn't know that. So Camp Hillary can't claim they win all the closed primaries anymore.

[Garrett78]

8. Both OR and KY fit the profile of a Sanders state.

Aside from losing ground by not winning 65+% of last night's pledged delegates, his virtual tie in KY and lower-than-expected margin of victory in OR suggest that his campaign is waning to some extent.

The bottom line is that him winning the nomination became *less* likely as a result of not reaching his targets. Of course, I don't think his campaign was ever truly about winning the nomination.

[ucrdem]

9. Winning?

[jamese777]

10. In the 2012 General Election

President Obama got 25% of the vote in Utah and 33% in Idaho and Oklahoma. Despite those "weak" showings, he still beat Mitt Romney by 5 million votes.

[book_worm]

13. Actually I would say it is an improvement. Barack Obama won Oregon 59-41

over HRC--so it shows that Bernie is no Obama in getting progressive votes. She did better in popular vote and delegates than in 2008--in one of Obama's best primary states.

Good job, HRC!

[okasha]

14. We describe it as good enough to put her within 83 delegates of the nomination.

Sanders needs almost ten times as many.

[beachbumbob]

15. It's weak as he fails to make gains in Hillarys delegate count

She is 92 away from being the nominee no matter what sander or any of supporters say or think...