Colorado Democratic Party Admits Error, Bernie Sanders Could Win Majority Of Delegates

[Lodestar]

This election has so far seen a variety of caucus-related issues, primarily, it seems, on the Democratic side. Another such case, this time regarding the Colorado caucus, has just been revealed, thanks to reporting by The Denver Post. On April 12, the Colorado Democratic Party admitted to miscounting the results in ten percent of the state’s precincts in caucus. The Denver Post discussed in detail the potential consequences of this miscount:

‘The mistake is a minor shift with major implications. The new projection now shows the Vermont senator winning 39 delegates in Colorado, compared to 27 for Clinton.

Even if Clinton wins all 12 superdelegates in the state, Sanders can finish no worse than a split decision. The new count contrasts with prior projections from The Post, Bloomberg Politics and The Associated Press that indicated Clinton would probably win the majority of the 78 delegates in Colorado because of her support from party leaders with superdelegate status.

If Sanders lands one Colorado superdelegate — two are still undecided and others are facing significant pressure — he could win the state’s delegation.’

What is most controversial about this issue isn’t the fact that a mistake was made, but the fact that a mistake was made and the Colorado Democratic Party tried to cover it up rather than fix it. The Sanders campaign was not informed about the miscount, while the Clinton campaign was.

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http://bigbluevision.com/2016/05/06/breaking-colorado-democratic-party-admits-error-bernie-sanders-win-majority-delegates/

[elleng]

1. ‘The mistake is a minor shift with major implications.

What is most controversial about this issue isn’t the fact that a mistake was made, but the fact that a mistake was made and the Colorado Democratic Party tried to cover it up.

[MFM008]

2. a caucus is crap

they should be outlawed.
Tonight in Washington the whole state had an opportunity to vote.
Everyone registered got a ballot.
Caucus are poorly run, time consuming and a disaster in general.
It was miserable, hot, crowded and they ran out of ballots till someone ran home and got more ballots.

[pinebox]

3. It was non binding

[madokie]

4. By Hook or by Crook

it's her turn my old aching ASS

[7wo7rees]

6. Pretty much. Sadly. nt

[cliffordu]

8. Yeah, by my old aching ass, too.

[pacalo]

5. The Sanders campaign wasn't told about the discrepancy; Clinton's *was* informed.

Everywhere you turn in this year's campaign, there's some mess with her name on it.

[madokie]

7. If anyone trust Hillary Clinton

I've got ocean front property to sell them here in Northeast Oklahoma. No really I do

[pacalo]

10. It sounds lovely, madokie.

I can picture two prospective buyers -- as complacent as they were gullible -- standing on the oceanfront, when all of a sudden ...

[lancer78]

9. This was hashed out 3 weeks ago

as was this story.

[Betty Karlson]

11. First of all: the establishment needs to go. Second: good news for Bernie, and

one more reason to contest the connvention. Does this also indicate that parts of the establishment are becoming rueful about their initial support for the worst candidate ever* to almost get the Democratic nomination?

* as evidenced by her dismal polling against Donald Trump, her negative coattails spelling disaster down the ticket, her double digit net negative trust numbers, her 61% unfavorability rating, her proxies alienating almost every one under 35 and most of the Democratic left, and so on.