2016 Postmortem
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The magic number for the inevitable nominee of the Democratic Party has dropped from 73 to 71 after two more Super Delegates have endorsed her.
Yes, I use the term inevitable because it is an accurate term now.
After Saturday, that number will be below 70, guaranteed, even with no more Super Delegate endorsements.
After Sunday, that number will be below 40, guaranteed, even with no more Super Delegate endorsements.
And in a beautiful piece of irony, shortly after the polls close in the state where Chris Christie is the governor, EVERY NEWS AGENCY IN THE U.S. WILL CALL THE PRIMARY RACE FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND DECLARE HER THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE!
Within days of that, expect Jeff Merkley to flip over to endorsing Hillary Clinton, along with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, along with many many more Super Delegates.
Let's hear it for our nominee!
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,780 posts)The "hold out to the convention" is being used as leverage to get concessions on the platform and the next head of the DNC. I suspect that he wants some say on who will be Veep (perhaps himself). Giving the Devil his due, Sanders has run an extremely competitive race, and Hillary needs to take the next 2 months and shore up some glaring weaknesses in her campaign that Sanders exposed. That said, by June 10th, she will be the presumptive nominee.
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)He could not win a general and the same weaknesses make him a bad VP choice.
LoverOfLiberty
(1,438 posts)he's doing it wrong. He should be spending these last few weeks attacking Turmp and extolling the virtues of the Democratic Party. Instead he has aided Turmp by attacking Hillary and the party.
eastwestdem
(1,220 posts)Can't wait for next week.