MSNBC's SteveKornacki Explains: Hillary Won't Have Enuf Pledged Delegates to Get Nomination

[amborin]

https://www.facebook.com/susan.sanders.35325/videos/636912853123585/

[Gomez163]

1. Neither did Obama in 2008

[YouDig]

2. Combined with superdelegate committments she will. Early on Tuesday! Go Hillary!

[upaloopa]

3. But she will have enough pledged and super delegates to get the nomination on Tuesday if not before.

For the next few weeks you Bernie folks will be telling the world that Hillary did not win the primary and the world will ignore you.

[Red Knight]

4. Shhhhh! No room for reality here.

There is a rush to name Clinton the nominee.

Maddow already hinted that they would be calling superdelegates and asking them to confirm their support and then they could count them and call the race. In reality--no. Until the convention--superdelegates won't count--but this isn't about that--it's about calling the race.

The Clinton supporters will scream about "process" and tough luck in regard to superdelegates--but when it comes to "process" in regard to WHEN they actually count--well, that doesn't matter.

[annavictorious]

5. Poor berniebro Steve

Supporting Sanders would have been a genius career move if only people would have voted for him.

For now Steve has to gingerly walk the fine line between not pissing off the other bros and not destroying the lucrative career niche he has carved out for himself.

Say hello to David Schuster on your way out the door, dear.

[eastwestdem]

6. You people have been replaying this clip from 2 weeks ago as if it were your bible.

Too bad he, and you, don't understand the difference between a nominee and a presumptive nominee.

In two days, Hillary will be a presumptive nominee. There is no way that she won't.

[Buzz cook]

7. Bad math again

2383 includes both super and pledged delegates. To demand that Clinton reach that number without counting super delegates is blatantly unfair.

There might be a case that Clinton should reach 2026 which is half the pledged delegates alone. But that is not how it will work at the convention.

btw to reach 2026 Clinton needs 257 pledged delegates.

[jamese777]

8. Superdelegates

have been used as a part of the process of selecting the Democratic nominee since 1984. Currently they are about 15% of the total number of delegates.
Hillary Clinton has a huge lead in Superdelegates who have already announced that they are endorsing her and voting for her.

[liberal from boston]

10. Senator Sanders

Is it legal to for the media to call an election at 5 PM when polls close at 8 PM?? If media calls the election @ 5 PM EST, you do realize it is 2 PM in California. This is being done to suppress the vote. Shame on media--this is not democracy.

[Mass]

9. This seems correct.