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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Thu May 12, 2016, 03:05 AM May 2016

HuffPost: Bernie Sanders Could Still Win the Democratic Nomination — No, Seriously

Last night on CNN, while discussing Bernie Sanders’ landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in West Virginia — which followed a 5-point Sanders win in Indiana last week — Michael Smerconish said that “Democratic super-delegates might have to rethink” their support of Hillary Clinton given how dramatically better Sanders fares in head-to-head match-ups against Donald Trump.

After Clinton’s Indiana loss, John King had told CNN viewers that “if Sanders were to win nine out of ten of the remaining contests, there’s no doubt that some of the super-delegates would panic. There’s no doubt some of them would switch to Sanders. What he has to do is win the bulk of the remaining contests. Would that send jitters, if not panic, through the Democratic Party? Yes. Yes it would.”

So what gives? Isn’t this thing over?

Almost, but not quite.

What Smerconish (and Wolf Blitzer) were discussing last night, and John King was discussing last week, is a very simple theory — call it “run-the-table” — which is easy enough to understand if you simply know the history of Democratic super-delegates and what’s happened in the 2016 Democratic primary since Super Tuesday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/bernie-sanders-could-still-win-the-democratic-nomination----no-seriously_b_9898436.html

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HuffPost: Bernie Sanders Could Still Win the Democratic Nomination — No, Seriously (Original Post) BigBearJohn May 2016 OP
K&R. nt silvershadow May 2016 #1
SSShhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ReRe May 2016 #2
I guess EdwardBernays May 2016 #3
Bubba bbbut 3 million hundred gazillion votes Apple's and oranges. gordianot May 2016 #4
Brilliant! n/t corbettkroehler May 2016 #10
FANTASTIC piece! in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #5
cheers! BigBearJohn May 2016 #6
Yeah, I think Plucketeer May 2016 #9
Colossal K & R!! mak3cats May 2016 #7
Good post, thanks! JudyM May 2016 #8
Thank you BigBearJohn May 2016 #12
Enough delegates would have to agree among themselves... Ino May 2016 #11

gordianot

(15,236 posts)
4. Bubba bbbut 3 million hundred gazillion votes Apple's and oranges.
Thu May 12, 2016, 03:41 AM
May 2016

Just give up the vote beats yours and opinion ain't welcome true Democrats. Stop stand in in the way. If you liked your Mother vote for her. He ain't a democrat anyway. Votes don't matter. Open primary only registered democrat. Give us your children. Greed is good. You can't buy her. No such thing as quid pro quo.
The prosecution fairy is not going to help you. You want unicorns and ponies. A vast mean and cruel ring wing conspiracy told me so. That other guy is several years older. Give up now. Tear up your ballot stop voting now. Step on a crack and break your mother's back. Millennials suck. Math Math You're banned. Warning Will Robinson. Dave what are you doing?

.........Sorry I must have been sleep walking. It must have been a bad dream or was it just insomnia?

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
5. FANTASTIC piece!
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:48 AM
May 2016

No wonder the Queen's 👑 supporters are so scared. They see the writing on the wall!

This election isn't over.

Stay tuned! The best is yet to come!

Thanks for posting this, BBJ!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Ino

(3,366 posts)
11. Enough delegates would have to agree among themselves...
Fri May 13, 2016, 01:28 AM
May 2016

to switch & deny HRC the nomination. Because if she gets in, her retribution against those who changed over (and those who backed Sanders from the get-go) will be brutal.

HRC: "Revenge."

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