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silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
Fri May 13, 2016, 08:42 AM May 2016

The Real Numbers: Oregon, Kentucky, & Beyond

Greetings, my friends! As I promised, in “The After-MATH: West Virginia,” I have returned to talk about the upcoming primaries and, quite unlike the NY Times & other dishonest media outlets, I shall be providing real numbers, citing sources, and generally being a pain in the @$$ to the manufacturers of our consent because they hate it when you use numbers.

It is Wednesday, May 12th, we’ve just come out of our victory in West Virginia, and I thought I would take advantage of this moment to provide you all with a bird’s-eye view of the real numbers that we will be working with as the race continues. I hope this post will answer most of your number-related questions (you know? the ones the media refuses to talk about?) and even provide you with some good-lookin’ numbers that you’ve never seen before — but, first, let’s re-cap.

For those of you who are just now entering the conversation, I suggest you start with the first article — “This Is What Will Happen At the Democratic Convention” — then, proceed as ye wish (all of the Math vs. Media articles, in chronological order, are listed HERE).



How Are We Doing?

As I’ve already covered in the latest “After-MATH,” our current target for the remaining pledged delegates stands at 65.6% and, although the target has slipped about 1% from our original 64.4%, our recent string of victories has endowed us with the momentum that we need as we go into the last May primaries on the 17th. When we take those states (yes, I believe we will take them & I’ll soon explain why), we will have won literally every state that voted in May and we will be going into the all-important June primaries with a lot of momentum! (Meanwhile, Clinton will have only a single, shriveled delegate from May, as a souvenir…)

much more: https://johnlaurits.com/2016/05/12/the-real-numbers-oregon-kentucky-beyond/

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The Real Numbers: Oregon, Kentucky, & Beyond (Original Post) silvershadow May 2016 OP
Wow, what a great read. fasttense May 2016 #1
He's so funny! in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #2
Wait until the Bridgegate co-conspirators names are released today! nt silvershadow May 2016 #3
That's been delayed - LiberalElite May 2016 #7
Link didn't work, but thanks for the info. New link here: silvershadow May 2016 #8
in NJ the Dem Party did not LiberalElite May 2016 #4
I forgot about that! in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #5
Yes. Barbara Buono LiberalElite May 2016 #6
 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
1. Wow, what a great read.
Fri May 13, 2016, 09:01 AM
May 2016

I went to the link and then read up on what the Democratic convention will be like. I am so relived. I know if Hillary gets it, we a bound to end up with Trump.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
2. He's so funny!
Fri May 13, 2016, 09:30 AM
May 2016
WARNING: This post contains math, which can be very dangerous for people with opinions that are based primarily on the corporate-media’s “news.” Side effects may include critical thinking, hope, and outrage toward beloved TV channels & newspapers. Proceed with extreme caution




That was a great piece. I'm feeling VERY, VERY positive about Oregon, Kentucky, SD, ND, Montana AND California! NJ? I dunno...they DID reelect Christie knowing how bad a Governor he was, so it's hard to say. One would think, after hurricane Sandy and how they were left to fend for themselves, they would know better than to vote for someone like Clinton.

Thanks for posting this.

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BERNIE
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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
7. That's been delayed -
Fri May 13, 2016, 12:56 PM
May 2016

Last edited Fri May 13, 2016, 02:00 PM - Edit history (1)

Hearing now scheduled for June 6th. No link bec. posting from phone. See http://abc7ny.com.
EDIT: Now I see that CNN reports it's only delayed till next Tuesday. (?)(?)

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
5. I forgot about that!
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

A female Dem candidate, right?

I sure hope NJ Berniecrats show up in droves to vote.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
6. Yes. Barbara Buono
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:52 AM
May 2016

NJ tends to be Democratic FWIW. Christie's re-election was called a landslide of course. But with fewer than 40% bothering to vote I'd say apathy was the biggest "winner."

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