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June 6, 2016

OK. So you need a majority to win a two person contest. Right?

If you include super delegates, the magic number is (pledged + super)/2. Hillary wins.

If you exclude super delegates, the magic number is pledged/2. Hillary wins.

Why is anyone even listening to Bernie, never mind reporting about him when he wants the magic number to include super delegates, but he doesn't want super delegates to contribute to Hillary's total?

This is so idiotic I think it might disqualify him to be President.

June 6, 2016

OK. You need a majority of votes to win a two person contest. Right?

So if you include super delegates Hillary will have a majority by the end of Tuesday.

BUT if you EXCLUDE super delegates, as Bernie has been wanting to do all along (except for his flip-em strategy) she STILL has a majority.

So Bernie wants to exclude super delegates when calculating whether Hillary has the magic number - a majority of pledged plus super delegates. If he wants the media and everyone else to ignore superdelegates, then we should switch the magic number to be a majority of pledged delegates. Right????

I don't get it. Why does anyone go along with his thinking?

June 5, 2016

Puerto Rican polls close at 3 pm eastern time.

Let us know if you hear anything about exit polling or other scuttlebut.

June 2, 2016

Would be interested to hear some Hillary Group views.

This is from GD, not GDP. A question about Sanders/Trump voters.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512108811

June 2, 2016

Who are the people who give Sanders a higher % over Trump than Clinton?

It seems to me that if Sanders is more likely to win against Trump than Clinton is, that in a Clinton/Trump contest, there are Sanders supporters who would go for Trump instead of Clinton. Am I thinking straight about this?

If that is true, what possible reasoning would cause this? How can one support Sanders and then choose Trump over Clinton? I can't think of a political opinion that would fit both Sanders and Trump categories.

tia
las

June 1, 2016

Where does Judicial Watch come into the picture?

I think I've got this right.

The FBI launched an investigation into Hillary's e-mail practices as they related to national security.

The FBI asked the State Department to conduct its own investigation into its e-mail system - not related specifically to Hillary.

Now we have Cheryl Mills giving a deposition that involves lawyers from Judicial Watch. What was this deposition connected to? If to the FBI investigation, what was Judicial Watch doing there?

tia
las

May 31, 2016

Hey, let's all of us Democrats jump on this bandwagon.

Bernie has dubbed Donald "Mr. Macho." I, as a Hillary supporter, can really latch on to this!

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