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George II

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64. So state legislatures and Democratic parties should fall all over themselves....

Tue May 31, 2016, 01:04 PM

May 2016

....to change election laws to accommodate the fledgling Sanders campaign? The way delegates are assigned long before he even decided to become a Democrat.

As for the rest? A "weak candidate" is thrashing the other candidate and will have enough delegates for the nomination about 8 PM a week from tonight.

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The Latest: Wyoming splits delegates 7-7 to Clinton, Sanders [View all] riversedge May 2016 OP

Please, add a headline to your post. herding cats May 2016 #1

my mistake. time riversedge May 2016 #3

. herding cats May 2016 #4

isn't that the truth and thanks riversedge May 2016 #28

Thanks for sharing. Thinkingabout May 2016 #2

Thanks. 840high May 2016 #5

New York Times showed Bernie won the caucus by a lead of over 12 percent. JDPriestly May 2016 #6

It's not shockingly unfair... Chicago1980 May 2016 #7

I'll give it to you, Chicago 1980... ReRe May 2016 #8

How would he have run a country if he couldn't navigate HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #13

How would Hillary run the country if she can't navigate simple data security? Gore1FL May 2016 #15

What did did she lose ... please be specific. JoePhilly May 2016 #21

Does anyone read past the title? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #35

She did not turn in one of her e-mails to the State Department when she left. JDPriestly May 2016 #55

Data security? HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #23

Well, we know that the BS crowd-many of them love to loss out RW smears. riversedge May 2016 #29

Does anyone read past the title? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #34

Does anyone read past the title? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #33

She did navigate data security by not being breeched like the State Department. Chicago1980 May 2016 #30

Fair point n/t HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #31

Does anyone read past the title? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #32

Does no good mdbl May 2016 #39

Bernie seems to know how to.... reACTIONary May 2016 #40

Does anyone read past the title? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #41

I think it's a good qustion to ask..... reACTIONary May 2016 #44

Regardless if it is a good question or not, what does it have to do with what I posted? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #46

It seemed to me that you were maintaining that asking .... reACTIONary May 2016 #47

It seems to me I was asking a rhetorical question... Gore1FL May 2016 #51

And on, and on... eom reACTIONary May 2016 #52

Do you have a link that says that Bernie did not know the rules? JDPriestly May 2016 #53

See, that's the problem, right there... HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #61

"Not knowing the rules" is.... reACTIONary Jun 2016 #68

Just FYI . ... reACTIONary Jun 2016 #69

12% of the voters who were Bernie voters were disenfranchised. JDPriestly May 2016 #57

Bernie and Hillary are nothing alike... ReRe May 2016 #36

I think our life would be the worse for having... reACTIONary May 2016 #45

I don't know if I can understand your... ReRe May 2016 #48

Allow me to quote from your post.... reACTIONary May 2016 #49

Ahhhh.... ReRe May 2016 #50

In Wyoming, Bernie won 12% more of the votes than did Hillary JDPriestly May 2016 #58

The goal of the state primaries should be to ascertain the will of the voters, the choice JDPriestly May 2016 #56

Actually itnis unfair and gamed. ananda May 2016 #10

You're referencing caucuses, right? HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #24

The Democratic Party should hold primaries, not caucuses. JDPriestly May 2016 #59

And if they didn't like the rules of the game they should have played the game. George II May 2016 #37

It cheats 12% of the voters. JDPriestly May 2016 #54

What have you done maq-az May 2016 #9

What does that have to do with the topic? nt Gore1FL May 2016 #16

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This message was self-deleted by its author HillareeeHillaraah May 2016 #12

It was not over 12%. It was 11.4% LiberalFighter May 2016 #19

NOT DNC rules...Wyoming State Party rules brooklynite May 2016 #20

Wyoming State Party bylaws don't determine number of national delegates. LiberalFighter May 2016 #25

Do you know how the delegates are assigned based on the voting? George II May 2016 #38

The result shows that the system is undemocratic. JDPriestly May 2016 #60

What's undemocratic is that standards were established to determine delegate elections a year or.. George II May 2016 #62

Sanders only started running a little over a year ago. JDPriestly May 2016 #63

So state legislatures and Democratic parties should fall all over themselves.... George II May 2016 #64

The Democratic Party should organize a system that best measures JDPriestly May 2016 #67

Sort of like how Hilary won the WA Primary LoverOfLiberty May 2016 #65

I agree with you. This is something that needs to be worked on. JDPriestly May 2016 #66

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #14

Did they do that when Bush had more electors in 2000? Renew Deal May 2016 #17

Hillary won the places where people live Renew Deal May 2016 #18

Wyoming. I was so disappointed when ghoul Wallis (R) died in her sleep and no Ds even tried to take Sunlei May 2016 #22

The Washington, D.C. Democratic primary is on Jun 14 nt Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #26

Now he's officially challenging math. Denying reality, eh? CrowCityDem May 2016 #27

Fine, let him challenge. But that's what happens with proportional allocation, and it helped geek tragedy May 2016 #42

It is moot at this stage. riversedge May 2016 #43