If Clinton Is So Sure She Will Win, Why Does She Need To Mislead Us About The Popular Vote?

[JDPriestly]

21. Hillary's big numerical lead is due to her having won in Southern states, many of which

were the first states to vote before Bernie's name and message were well known.

Bernie has built tremendous momentum. Note how Hillary's wins/numbers in Kentucky and West Virginia in 2008 evaporated against Bernie.

The total vote count is not as essential to winning in November as is the momentum.

Conservative Southern states gave Hillary an impressive sounding raw vote lead, but Bernie is winning reliably Democratic states like Washington. We shall see how Bernie does in California. It should be pretty good.

Bernie won in Colorado, one of those states that has conservatives and liberals.

Bernie's honesty and message become more popular over time. Hillary's corruption and weak stances become less popular over time.

Hillary got huge margins in the Southern states. Do we really pick our candidate based on the votes of Southern states in this way? I'm against it. The Southern states will reliably and predictably vote Republican in November no matter what. The Democratic voters there should count, but they and their numbers and generous majorities for Hillary should not decide who is our nominee. And that is what Hillary wants.

This election contest is more complicated than some have been in the past.

We need to think about Trump's issues. Where he stands on trade is very appealing to many working Americans. That is a pocketbook issue. Hillary, having been in the State Department while the TPP and the other proposed trade agreements were negotiated is going to be the biggest issue that pushes Trump forward. If Bernie is the candidate, the injustice to American workers of these trade agreements will not be the big issue that could very well take Trump close to if not into the White House.

Bernie is the candidate to defeat Trump.

Bernie is honest. Trump poses as an honest person, but poses very persuasively. (With Trump the honesty is just a pose; with Bernie, it's real and everyone senses that.)

Bernie has far more experience dealing with Congress than Trump does.

Bernie is good with money. Trump spends big, lives big, and then takes his companies into bankruptcy. I think Bernie's views on money will, in the end, prevail over the spendthrift ways of trust-fund baby Trump.

Hillary on money? She begs for hers and is good at begging at the glitziest feasts.

Bernie is just the best candidate to face off with Trump.

I favor going with the democratic outcome of the primaries and caucuses. But this is going to be closer than people realize.