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Hillary Clinton

George II

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5. I know that and you know that, but I only said that to demonstrate that even without...

Reply to Squinch (Reply #4)

Sun May 22, 2016, 08:41 PM

May 2016

...the superdelegates, the bugaboo of the Sanders people, he's still getting his ass kicked and Clinton would have a majority of the delegates (pledged, since the SDs would be out) long before the convention.

They're banking on Sanders' charm and charisma flipping about 300 SDs between the last primary and the first vote in the convention.

It simply isn't going to happen. No matter how one slices and dices the delegate counts, he loses.

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and here we are again circling right back to the beginning.... [View all] DLCWIdem May 2016 OP

Okay, let's do away with the superdelegates. That would formally clinch Clinton's nomination... George II May 2016 #1

yes she hasn't needed them for months. MSNBC has separated the two counts for a while now. DLCWIdem May 2016 #2

Why do you belive that they aren't separate? procon May 2016 #3

what I am saying is that she is winning even without the SD's DLCWIdem May 2016 #9

and she has been since Super Tuesday DLCWIdem May 2016 #10

the perception was she was only winning because of superdelegates. DLCWIdem May 2016 #11

But the reason we instituted the super delegates was a good one. Each time an Squinch May 2016 #4

I know that and you know that, but I only said that to demonstrate that even without... George II May 2016 #5

"Sanders' charm and charisma" SaschaHM May 2016 #6

Right?! sarae May 2016 #8

There's probably some plot to kidnap them all to a warehouse and beat them into submission. Squinch May 2016 #7