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jmowreader

(53,183 posts)
17. I was thinking 8
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 06:11 PM
Feb 2016

However, I also saw estimates that he was going to win by 30.

In reality, this result does not portend well for the Bernie campaign. Go to:

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com

and look at the precinct totals. A troubling pattern (well, for him anyway) emerges: the farther you get from Vermont, the worse he does. And there were a few precincts where he actually lost.

One of my political maxims is, "A Southern Democrat and a Northern Republican look a lot alike." Southern Democrats are center to somewhat-right-of-center; Bernie is farther to the left than any Democrat I know IRL. (Well, except for the part about guns and the fact his healthcare plan will put Planned Parenthood out of business, but beside that the dude makes Che Guevara look like Barry Goldwater.) Hillary's centrism is a good thing in most of the country.

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Yes, they do. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #1
I'll let them have this moment in time... jmowreader Feb 2016 #2
I hear ya. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #3
I'll be dancing in the street! NurseJackie Feb 2016 #7
I share your sentiments 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #8
Yes, and as @Smartypants Tweets.. Cha Feb 2016 #5
Kick Hekate Feb 2016 #4
Yup. Tonight she pretty much did the same in NH as she did there in 2008. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #6
+1, good point... uponit7771 Feb 2016 #10
Thanks. That is interesting info. nt. Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #14
Steve Kornacki said Sanders is pulling in the 08 Clinton coalition and I thought to myself... uponit7771 Feb 2016 #9
They are really trying to make this a race Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #11
my friend pointed me to Nate Silver... artyteacher Feb 2016 #12
My personal feeling is that I don't care what they know or don't know Cary Feb 2016 #13
Here's what's even worse... jmowreader Feb 2016 #16
To be honest, I thought it would be closer than it was book_worm Feb 2016 #15
I was thinking 8 jmowreader Feb 2016 #17
agree ;) mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #18
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