Rachel Maddow: Bernie Sanders Campaign Rewrites History Of Losses

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4. Devine knows that it's hopeless to think Bernie will catch Hillary in the popular vote,

in pledged delegates and super delegates. Devine may be a lousy campaign manager, but he's been around long enough and failed enough to recognize failure when it is staring him in the face.

His only hope is that Bernie carries enough states - no matter their size or importance - to make the highly specious argument that because Sanders is CLOSE to Hillary in the number of states he won, and because - as they will aver, rightly or wrongly - he has the late-season momentum on his side, that the super delegates should defect to Sanders en masse and give him the nomination because he has the best chance of beating Trump or whoever.

That's Plan A, and it's a very bad plan.

Plan B? That involves Hillary quitting the race for one reason or another.

I'm pretty sure Devine knew it was over when Bernie's win in NH didn't translate into a win in NV. The Bernie wipe-out in SC confirmed his worst fears. Since then, he's been trying desperately to control the narrative...which he's also failing at because Hillary continues to win where it's important, while Bernie only wins where it doesn't really help him.