2016 Postmortem

stonecutter357

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32. Iowa did not fill the Bern .

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Tue Feb 2, 2016, 07:35 AM

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Should Hillary be proud of a 0.35% win? [View all] AZ Progressive Feb 2016 OP

Apparently. Matariki Feb 2016 #1

She and her supporters have no choice but to cali Feb 2016 #2

Yep. Lucinda Feb 2016 #3

if this was actually a meaningful vote such numbers would trigger an automatic recount azurnoir Feb 2016 #4

She won 86% of the crucial demographic, coins jfern Feb 2016 #5

Ha! Indeed. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #8

DUzy! farleftlib Feb 2016 #71

Skinner did an OP explaining those "coins" didn't go into determining Hillary's win. KittyWampus Feb 2016 #50

The coins showed it's basically a tie jfern Feb 2016 #52

Well, she is the money candidate! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #74

I think not. PatrickforO Feb 2016 #6

I'm pretty sure in saying this madokie Feb 2016 #44

Whatever makes them happy. We know the truth. Go Bernie. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #7

If you'd worked like a stevedore long, long 7/325 days Hortensis Feb 2016 #9

Did we think Gore and Bush had "technically tied" because they were so close? pnwmom Feb 2016 #12

In the Primaries, States aren't a 'winner take all' race Matariki Feb 2016 #15

But in primaries we always know what the actual vote count is. So we know, for example, pnwmom Feb 2016 #49

She and her campaign are unhappy. They're not stupid. cali Feb 2016 #17

Yes. She did it without promising unicorns and pie-in-the-sky. nt pnwmom Feb 2016 #10

Yes, because a win is a win. If she lost by the same margin, people would be crowing like hell. ProudToBeLiberal Feb 2016 #11

+1. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #13

+1 Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #22

If she's lost by that margin 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #28

Yes, I remember the posts saying she should drop out after Iowa lunamagica Feb 2016 #59

+1 lunamagica Feb 2016 #58

Of course we should leftynyc Feb 2016 #14

That number is BS EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #16

Exactly. bvf Feb 2016 #18

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She "won" 6 coin tosses to "win". If I were her campaign I'd be pretty worried eom Arazi Feb 2016 #20

That's been debunked. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #73

Definitely! pandr32 Feb 2016 #21

a margin so slim that if this vote had any real meaning where election results are concerned azurnoir Feb 2016 #23

It's not a win. It's a tie. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #24

49.9% > 49.6%. eom tarheelsunc Feb 2016 #48

MSNBC - Clinton can't call Iowa a win. Bernie won. n/t in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #25

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Heard with my ears on MSNBC. No link. n/t in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #30

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Uhhhh...NO.....it's on the graphic too 50-50 - A TIE. Clinton lost by not winning. Period. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #34

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It's better than a .35% loss...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #26

Absolutely! BigGLiberal Feb 2016 #27

Why not? Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #31

So now DU is relevant IRL, and not fantasy unicorn bubble land? frylock Feb 2016 #60

Iowa did not fill the Bern . stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #32

Yes we coin. Broward Feb 2016 #36

^^^ Thread WIN! RiverLover Feb 2016 #38

Sure. She got more delegates, at this point bigwillq Feb 2016 #37

Just like it was for King Pyrrhus at Heraclea. [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2016 #54

Sure, why not? mmonk Feb 2016 #39

No, because it includes her winning 5 of 5 coin tosses. Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #40

In a 90%+ percent white state dominated by males? Yeah. LexVegas Feb 2016 #41

Only if you consider the magic 6 coin toss trick in a row! MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #42

If Politico is correct and Clinton won 28 delegates to 20 for Sanders mythology Feb 2016 #43

Of course. DCBob Feb 2016 #45

A win is a win book_worm Feb 2016 #46

Sanders lost by that margin but his supporters are trying to spin that into a win Empowerer Feb 2016 #47

I hate to say it DonCoquixote Feb 2016 #51

Here's this: saltpoint Feb 2016 #53

A few weeks ago, the polls were showing double-digit leads for Hillary. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #55

She should be as proud as Bernie is of both their outcomes Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #56

The winners get to crow all they want. Sanders can do the same next week if he wants. randome Feb 2016 #57

I have a feeling BS would be proud of a 0.35 win - so why shouldn't Hillary? DrDan Feb 2016 #61

Enough to convince her investors to cough up more dough? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #62

Absolutely NOT! She should be embarrassed! B Calm Feb 2016 #63

I think both candidates should be proud... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #64

Anything that doesn't change the dynamic of this race is a win for her. Bleacher Creature Feb 2016 #65

Of course. She and Sanders should both be proud. No clown car here. bettyellen Feb 2016 #66

Is this the latest info? I thought it was 0.2%. Cal33 Feb 2016 #67

Of course she should. frustrated_lefty Feb 2016 #68

Yes mcar Feb 2016 #69

should the Bulls have been proud of 1 pt win to give them the '98 title? AJH032 Feb 2016 #70

Yes, both candidates and all Democrats should be proud of the Iowa results. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #72