Enough Superdelegates will endorse Bernie to put him over the top (Reply #5)

In the discussion thread: What if Sanders wins the popular vote, but loses the delegate count due to super delegates? [View all]

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 08:16 AM

WhaTHellsgoingonhere (5,252 posts)

5. Enough Superdelegates will endorse Bernie to put him over the top

Hillary might even concede.

Otherwise, there will be blood. Anyway, I don't think there's any reason to worry about that today.

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148 replies	Author	Time	Post
What if Sanders wins the popular vote, but loses the delegate count due to super delegates? [View all]	Kurska	Feb 2016	OP
I'd say exactly that.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Feb 2016	#1
I think you're right. But, it looks to be headed that way.	razorman	Feb 2016	#120
Friend, you ain't kidding.	Mbrow	Feb 2016	#2
If that happened, I would be out. That's a cold, hard fact. n/t	djean111	Feb 2016	#3
Post removed	Post removed	Feb 2016	#73
Jusst heard MSNBC Delegates HRC 44 - SBS - 36?	farleftlib	Feb 2016	#4
She got 8 Superdelegates in Iowa and whatever in NH	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Feb 2016	#7
They shouldn't be reporting the tally like that!	CoffeeCat	Feb 2016	#38
My thoughts exactly	demosocialist	Feb 2016	#41
We see this lie-based "meme" is being disseminated via the media--being pushed online too	CoffeeCat	Feb 2016	#56
Dont forget, HRC will do whatever it takes & use whatever means needed	7962	Feb 2016	#93
I was in total disbelief	farleftlib	Feb 2016	#52
You can bet that the Clintons grabbed the media by the scruff of the neck yesterday	CoffeeCat	Feb 2016	#66
It's a form of intimidation and demoralization	rocktivity	Feb 2016	#96
Enough Superdelegates will endorse Bernie to put him over the top	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Feb 2016	#5
I'll vote straight blue, as I have in every election, as long as the process is democratic. nt	RedCappedBandit	Feb 2016	#6
If Bernie decisively wins the popular vote	Deny and Shred	Feb 2016	#9
No. nt	RedCappedBandit	Feb 2016	#10
IMO, That would be a very unfortunate outcome	Deny and Shred	Feb 2016	#12
Superdelegates have always supported	Hortensis	Feb 2016	#27
We need to make that very clear on this site that if they try to steal the election with pre-paid	Dustlawyer	Feb 2016	#77
Exactly.	jwirr	Feb 2016	#136
...	Kurska	Feb 2016	#13
Brilliant (nt)	Deny and Shred	Feb 2016	#16
+1	JackInGreen	Feb 2016	#46
The Green Party will get a WHOLE lot of new members. /nt	RiverLover	Feb 2016	#8
You have no idea how right you are.	marble falls	Feb 2016	#32
For more "true" Socialists, I might also add that the Party for Socialism and	KingCharlemagne	Feb 2016	#53
Yup! I'm a Green who switched to Dem to caucus for Bernie	pinebox	Feb 2016	#91
me too! Well, not caucus but vote in June	dana_b	Feb 2016	#103
Good stuff! This is what Hillary supporters don't understand	pinebox	Feb 2016	#104
Bingo.	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#127
That would be a first rank malfunction and the death of the party. nt.	Warren Stupidity	Feb 2016	#11
If that happens, it's the end of the Democratic Party as we know it...	HereSince1628	Feb 2016	#14
The political Undead!	Divernan	Feb 2016	#30
I thought that was Harold Stassen.	marble falls	Feb 2016	#33
Did that happen before with Obama?	FSogol	Feb 2016	#15
This is the correct answer	mythology	Feb 2016	#22
I don't know if it's a conspiracy	JackInGreen	Feb 2016	#49
No, silly unprecedented fears deserve mocking. Here's the thing, the establishment is always	FSogol	Feb 2016	#108
If they go rouge they'd better have matching eye shadow	JackInGreen	Feb 2016	#112
Not to mention HRC herself, if history	BeyondGeography	Feb 2016	#35
If that happens I may walk away from politics forever	Marrah_G	Feb 2016	#17
What part of super delegates do you think in any way is democratic?	A Simple Game	Feb 2016	#92
none	Marrah_G	Feb 2016	#147
My apologies, my previous post wasn't meant for you. n/t	A Simple Game	Feb 2016	#148
Hillary is far ahead by millions in polls. After March 1st, she will be too far ahead to catch. nt	onehandle	Feb 2016	#18
How is she ahead by millions of votes?	Matt_in_STL	Feb 2016	#21
Hmmm... He CLEARLY won REAL vote margins in New Hampshire, and in Iowa it was just about a draw...	cascadiance	Feb 2016	#29
There hasnt BEEN a "million votes" cast yet	7962	Feb 2016	#95
^low information voter^	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#128
that happened in 2008...	Sancho	Feb 2016	#19
Not really	mythology	Feb 2016	#23
Yes, really....	Sancho	Feb 2016	#28
Yus.	Lucinda	Feb 2016	#47
Endorsements, yes!	SheilaT	Feb 2016	#82
Except the popular vote count...	backscatter712	Feb 2016	#24
And if Florida was included, it would have overwhelmed the smaller states..	Sancho	Feb 2016	#31
In 08 Hillary kept saying how she had a superdelegate firewall. They switched to Obama as he started	Joe the Revelator	Feb 2016	#20
You can already see that tactic at play here this morning	Matt_in_STL	Feb 2016	#26
If that happens, I would write in Sanders in the general.	backscatter712	Feb 2016	#25
A write-in vote is a stay at home vote in Florida. Doesn't count.	Fuddnik	Feb 2016	#64
But a Green vote for Stein is counted in Fl.	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#129
.	bravenak	Feb 2016	#34
He can still get ALL of them. They are unpledged.	morningfog	Feb 2016	#43
He has 11 days to gain 20 pts	bravenak	Feb 2016	#48
The most recent Nevada poll is from December.	Matt_in_STL	Feb 2016	#55
He had spent months in IA and NH.	bravenak	Feb 2016	#63
He also didn't have the name recognition when he started there, or the momentum	Matt_in_STL	Feb 2016	#65
Then he should relax and rely on his name recognition	bravenak	Feb 2016	#69
Nah, that's a Clinton strategy. It doesn't work.	Matt_in_STL	Feb 2016	#72
Then he better get out there	bravenak	Feb 2016	#75
Huh? NV is Feb. 20, and I am not expecting a loss there.	morningfog	Feb 2016	#68
Ok . 10 days	bravenak	Feb 2016	#70
The better word would be movement. Bernie is moving and that is undeniable.	morningfog	Feb 2016	#71
We know he has not put in any time there.	bravenak	Feb 2016	#74
He's done a number of events in Nevada already.	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#97
Hillary has stuff going on there more than he does.	bravenak	Feb 2016	#98
Sorry, you're wrong about Nevada	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#100
Yeah	bravenak	Feb 2016	#117
We'll see soon enough.	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#121
Nevada polls are from last year.	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#130
Then relax abd dont even bother working to help him	bravenak	Feb 2016	#138
Unless neither of them concedes before the convention, this will not even be an issue.	EmperorHasNoClothes	Feb 2016	#36
Exactly, which is why including them in the count is stupid.	morningfog	Feb 2016	#44
Super delegates aren't written in stone.	Vinca	Feb 2016	#37
Nope.	leftofcool	Feb 2016	#57
Wrong.	jeff47	Feb 2016	#109
this very scenario crossed my mind this morning	rurallib	Feb 2016	#39
What if there really are unicorns and they really fart glitter?	notadmblnd	Feb 2016	#40
What if...	AnnetteJacobs	Feb 2016	#78
The Democratic party would never win another election. nt	Zorra	Feb 2016	#42
This is how the Democratic Party works, yes.	Tarc	Feb 2016	#45
Current delegate count: Clinton 394, Sanders 42	fbc	Feb 2016	#50
That is a completely meaningless total.	gcomeau	Feb 2016	#58
If you take away the super delegates	Bryce Butler	Feb 2016	#62
I would leave the Democratic Party forever. I would actively encourage Sanders	KingCharlemagne	Feb 2016	#51
me too	dana_b	Feb 2016	#107
Will never happen.	gcomeau	Feb 2016	#54
+1....it would be political suicide.	yourout	Feb 2016	#76
I assume the media reports	dragonfly301	Feb 2016	#59
He wont.	DCBob	Feb 2016	#60
The super delegate system has to go. If the party ends	CentralMass	Feb 2016	#61
1) End of Democratic Party; 2) Third Party Candidacy for Bernie; 3) President Cruz with <40%	Moostache	Feb 2016	#67
I agree with most of your post, except Bernie will not run as a 3rd party candidate.	BillZBubb	Feb 2016	#80
Bernie won't break his promise not to run third party.	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#132
The popular vote, nationally, has nothing to do with the nomination.	MineralMan	Feb 2016	#79
'Super Delegate' is a slang term, in Party regulations they are called 'Unpledged Delegates' and	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2016	#81
Much of what you are saying rings a bell with me. But I have	jwirr	Feb 2016	#137
It would destroy the party.	LS_Editor	Feb 2016	#83
It won't happen.	NurseJackie	Feb 2016	#84
Much bigger things to worry aby	Cryptoad	Feb 2016	#85
I hate the idea of Superdelegates. Why not just let the party brokers	Feeling the Bern	Feb 2016	#86
This would ensure a Hillary loss in a GE	pinebox	Feb 2016	#87
I've been pondering that for a little while now..	Bohemianwriter	Feb 2016	#88
If you were alive in 1968 or if you've seen footage	Le Taz Hot	Feb 2016	#89
Video:	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#133
Oh no! The "progressive left" will revolt! What will we ever do without them?	Cary	Feb 2016	#90
Typical of the contempt your side of the party have always felt towards progressives.	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#99
Right	Cary	Feb 2016	#114
Oh spare me..	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#119
Oh spare yourself	Cary	Feb 2016	#140
Nice spin	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#141
You call it spin, and I call it reality	Cary	Feb 2016	#142
On the flip side..	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#143
Interesting	Cary	Feb 2016	#144
Self pitying twaddle	Kentonio	Feb 2016	#145
odd	Cary	Feb 2016	#146
Lose the Presidency but win for the establishment	Fumesucker	Feb 2016	#101
You'll lose. Badly.	jeff47	Feb 2016	#110
I'll lose what?	Cary	Feb 2016	#115
Elections.	jeff47	Feb 2016	#116
What makes you so sure that it was "the left?"	Cary	Feb 2016	#123
Polling.	jeff47	Feb 2016	#124
If you think Clinton can win without the Left, you are in for a rude awakening.	HooptieWagon	Feb 2016	#135
We just do what we did in 2008	rocktivity	Feb 2016	#94
I will not vote for Hillary under those conditions	TexasMommaWithAHat	Feb 2016	#102
this won't be anything	Marty McGraw	Feb 2016	#105
I will vote for whoever gets the majority of delegates awarded in primaries/caucuses.	DemocraticWing	Feb 2016	#106
"Little people vote however you like but the establishment	NowSam	Feb 2016	#111
Then Hillary would lose the general election	AgingAmerican	Feb 2016	#113
The party would be obliged to add "not very" to Democratic.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb 2016	#118
A history lesson we should all know	Matariki	Feb 2016	#122
SuperDs overturning the popular vote would guarantee a general election loss and here's why	Erokese	Feb 2016	#125
Bernie is GROWING the Democratic Party.	dchill	Feb 2016	#126
In that case the Super Delegates would switch	BainsBane	Feb 2016	#131
Establishment Figures Want to Scare You with Super-delegates. Here's Why It's Bullshit.	Chezboo	Feb 2016	#134
Hillary's unelectability goes from theoretical to absolute fact. /nt	JPnoodleman	Feb 2016	#139

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