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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary Clinton Is Now the Presumptive Democratic Nominee [View all]
The first Super Tuesday wasnt quite as super as Hillary Clinton hoped, but the sequel couldnt have turned out much better for the former secretary of state. Clinton won at least four the nights five contestsnotching big wins in Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, and a smaller one in Illinois. (The only possible blemish on an otherwise perfect night for her was Missouri, where the race remained too close to call with more than 97 percent of precincts reporting.) Hillary came into the night as the dinged-up cautious favorite; shell leave it as the presumptive nominee.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/16/hillary_clinton_wins_ohio_florida_north_carolina_is_now_the_presumptive.html
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The author states as fact something that isn't determined yet and that many of us advocate against.
eomer
Mar 2016
#86
Author gets the numbers wrong a bit. But it doesn't lead to your conclusion.
yellowcanine
Mar 2016
#88
No, the author doesn't get the numbers wrong. He's just counting super delegates.
eomer
Mar 2016
#89
LOL--we "backward" types in Boston can barely git in all our huntin' and trappin' and
MADem
Mar 2016
#74
After listening to the talking heads, I think she's also the presumptive Republican nominee.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#7
the math is not there for sanders to gain the dlegate lead with what hillary has amassed now
beachbum bob
Mar 2016
#10
You guys have said so for a year and it's still not truer than it was 12 months ago. eom
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#9
You didn't miss the part where Clinton earned over half the pledged delegates....
Raster
Mar 2016
#104
Yes, Hillary folk have been telling us she is the nominee since she announced.
peacebird
Mar 2016
#61
Notice how UNDERGROUND supports DEMOCRATIC in the logo. This is a gravity-based world.
johnlucas
Mar 2016
#31
And the About page mentions that DU is a liberal discussion board for liberals.
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#34
What the hell is a "Democrat"? What does that mean if there're no principles behind it?
johnlucas
Mar 2016
#38
No, it isn't. It's the guidelines that spell out behavior at this PRIVATE website.
MADem
Mar 2016
#55
Well, I've been here since the very beginning, and this IS a home to me and many others.
MADem
Mar 2016
#69
That title has a bit of a "Hail Mary" element to it--and Sanders is no Doug Flutie.
MADem
Mar 2016
#51
Not sure what you think you are proving, but doubling down isn't making your case.
MADem
Mar 2016
#98
I didn't read the rest because you were trending towards petulant and abusive. nt
MADem
Mar 2016
#122
You're being confronted with an obstreperous inability to confront facts at this stage.
MADem
Mar 2016
#75
Hasn't she been the presumptive nominee for a couple of years now? (presumptuous)
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#59
Clinton's lead of 300 - double the largest lead Barack Obama ever had over Hillary Clinton in 2008.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2016
#102