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ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
105. California is not Michigan and will not turn on a dime
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:25 AM
Mar 2016

no matter how much negative advertising Sander's mysterious benefactors run before the election. It didn't work for Meg Whitman and it won't work for Bernie.

June 7th.... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #1
That's what I hear every time bravenak Mar 2016 #14
then you have nothing to fear... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #25
My op does not say drop out bravenak Mar 2016 #26
yeah, sure... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #28
Umm hmm bravenak Mar 2016 #30
Have a good day! HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #35
By the time June 7 comes Bernie will need 90% of the vote to catch up upaloopa Mar 2016 #37
I am thinking you are correct, the percentage goes up for Sanders. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #79
you assume linear from this point on... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #82
No not true. These are proportional promaries. Both candidates pic up delegates. Before Tuesday upaloopa Mar 2016 #83
Reality?.... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #84
I pretend analysis is fear too if my biases compel me... LanternWaste Mar 2016 #108
April 19 and April 26 are more important dates right now than June 7 LonePirate Mar 2016 #2
I am voting this Sat bravenak Mar 2016 #15
I thought the race was over? Why are you bothering posting about California? ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #3
It is. I was born there. bravenak Mar 2016 #16
I think you're scared. And for good reason. ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #95
Why the fuck would I be scared? bravenak Mar 2016 #99
Arizona is good indicator of what will happen in CA. DCBob Mar 2016 #4
You mean mayhem and fraud? whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #5
I was referring to demographics. DCBob Mar 2016 #6
Are you accusing the Clinton campaign of mayhem and fraud sufrommich Mar 2016 #7
I'm sure they are... Agschmid Mar 2016 #9
Or are they? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #18
Ask them. Agschmid Mar 2016 #19
I'm not going to ask them based on a blanket accusation... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #94
Don't worry, California has way more voting places jfern Mar 2016 #32
Arizona has those too, they just figured more people were using them... sweetloukillbot Mar 2016 #59
Supposedly the election day voting in AZ favored Sanders... thesquanderer Mar 2016 #10
I agree bravenak Mar 2016 #17
You sure do post a lot about a candidate choie Mar 2016 #58
People need to not obsess over my posting habits and mind their own bravenak Mar 2016 #61
Do you ever listen to yourself? choie Mar 2016 #64
Still here? bravenak Mar 2016 #65
Yup and will be choie Mar 2016 #66
Yep. Me too. Anything else? bravenak Mar 2016 #68
Oh Yes, I sure do choie Mar 2016 #69
Best that you do. Done yet? bravenak Mar 2016 #70
Considering my record is clean choie Mar 2016 #71
Means nothing bravenak Mar 2016 #73
The feeling is mutual - off to ignore you go choie Mar 2016 #75
I am pleased bravenak Mar 2016 #77
Let's take a look at the states that each candidate has won..... George II Mar 2016 #8
I agree bravenak Mar 2016 #20
Remember: if it's in the South, it doesn't count mcar Mar 2016 #41
The south is messed up RobertEarl May 2016 #113
How about the idea that there are Democrats who live in the South mcar May 2016 #114
They key with rural states is that they are more sparsely populated. LiberalFighter Mar 2016 #111
K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #11
Absolutely nothing about Sanders' campaign run would be easy. Only an idiot would think otherwise. nc4bo Mar 2016 #12
Understandable that you feel that way bravenak Mar 2016 #13
Luckily CA is a modified closed primary meaning... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #21
If he gets that bravenak Mar 2016 #22
He'll do very well in northern california and most of LA blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #23
Not necessarily since LA has alot of hispanics and blacks bravenak Mar 2016 #24
Well Oakland... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #56
Oakland is in California bravenak Mar 2016 #63
Oakland's in CA, whaaa? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #91
Of course it is in Cali. bravenak Mar 2016 #93
*sarcasm* What was your point? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #96
Trying to figure what your point was bravenak Mar 2016 #98
Which point? Independents? Minority vote? Oakland being in CA? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #102
I am alerting admin bravenak Mar 2016 #104
Not to mention that I will phone bank for Hillary in my county of Santa Barbara upaloopa Mar 2016 #27
Yeah!!!! Good work! bravenak Mar 2016 #29
By June 7th, Californians will be asking "Bernie who?" n/t cosmicone Mar 2016 #31
And we will hear the outrage about how they don't really count bravenak Mar 2016 #33
Here is the thing ..... cosmicone Mar 2016 #34
He sure is bravenak Mar 2016 #36
Many people here remember Bernie saying immigrants take work from Americans upaloopa Mar 2016 #40
+1,000,000 n/t cosmicone Mar 2016 #42
I applied to the United Farm Workers headquarters in Keene, as a accountant after that position and upaloopa Mar 2016 #67
Bernie's experience with the real world cosmicone Mar 2016 #72
And yet most Californians are against it. basselope Mar 2016 #48
Most Californians are not against it cosmicone Mar 2016 #49
Yes, they are. basselope Mar 2016 #51
In the face of a possible Donald Trump or Ted Cruz White House, I am amazed Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #38
I hope they see that too bravenak Mar 2016 #39
I predict Trump will be replaced by Paul Ryan. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #43
I hope so so they can have their own 1968 bravenak Mar 2016 #44
Clinton lost my vote forever when she voted for the war. basselope Mar 2016 #52
Trump or Cruz will be happy to hear you are making it easier for them to destroy the planet Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #53
As if Clinton won't do the same. basselope Mar 2016 #60
Demographically CA is HRC's wheelhouse... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #45
Yep bravenak Mar 2016 #46
It's demographically all wrong for him.. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #47
Yes. I think that his rhetoric leave some of us demographically challenged folks bravenak Mar 2016 #50
Are Jews "demographically challenged folks"? kath Mar 2016 #110
Wow. An entire article based on baseless canards! dchill Mar 2016 #54
Yeah. Under the bus goes the LA Times... bravenak Mar 2016 #55
I just checked: under the bus... dchill Mar 2016 #57
Oh no bravenak Mar 2016 #62
Planned Parenthood, okasha Mar 2016 #85
So many of us down here bravenak Mar 2016 #86
I last saw tbe President okasha Mar 2016 #88
Tell him to stay cool bravenak Mar 2016 #89
I don't see a lot of Bernie stickers around town. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #74
I have seen one, surrounded by Trump signs bravenak Mar 2016 #76
Thank goodness no Trump signs around here! Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #78
if he comes within 10 points I'll be amazed dlwickham Mar 2016 #80
Me too bravenak Mar 2016 #87
Let me guess...massive early voting coupled with greatly reduced polling places, NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #81
"Her coalition is very similar to what it was in 2008," said Bill Burton.. Cha Mar 2016 #90
Is Bill Burton insuiating that African-Americans voted for him... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #92
What is your problem? bravenak Mar 2016 #100
You. blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #101
I will be alerting admins about your behaviour. bravenak Mar 2016 #103
KICK! Cha Mar 2016 #97
California is not Michigan and will not turn on a dime ucrdem Mar 2016 #105
I'm very content to wait and see. Thanks, bravenak! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #106
Sanders lost the Latino vote in Texas and will not well in California Gothmog Mar 2016 #107
The only states with polling data that has Bernie winning are: LiberalFighter Mar 2016 #109
K&R! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #112
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