FDR Won A Contested Convention, So Can Bernie

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21. People don't understand what "contested" means....

it doesn't mean someone just doesn't want to give up and "contests" the convention.

It means no candidate has enough delegate votes to secure the nomination. And yes, super delegates count.

That's not going to happen this year. Clinton is only short by 285 delegates, and there are 1,000 left to win. Unless Bernie can win 72% of the remaining delegates, she's the nominee.

The whole "super delegates don't count!" thing was just a silly rationale developed by people who didn't want to accept the reality of the situation and assumed they would all switch if Bernie won more pledged delegates. Then when it became clear he wouldn't win more pledged delegates, it was taken as a path forward, that somehow they aren't "real" votes and don't count.

Newsflash. They ARE real votes. They DO count.

Hillary is going to be voted the nominee on the first vote. That's just what IS going to happen. There will be no contested convention, and 2016 has nothing to do with 1932, when no candidate had the winning number including all delegate votes.