Fellow Hillary Supporters, Please Stop Saying that Bernie is "Mathematically Eliminated" [View all]

[firebrand80]

What you're saying is that he can no longer get the majority of all delegates with PDs alone. This is true, but that's not really a useful standard. Neither candidate will win the majority of all delegates with PDs alone. The standard is who gets the the magic number with PDs + SDs. Everyone knows (even those that won't admit it) that the SDs will follow whoever has the most PDs at the end of the process, so the PD winner is the winner of the primary.

When you argue that Bernie can't get to the magic number with PDs alone, you open yourself up to the argument that Hillary won't either (she won't), and thus, the SDs would be justified in picking a candidate based on some other standard than the will of the voters. This won't happen, unless these elected officials for some reason thought it a good idea to tear the party apart, flush their own political futures down the toilet, and hand the White House to Donald Trump with a 60-vote Senate.

So, the standard is which candidate will have more PDs at the end of the process. That candidate will be Hillary, unless something radically changes the race. Just calm down and let it play out. Any Bernie supporters that thinks some other scenario is likely will figure this out soon enough.