2016 Postmortem

tritsofme

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13. More than enough for a ceremonial first ballot victory.

Sat May 7, 2016, 05:04 PM

May 2016

SDs will ratify en masse the winner by hundreds of pledged delegates and millions of votes, they will not endorse the loser of the contest.

This convention will be no more contested than 2008, you are living in a fantasy world if you think otherwise.

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A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs [View all] Ferd Berfel May 2016 OP

So the Republicans have a unifying convention, while Democrats fight? Batshit crazy. Metric System May 2016 #1

Take it up with VP Biden. Those were his words. floriduck May 2016 #6

That was an interpretation of his words. Biden has not called for a contested convention. Metric System May 2016 #7

He said no such thing. JoePhilly May 2016 #8

Not everyone is down with GOP Part 2 Electric boogaloo. JPnoodleman May 2016 #11

You don't seem to like the democratic process. Why am I not surprised. I bet you would just rhett o rick May 2016 #16

Democrats haven't had a contested convention in decades. Kennedy vs Carter was damaging. Metric System May 2016 #24

Are you afraid? Maybe Hillary should just drop out and go to work for Goldman-Sachs, directly. nm rhett o rick May 2016 #25

It's also what the country that's supposed to be a democracy needs. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #2

Again: with only two candidates, it cannot be contested. Someone wins on the first ballot. CrowCityDem May 2016 #3

I can't even imagine the outrage if Hillary had tried this in 2008, even though she was much closer Metric System May 2016 #4

She acquiesced so she could get the SoS job. Win-win for the oligarchs. nm rhett o rick May 2016 #17

Oh, so we're just making stuff up now. Metric System May 2016 #23

I bet the donald would pay to have that happen nt msongs May 2016 #5

This is Fantasy fiction. There is no contest, Hillary won. tritsofme May 2016 #9

A candidate needs 2,383 votes to win. How many does Hillary have? Vincardog May 2016 #12

More than enough for a ceremonial first ballot victory. tritsofme May 2016 #13

How many delegates is that? Vincardog May 2016 #35

I was an Obama delegate at the Texas State Convention in 2008. HubertHeaver May 2016 #10

We were gleefully cheering Mz Pip May 2016 #14

I'll stand with Joe Biden. bvar22 May 2016 #15

Thanks for the post. I like your quote. It's generally the conservatives that hate debate and rhett o rick May 2016 #18

'hiding Bernie Sanders from the voters' anigbrowl May 2016 #32

This is actually an opportunity for Hillary Dem2 May 2016 #19

Short of violence and other criminal acts, I would be pleased if supporters of PufPuf23 May 2016 #20

Delegate count Demsrule86 May 2016 #22

However unlikely, the super-delegates could decide to vote for other than Hillary Clinton or PufPuf23 May 2016 #31

agreed yourpaljoey May 2016 #26

Had Hillary had the temerity to stay in the race Demsrule86 May 2016 #21

Sanders is lying about a contested convention to keep the small dollar donations flowing Gothmog May 2016 #27

Well, you know that Weaver and Devine aren't going to pay COLGATE4 May 2016 #33

"more pledged delegates than any insurgent in modern history" oberliner May 2016 #28

Carter wasn't an insurgent; there was no leading candidate in 1976. brooklynite May 2016 #37

Too bad that the rules don't allow for it. baldguy May 2016 #29

Kind of hard to have riots in free speech zones Skink May 2016 #30

John Nichols is way off base on this. LiberalFighter May 2016 #34

Too bad they won't have one brooklynite May 2016 #36