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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bad night for Bernie, I'm afraid. [View all]Vinca
(50,770 posts)51. I thought it was a very good night for Bernie, especially considering
the number of Independents who didn't know it was a closed primary and showed up to vote in Kentucky but couldn't. If anyone should have had a blowout, it's Hillary. Kentucky has always been a Hillary state, but it's so close they haven't officially called it yet. If all primaries were open primaries, Bernie would be running away with this race.
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Hillary ties and it's a big victory. Bernie wins by a healthy margin and it's a loss. o.k. nt
merrily
May 2016
#1
Did you even read what I linked you to, let alone give it a thought? THE GENERAL ELECTION.
merrily
May 2016
#7
No, the GE polls at this stage are not meaningless. Maybe that was true 4 months ago It's false now.
merrily
May 2016
#9
Don't make up stuff about who I like. I'm not 12 and she's not running for prom queen.
merrily
May 2016
#21
OY. Get real. And a clue. First, tell me where I said Michigan or Oregon polls were meaningless.
merrily
May 2016
#92
Yes it is hard to keep up with the Berni campus total twisted logic I realize that that's not my pro
puffy socks
May 2016
#100
But you can understand the 2008 "racially-tinged" campaign Hillary ran as progressive?
merrily
May 2016
#23
Too bad. It's true. It happened; it was widely reported and recognized; and it had a stench.
merrily
May 2016
#33
At this point, yes. Becuase in the end, the delegates count, and he's way behind. nt
Adrahil
May 2016
#28
A win is still not a loss, no matter how its spun. Neither is a tie a win. Sorry.
merrily
May 2016
#46
He needed to win with a 40 pt margin. He got 9. That's a loss. A **HUGE** loss.
baldguy
May 2016
#41
That Hillary started with a 65 point lead and every other advantage and has not put the nom
merrily
May 2016
#47
After every one of his "victories", the margin Sanders needs to win by increases.
baldguy
May 2016
#55
And that's the reason math-challenged Sanders supporters in the end will be disappointed.
baldguy
May 2016
#66
Your assumption that I cannot add and subtract is as wrongheaded, baseless and silly as
merrily
May 2016
#67
If you need 7 to win and you get 5, then you lose. Even if the other person only got 4.
baldguy
May 2016
#86
Hillary didn't start with any lead. We're talking about pledged delegates here.
yardwork
May 2016
#104
The disgrace was Roberta Lange conducting the proceedings like a U.S.S.R. Poltiburo meeting...
Human101948
May 2016
#37
Following the rules & not seating delegates who don't show up apparently require death threats.
baldguy
May 2016
#42
Rant on with that nonsense, but none of that was the point of my post, as you know.
merrily
May 2016
#85
No. I pointed out your hypocrisy and you changed the subject.There's nothing lofty about that
merrily
May 2016
#95
I implied nothing. I said stuff flat out. Or do you mean inferred? I don't "bash," either.
merrily
May 2016
#103
Um, no. You don't know crap about my support of Sanders, but, then again, I never pretended to
merrily
May 2016
#138
Compare Hillary Clinton vs Obama in 2008 in Kentucky vs Clinton vs Sanders 2016
PufPuf23
May 2016
#19
I had noticed that - Clinton winning states Obama won in 2008 and Sanders vice versa -
PufPuf23
May 2016
#24
It's a false equivalency. Obama had media on his side plus many Democrats, including PTB like
merrily
May 2016
#30
If you don't care, what's the point of posting he should quit? In fact, even if you do care,
merrily
May 2016
#49
I watched his speech last night and again this morning on Cspan. He didn't attack Hillary at all,
B Calm
May 2016
#53
Too bad she can't rustle up a crowd that looks larger than free lunch day at the senior center.
Vinca
May 2016
#140
Yes, it will be a need for over 100% of the delegate count in the primaries.
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#63
Hillary is in an extremely strong position going into the convention and the GE.
auntpurl
May 2016
#74
No, he won't. Bush got 44% of the Latino vote, Romney 27% and Trump is polling in single digits.
stevenleser
May 2016
#135
Hillaryous fantasy, but here in America a 10% margin is called a "victory"
lagomorph777
May 2016
#111
Even worse (since clearly the race is over, so no one is paying attention to that) is the violence.
anotherproletariat
May 2016
#151