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2016 Postmortem

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20. Fair point.

Sun May 29, 2016, 02:59 PM

May 2016

I guess I'm just trying to get across the point that superdelegates don't determine the outcome so much as honor the outcome, as they did in 2008.

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Here's the flaw in the super delegate argument by Sanders: [View all] MineralMan May 2016 OP

Yeah, it's standard operating procedure. Garrett78 May 2016 #4

I beg to differ. There are some Super Delegates who WILL be switching. MohRokTah May 2016 #19

Fair point. Garrett78 May 2016 #20

Claiming that Clinton is unlikely to win the GE MineralMan May 2016 #5

You are correct on all points. 99th_Monkey May 2016 #7

Thank you. That's the problem with national politics, really. MineralMan May 2016 #9

I actually know a couple of them. MineralMan May 2016 #16

The math is clear here Gothmog May 2016 #3

It truly is. It has been clear all along, but as we near MineralMan May 2016 #6

Well, I started watching charts, ect., very early on. MineralMan May 2016 #11

He has done better than I expected, as well. Garrett78 May 2016 #13

The Super Delegates mostly reflect the Clinton constiuency in all regards Tom Rinaldo May 2016 #14

re: "There's almost no way that doesn't happen." thesquanderer May 2016 #15

Even in that scenario, I don't think Sanders would be nominated. Garrett78 May 2016 #18

Good point... defection could require the SDs to make TWO decisions... thesquanderer May 2016 #21

Read it and weep CLinton haters, BoBs, CT'ers, etc. nt BootinUp May 2016 #22

Yes, Clinton is winning the popular vote — by a wide margin Gothmog May 2016 #23