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2016 Postmortem

floppyboo

(2,461 posts) Sun May 29, 2016, 10:10 PM May 2016

Math - Hillary will have a heck of a time winning the required PD# [View all]

And so, July is what everyone should be looking towards. What is the best scenario to beat Trump? Polls now are too early, but there is a whole other month and worlds of possibilities.

No one should get too comfortable.

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Math - Hillary will have a heck of a time winning the required PD# [View all] floppyboo May 2016 OP

Be way way way way way way harder for Bernie, eh? Since he is sooooooo far behind? bravenak May 2016 #1

I pity you guys I really do Demsrule86 May 2016 #2

Ah, let them continue to work on their addition skills. It keeps them busy and out of trouble. eastwestdem May 2016 #3

You do have a point Demsrule86 May 2016 #8

She may have a simple majority RobertEarl May 2016 #4

Why is Bernies wife telling people that Bernie will be back in the senate on June 8? Renew Deal May 2016 #6

There is no such "super majority" rule. onenote May 2016 #17

Obama won with 51.4% of the pledged delegates BlueStateLib May 2016 #23

Obama did not win until the convention RobertEarl May 2016 #31

And yet he was widely acknowledged as the nominee after the last primaries in 2008 mythology May 2016 #40

I think you just made that up. There is no fillibuster at the convention!! WTF? bravenak May 2016 #24

Hillary won super delegates this week something like 12-1 Renew Deal May 2016 #5

There is no way she won't get the nomination if she gets most of the pledged delegates gollygee May 2016 #7

The OP addresses PD only. Should I hide all you SD hypers for meta disruption? floppyboo May 2016 #9

What is the "required number PD#"? onenote May 2016 #10

Thanks. So, in other words. we all wait for the convention? floppyboo May 2016 #12

No, the winner will be KNOWN on June 7. geek tragedy May 2016 #19

In other words, once a candidate has a majority of the pledged delegates onenote May 2016 #21

Nice spin RobertEarl May 2016 #35

Spin is saying Bernie will win. And poor attempt at deflection. onenote May 2016 #41

No Demsrule86 May 2016 #28

I'll vote for Bernie or Hillary. XRubicon May 2016 #11

^please!^ floppyboo May 2016 #14

Oh noes... not more Bernie math. procon May 2016 #13

I got it from Steve Kornaki (sp?) pretty clear no winning # for Hillary floppyboo May 2016 #15

Steve was talking about Demsrule86 May 2016 #30

Yeah,I saw it, he was explaining how Bernie math works. procon May 2016 #36

#berniemath strikes again. geek tragedy May 2016 #16

I completely agree with you! But we have to wait for the SD vote floppyboo May 2016 #20

No delegates vote until the convention. geek tragedy May 2016 #26

No you don't Demsrule86 May 2016 #32

Real Kindness and Love makes no room for fear! floppyboo May 2016 #34

Its a fantasy to think that hundreds of SD are going to switch their votes at the conventions. procon May 2016 #37

yes indeed! A Fantasy, or an inexplicable turn of events based in fact. floppyboo May 2016 #38

It's over Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #18

Trump will have a worse time making it through his republican primary then any of our D contenders. Sunlei May 2016 #22

That's not being very helpful. While I was shocked and dismayed when Hillary went floppyboo May 2016 #27

Math - Bernie will have a heck of a time winning the required SD# brooklynite May 2016 #25

No one disagrees with you! This is getting boring. Just wait till July - that's all! floppyboo May 2016 #29

Absolutely not Demsrule86 May 2016 #33

June 7th will make this website a lot more comfortable though. barrow-wight May 2016 #39