2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

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27. In that case, Obama was an even weaker frontrunner in 2008, as he was further from 59%.

Tue May 31, 2016, 09:19 PM

May 2016

As for Clinton "having every possible advantage...in terms of the logistics of individual state electoral processes," Sanders benefited from caucuses, which greatly suppress the vote. Replace caucuses with primaries and I doubt Clinton would have much trouble reaching 2383 via pledged delegates alone.

And Clinton's early superdelegate advantage in 2008 didn't prevent Obama from beating her. If anything, in an anti-establishment climate, Sanders probably got a boost from Clinton's superdelegate advantage.

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How to Explain the Sanders Campaign to an Idiot, Paul Krugman or a Clintonite in 8 Sentences [View all] elleng May 2016 OP

But, we know how they will vote unless Berners can come up with some BS on Clinton by the convention Hoyt May 2016 #1

Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view elleng May 2016 #10

Seth Abramson certainly is an expert on idiocy--Clinton is a vastly stronger frontrunner than Obama geek tragedy May 2016 #2

I know. Remember the Federal investigation hanging over his head in 2008? Matt_in_STL May 2016 #3

16 more days to pray to the Indictment Fairy, use them well nt geek tragedy May 2016 #6

I know if the indictment fairy spreads enough fairy dust all over maybe magic will happen and Seeinghope May 2016 #18

Oh, I don't think she'll be indicted Matt_in_STL May 2016 #20

16 more days of listening to you people bleat about the number of days.. frylock May 2016 #21

Referring to the FBI criminal investigation of Hillary's use of morningfog May 2016 #30

The manner of the discussion will be factual, not politically weaponized geek tragedy May 2016 #31

The fact is until all the facts are publicly known, she is a liability to the party. morningfog May 2016 #33

Fact is she won, in 16 days this won't be a place for dead enders to try to relitigate the primary geek tragedy May 2016 #34

Her pollinc vs Trump is terrible Baaadger May 2016 #15

lol, welcome to DU. geek tragedy May 2016 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #25

Good to have you here. 840high May 2016 #26

Epic fail! At least ProgressiveEconomist May 2016 #4

You can make a sentence run for months with enough semicolons! randome May 2016 #8

What's even worse is that this guy evidently ProgressiveEconomist May 2016 #14

First it was Bernie Math and now they bring us Bernie Lit! ContinentalOp May 2016 #13

You do realize... quickesst May 2016 #5

The media and the Democratic party have pretended he doesn't exist for the last year AgingAmerican May 2016 #7

He isn't anywhere near a virtual tie. mythology May 2016 #11

She has not cinched the nomination and the primaries are almost over AgingAmerican May 2016 #12

I would hardly call it... quickesst May 2016 #19

"Third base." randome May 2016 #22

Seth Abramson, hoping to convince idiots with his idiotic reasoning. YouDig May 2016 #9

Paul Krugman is the youngest recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal and a Nobel Prize winner... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #17

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Win the John Bates Clark Medal and a Nobel Prize and get back to me, okay? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #36

Nice but I can explain the Sanders campaign in one word... jcgoldie May 2016 #23

Well, if anyone knows what it takes to be an idiot, it's Abramson. Beacool May 2016 #24

In that case, Obama was an even weaker frontrunner in 2008, as he was further from 59%. Garrett78 May 2016 #27

How to explain punctuation to a Sanders supporter Number23 May 2016 #28

to an Idiot, Paul Krugman or a Clintonite in 8 Sentences elleng May 2016 #29

An idiot OR Krugman or a Clintonite. Yeah, I got that. Number23 May 2016 #32