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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Uh She's still short 199 delegates [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)72. Some of the nicest women I've met online have been older Bernie supporters.
Good minds, kind hearts, and big souls. Not bad at all.
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Math implicitly suggests statistical probabilities and statistical improbabilities.
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#105
he doesnt. He loses, a winner of a huge movement getting so damned close from scratch
larkrake
Jun 2016
#12
Imagine a Bernie like candidate next time around that they can't so easily label a socialist.
brewens
Jun 2016
#58
She has the required delegates, a combination of Pledged delegates and Super delegates and the
Thinkingabout
Jun 2016
#5
This is the math FAUX news is using at this second, I'm watching it to see how their civil war is...
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#55
Not just Faux, there have been loud handful of DUers all too happy to spread misinformation and lies
Number23
Jun 2016
#57
That is why she is called the presumptive nominee but the primary is over. nt
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#15
yep, people don't like it when other people speak in technical terms, but doing the math shows that
One Black Sheep
Jun 2016
#18
She has clinched the nominating with supers and pledged as it is always done...way more than Obama
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#14
If Bernie had started the primary with pledged support from 440 super delegates like Hillary did,
Loudestlib
Jun 2016
#37
pledged delegates (and the overall winder thereof) + committed superdelegates == winning
Tarc
Jun 2016
#17
Yep. The lie is being propagated on even the "liberal" talk shows. The liars have been exposed.
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#107
Your guy isn't going to wrest the election from POC and women >40 who gave HRC her majority.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2016
#30
Sanders is not talking about contesting the nomination anymore. He knows he lost. nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#35
She's got enough delegates to start beating up on train wreck trump..
dubyadiprecession
Jun 2016
#32
Unless she kills someone on live TV the superdelegates will vote for her at convention
krawhitham
Jun 2016
#38
But they can decide anytime - and have. Claiming they don't count until then is a lie.
baldguy
Jun 2016
#54
They have made up their minds, and are unlikely to change. To claim they are is a lie.
baldguy
Jun 2016
#61
If you don't want to be called a liar, there is one simple thing that helps.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#65
Neither pledged delegates nor superdelegates technically count until the convention
caquillo
Jun 2016
#108
HILLARY HAS MET AND SURPASSED THE 2383 number. She has 2488 delegates in TOTAL
Number23
Jun 2016
#100