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[senz]

31. Quite simply, the math says she doesn't have the delegate count.

As of now, without California fully counted, and with all the strange "irregularities" that favored her, she is ahead by 368 delegates.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/

We know some of the SDs are corporate lobbyists, some even have connections to the Clinton Foundation, but most are probably sincere Democrats who want to win the GE.

Bernie stands a better chance to win the GE.

• He polls far better against Trump.
  
  
• His favorability polling is massively better than Hillary's and he appeals across a broad spectrum of voters, including independents and Republicans, which she does not.
  
  
• He does not have an FBI investigation with the possibility of a criminal indictment. We know that, given the corrupt nature of the current power structure, she could beat the charge (if there is one), but it looks very, very bad to the voting public.

So he stands a decent chance of persuading the SDs. Given what is at stake, it is worth a try. And yes, he has indicated as much. This is why the Hill campaign is going into overdrive.

His courage in doing this is breathtaking, imho.

Can they pull something behind the scenes to force him to stop? Sure they can, so we'll see.