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Democratic Primaries

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billpolonsky

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Thu Feb 27, 2020, 03:59 PM Feb 2020

Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders [View all]

Soooper genius...

[blockquoteDozens of interviews with Democratic establishment leaders this week show that they are not just worried about Mr. Sanders’s candidacy, but are also willing to risk intraparty damage to stop his nomination at the national convention in July if they get the chance. Since Mr. Sanders’s victory in Nevada’s caucuses on Saturday, The Times has interviewed 93 party officials — all of them superdelegates, who could have a say on the nominee at the convention — and found overwhelming opposition to handing the Vermont senator the nomination if he arrived with the most delegates but fell short of a majority.


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/democratic-superdelegates.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage]

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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