2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton camp: We'll win California in 'tight race' [View all]Seeinghope
(786 posts)with Hillary Clinton all but formally being the presumptive nominee why would SO MANY voters go to the polls for Bernie Sanders?
As far as Hillary Clinton goes, why would she barely be winning California? At this stage in the Primary we should be seeing a tidal wave of support coming together for a candidate that is "going to clinch" the Presidential nomination.
If this is a slim win in her column, it really is a loss for her. She has had a few too many "slim" wins and she has the "whole" establishment behind her giving her every possible advantage that they could give her. She has done poorly against a virtually unknown candidate this whole primary season. Yes, she has 3,000,000 more votes but considering that she probably went into the race with most of those votes just like she went into the race with her Super Delegates doesn't say anything about the real time voters.
When you walk into a race with a the world knowing who you are and millions already behind you (including the whole establishment). Boasting about about a 3,000,000 vote lead really isn't anything to brag about. Like I said she has building support since she was 1st Lady back in the early 90's. Being on a national and international stage for 25+ years. Running against an unknown should have been a cakewalk. All you have to do is look at Trump. How many candidates did he run against? Most with well known names. A couple with superpower names equal to his. He handily knocked them all out. Not just one candidate but all of them.
Squeaking by at this point is a huge loss for a superstar with the WHOLE ESTABLISHMENT behind her. Whereas Bernie Sanders an unknown candidate with MOST of the ESTABLISHMENT working against him has still run an impressive campaign and has shown himself to be a formidable opponent and definetly not a quitter. That is why he had so much legislation passed In his career. He is tenacious and he offers hope to people that are losing hope in their lives and he is offering to help us bring our country back to the working class.
So he's, after all of this, if it is a close race.......Hillary Clinton has nothing to be proud of.