Live updates from Washington state’s Democratic caucuses pics and blogging

[riversedge]

Live updates from Washington state’s Democratic caucuses
Originally published March 26, 2016 at 8:00 am Updated March 26, 2016 at 11:42 am



http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/live-updates-from-washington-states-democratic-caucuses/

[Treant]

1. Just waitin' for results

Then I can go depression-eat my dinner and prep for Alaska, then HI.

[fun n serious]

2. I heard WA won't give results today

They want to wait and get all votes in

[book_worm]

3. Early reports are that Bernie will do very well in Washington

probably as well as Obama did in 2008. Oh well, HRC will still pick up delegates.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Just got back from my caucus

Odd way of picking delegates. There are 5 delegates in my precinct. 28 people showed up. 18 were for Sanders, 10 for Hillary Clinton.

Mathematically that would 3.2 delegates for Sanders 1.8 for Clinton but weird how they round it off. Instead of 3 to 2 they go 4 to 1.

Can you imagine the outcry from Sanders people if the votes were reverse for their candidate?

[riversedge]

5. that is very strange

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. They figure each candidate gets their whole numbers

and the winner gets the one that was split.

[Thinkingabout]

6. It may be Sanders day today but will not develop the needed delegates

To catch up in the pledged delegate count. I see they are demanding for the super delegates to go with the winner today, doesn't work that way. The super delegates relationships should have begun years ago, they are elected officials and former officials, they will not use the vote today to make their endorsement. If it is the results which matter then with Hillary having the most total vote in the primaries should endorse Hillary, it is we the people and the democratic way to go.

[BlueMTexpat]

8. Bernie's not getting the needed delegates is the crux of the matter.

We know that Bernie will win in WA and in AK. The only question is by how much. What I found encouraging in the write-up is that even those who support Bernie now have said that they will support Hillary in the GE, unlike some here on DU.

Those Sanders supporters who are literally "ordering" superdelegates to do their bidding are only hurting their candidate. The SD concept may be undemocratic, but it is in place for specific reasons and is a rule of the Democratic party.

I only know that in the highly unlikely event that I were ever a SD, having uninformed voters who were likely not even Democrats - or had only very recently become Dems - tell me what I MUST do would very likely make me do exactly the opposite if I had not already made my own mind up.

I also chuckled at the woman who said this: “The difference between the two is Hillary is a seasoned politician. That’s an asset, but also a drawback. We end up with these compromises.”

The ONLY full-time job that Bernie has had in his life is as a politician and that only began when he was 40 years old. After a short-term hiatus from politics (1989-1881), he has held political office in Washington, DC since 1991. Hillary held political office from 2001-2009.

That she is considered the "seasoned politician" of the two speaks volumes about her abilities. About his - hmmm!

[Thinkingabout]

9. If the distinction is overall experience of the candidates is seasoned then Hillary

Will take the title hands down. If it is the time as and elected official and i will throw in her time as SOS Sanders has three times in official time. Plainly spoken she has the ability, experience and strength to be president.

[BlueMTexpat]

10. Definitely that!

I was merely chuckling at the "seasoned politician" quote. If anyone is a seasoned "politician," it is Bernie, who has had no other full-time job in his life than as an elected politician.

For most of her career, Hillary has been an activist who has played a significant role in contributing to meaningful change for the better for the most vulnerable among us. She is also a lawyer who excelled in private practice, a former First Lady of a southern state, a former FLOTUS, an elected US Senator, AND an effective and still globally respected former US Secretary of State. This all goes to show that she is by all objective measurements the best qualified individual in the 2016 race - hands down.