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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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5. Enough Superdelegates will endorse Bernie to put him over the top
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 07:16 AM
Feb 2016

Hillary might even concede.

Otherwise, there will be blood. Anyway, I don't think there's any reason to worry about that today.

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I'd say exactly that. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1
I think you're right. But, it looks to be headed that way. razorman Feb 2016 #120
Friend, you ain't kidding. Mbrow Feb 2016 #2
If that happened, I would be out. That's a cold, hard fact. n/t djean111 Feb 2016 #3
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #73
Jusst heard MSNBC Delegates HRC 44 - SBS - 36? farleftlib Feb 2016 #4
She got 8 Superdelegates in Iowa and whatever in NH WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #7
They shouldn't be reporting the tally like that! CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #38
My thoughts exactly demosocialist Feb 2016 #41
We see this lie-based "meme" is being disseminated via the media--being pushed online too CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #56
Dont forget, HRC will do whatever it takes & use whatever means needed 7962 Feb 2016 #93
I was in total disbelief farleftlib Feb 2016 #52
You can bet that the Clintons grabbed the media by the scruff of the neck yesterday CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #66
It's a form of intimidation and demoralization rocktivity Feb 2016 #96
Enough Superdelegates will endorse Bernie to put him over the top WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #5
I'll vote straight blue, as I have in every election, as long as the process is democratic. nt RedCappedBandit Feb 2016 #6
If Bernie decisively wins the popular vote Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #9
No. nt RedCappedBandit Feb 2016 #10
IMO, That would be a very unfortunate outcome Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #12
Superdelegates have always supported Hortensis Feb 2016 #27
We need to make that very clear on this site that if they try to steal the election with pre-paid Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #77
Exactly. jwirr Feb 2016 #136
... Kurska Feb 2016 #13
Brilliant (nt) Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #16
+1 JackInGreen Feb 2016 #46
The Green Party will get a WHOLE lot of new members. /nt RiverLover Feb 2016 #8
You have no idea how right you are. marble falls Feb 2016 #32
For more "true" Socialists, I might also add that the Party for Socialism and KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #53
Yup! I'm a Green who switched to Dem to caucus for Bernie pinebox Feb 2016 #91
me too! Well, not caucus but vote in June dana_b Feb 2016 #103
Good stuff! This is what Hillary supporters don't understand pinebox Feb 2016 #104
Bingo. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #127
That would be a first rank malfunction and the death of the party. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #11
If that happens, it's the end of the Democratic Party as we know it... HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #14
The political Undead! Divernan Feb 2016 #30
I thought that was Harold Stassen. marble falls Feb 2016 #33
Did that happen before with Obama? FSogol Feb 2016 #15
This is the correct answer mythology Feb 2016 #22
I don't know if it's a conspiracy JackInGreen Feb 2016 #49
No, silly unprecedented fears deserve mocking. Here's the thing, the establishment is always FSogol Feb 2016 #108
If they go rouge they'd better have matching eye shadow JackInGreen Feb 2016 #112
Not to mention HRC herself, if history BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #35
If that happens I may walk away from politics forever Marrah_G Feb 2016 #17
What part of super delegates do you think in any way is democratic? A Simple Game Feb 2016 #92
none Marrah_G Feb 2016 #147
My apologies, my previous post wasn't meant for you. n/t A Simple Game Feb 2016 #148
Hillary is far ahead by millions in polls. After March 1st, she will be too far ahead to catch. nt onehandle Feb 2016 #18
How is she ahead by millions of votes? Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #21
Hmmm... He CLEARLY won REAL vote margins in New Hampshire, and in Iowa it was just about a draw... cascadiance Feb 2016 #29
There hasnt BEEN a "million votes" cast yet 7962 Feb 2016 #95
^low information voter^ HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #128
that happened in 2008... Sancho Feb 2016 #19
Not really mythology Feb 2016 #23
Yes, really.... Sancho Feb 2016 #28
Yus. Lucinda Feb 2016 #47
Endorsements, yes! SheilaT Feb 2016 #82
Except the popular vote count... backscatter712 Feb 2016 #24
And if Florida was included, it would have overwhelmed the smaller states.. Sancho Feb 2016 #31
In 08 Hillary kept saying how she had a superdelegate firewall. They switched to Obama as he started Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #20
You can already see that tactic at play here this morning Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #26
If that happens, I would write in Sanders in the general. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #25
A write-in vote is a stay at home vote in Florida. Doesn't count. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #64
But a Green vote for Stein is counted in Fl. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #129
. bravenak Feb 2016 #34
He can still get ALL of them. They are unpledged. morningfog Feb 2016 #43
He has 11 days to gain 20 pts bravenak Feb 2016 #48
The most recent Nevada poll is from December. Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #55
He had spent months in IA and NH. bravenak Feb 2016 #63
He also didn't have the name recognition when he started there, or the momentum Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #65
Then he should relax and rely on his name recognition bravenak Feb 2016 #69
Nah, that's a Clinton strategy. It doesn't work. Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #72
Then he better get out there bravenak Feb 2016 #75
Huh? NV is Feb. 20, and I am not expecting a loss there. morningfog Feb 2016 #68
Ok . 10 days bravenak Feb 2016 #70
The better word would be movement. Bernie is moving and that is undeniable. morningfog Feb 2016 #71
We know he has not put in any time there. bravenak Feb 2016 #74
He's done a number of events in Nevada already. Kentonio Feb 2016 #97
Hillary has stuff going on there more than he does. bravenak Feb 2016 #98
Sorry, you're wrong about Nevada Kentonio Feb 2016 #100
Yeah bravenak Feb 2016 #117
We'll see soon enough. Kentonio Feb 2016 #121
Nevada polls are from last year. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #130
Then relax abd dont even bother working to help him bravenak Feb 2016 #138
Unless neither of them concedes before the convention, this will not even be an issue. EmperorHasNoClothes Feb 2016 #36
Exactly, which is why including them in the count is stupid. morningfog Feb 2016 #44
Super delegates aren't written in stone. Vinca Feb 2016 #37
Nope. leftofcool Feb 2016 #57
Wrong. jeff47 Feb 2016 #109
this very scenario crossed my mind this morning rurallib Feb 2016 #39
What if there really are unicorns and they really fart glitter? notadmblnd Feb 2016 #40
What if... AnnetteJacobs Feb 2016 #78
The Democratic party would never win another election. nt Zorra Feb 2016 #42
This is how the Democratic Party works, yes. Tarc Feb 2016 #45
Current delegate count: Clinton 394, Sanders 42 fbc Feb 2016 #50
That is a completely meaningless total. gcomeau Feb 2016 #58
If you take away the super delegates Bryce Butler Feb 2016 #62
I would leave the Democratic Party forever. I would actively encourage Sanders KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #51
me too dana_b Feb 2016 #107
Will never happen. gcomeau Feb 2016 #54
+1....it would be political suicide. yourout Feb 2016 #76
I assume the media reports dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #59
He wont. DCBob Feb 2016 #60
The super delegate system has to go. If the party ends CentralMass Feb 2016 #61
1) End of Democratic Party; 2) Third Party Candidacy for Bernie; 3) President Cruz with <40% Moostache Feb 2016 #67
I agree with most of your post, except Bernie will not run as a 3rd party candidate. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #80
Bernie won't break his promise not to run third party. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #132
The popular vote, nationally, has nothing to do with the nomination. MineralMan Feb 2016 #79
'Super Delegate' is a slang term, in Party regulations they are called 'Unpledged Delegates' and Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #81
Much of what you are saying rings a bell with me. But I have jwirr Feb 2016 #137
It would destroy the party. LS_Editor Feb 2016 #83
It won't happen. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #84
Much bigger things to worry aby Cryptoad Feb 2016 #85
I hate the idea of Superdelegates. Why not just let the party brokers Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #86
This would ensure a Hillary loss in a GE pinebox Feb 2016 #87
I've been pondering that for a little while now.. Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #88
If you were alive in 1968 or if you've seen footage Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #89
Video: HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #133
Oh no! The "progressive left" will revolt! What will we ever do without them? Cary Feb 2016 #90
Typical of the contempt your side of the party have always felt towards progressives. Kentonio Feb 2016 #99
Right Cary Feb 2016 #114
Oh spare me.. Kentonio Feb 2016 #119
Oh spare yourself Cary Feb 2016 #140
Nice spin Kentonio Feb 2016 #141
You call it spin, and I call it reality Cary Feb 2016 #142
On the flip side.. Kentonio Feb 2016 #143
Interesting Cary Feb 2016 #144
Self pitying twaddle Kentonio Feb 2016 #145
odd Cary Feb 2016 #146
Lose the Presidency but win for the establishment Fumesucker Feb 2016 #101
You'll lose. Badly. jeff47 Feb 2016 #110
I'll lose what? Cary Feb 2016 #115
Elections. jeff47 Feb 2016 #116
What makes you so sure that it was "the left?" Cary Feb 2016 #123
Polling. jeff47 Feb 2016 #124
If you think Clinton can win without the Left, you are in for a rude awakening. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #135
We just do what we did in 2008 rocktivity Feb 2016 #94
I will not vote for Hillary under those conditions TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2016 #102
this won't be anything Marty McGraw Feb 2016 #105
I will vote for whoever gets the majority of delegates awarded in primaries/caucuses. DemocraticWing Feb 2016 #106
"Little people vote however you like but the establishment NowSam Feb 2016 #111
Then Hillary would lose the general election AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #113
The party would be obliged to add "not very" to Democratic. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #118
A history lesson we should all know Matariki Feb 2016 #122
SuperDs overturning the popular vote would guarantee a general election loss and here's why Erokese Feb 2016 #125
Bernie is GROWING the Democratic Party. dchill Feb 2016 #126
In that case the Super Delegates would switch BainsBane Feb 2016 #131
Establishment Figures Want to Scare You with Super-delegates. Here's Why It's Bullshit. Chezboo Feb 2016 #134
Hillary's unelectability goes from theoretical to absolute fact. /nt JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #139
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