2016 Postmortem

thesquanderer

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18. Obama presumably knows more than we do, but he is not omniscient.

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 11:58 AM

Apr 2016

Did he know she had a server in her basement?

He does not know what the investigation will uncover.

Meanwhile, regardless of what he knows or thinks, what would you expect him to say? That the frontrunner for his party's nomination would be a risky bet?

Regardless of whether he thinks Hillary's odds of indictment are 0% or 1% or something greater than that, I would not expect any of his public statements to be any different, I would not expect him to say anything that would in any way damage Hillary's campaign. Not unless he had concrete evidence of a real problem.

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Dellamaide: "Hillary Clinton’s ‘insurmountable’ lead is fuzzy math" [View all] corbettkroehler Apr 2016 OP

Someone has called HRC's lead insurmountable? Not that I've heard. Where does this crap come from? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1

It comes from an unrelenting effort to paint Hillary as inevitable. kristopher Apr 2016 #20

Is there a quote in there where someone says Hillary's lead being insurmountable? I didn't see it. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #21

You remain in a perpetual state of confusion. kristopher Apr 2016 #24

Care to answer the question? Are you capable? Or are you simply admitting I'm correct? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #26

Poor little darlin'. kristopher Apr 2016 #34

Then you shouldn't have any trouble leftynyc Apr 2016 #38

I don't feel the need to prove myself right any more than if I said water is wet. kristopher Apr 2016 #39

Uh - no leftynyc Apr 2016 #40

Unh - yeah kristopher Apr 2016 #42

Right, because the prospect of the SDs firebrand80 Apr 2016 #2

She's lost 6 straight primaries,.... HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #3

Losing 6 straight firebrand80 Apr 2016 #6

By your 'logic' winning streaks and momentum don't exist! AgingAmerican Apr 2016 #9

I don't really think momentum exists firebrand80 Apr 2016 #14

Neither does gravity AgingAmerican Apr 2016 #19

I think the thought of SD abandoning the PD leader is more wishful thinking ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #27

I think he's doing his supporters a disservice firebrand80 Apr 2016 #32

I don't want to believe that this is a vanity run for Sanders ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #36

It is not yet certain who will have more PD by the time of the convention. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #4

the SDs will follow the pledged delegates geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5

^that nt firebrand80 Apr 2016 #7

I would say it's slightly higher than zero either way. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #10

the superdelegates won't give a crap about that polling geek tragedy Apr 2016 #11

Kasich polls better in the general, not because he's trailing... thesquanderer Apr 2016 #16

President Obama knows a lot more than we do and he is not worried. nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #17

Obama presumably knows more than we do, but he is not omniscient. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #18

How GWB of them! Fuzzy math = "sometimes you need to ...fudge the numbers, not tell the truth GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #8

The GOP convention is only "open" if it makes it to the 3rd ballot, I believe Tarc Apr 2016 #12

Not really KingFlorez Apr 2016 #13

Clinton made a race of it towards the very end SFnomad Apr 2016 #23

It is essentially over Renew Deal Apr 2016 #15

The Sanders cheerleaders are having a Karl Rove Ohio sized meltdown SFnomad Apr 2016 #22

Where is the error? kristopher Apr 2016 #25

Clinton will have the majority of pledged delegates ... SFnomad Apr 2016 #28

So you admit (by diverting from question) that there is no error. kristopher Apr 2016 #29

Apparently you had problems reading my original post in this thread. Do I need to use smaller words? SFnomad Apr 2016 #30

It is more than just a technical possibility; it is a real possibility. kristopher Apr 2016 #33

In the real world, it doesn't matter what "technically" can happen SFnomad Apr 2016 #35

I take it your predictive abilities have made you a fortune on the stock market, right? kristopher Apr 2016 #37

Bzzzt, I've never claimed to be able to predict the stock market SFnomad Apr 2016 #41

Fuzzy Math? Where would anybody get such a crazy idea? Octafish Apr 2016 #31

As the events today washed over me, I thought of that photo... kristopher Apr 2016 #43