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Scurrilous

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24. His predictions were crazy. They made no sense.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #15)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 09:42 PM

Feb 2020

Sanders winning Tenn. and OK? What?

Was he going for self-fulfilling prophecy?

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

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538 - Election Update: Biden Hasn't Exactly Collapsed Since New Hampshire [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP

Someone here said yesterday that Sanders was predicted to win every state through Super Tuesday! George II Feb 2020 #1

In fairness squirecam Feb 2020 #4

"it thinks Biden could drop out" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #12

re: " Considering that that's extraordinarily unlikely before SC" thesquanderer Feb 2020 #16

Biden went right to SC on NH primary day squirecam Feb 2020 #17

I'm sure he wants to. But without knowing the cash situation, there's some uncertainty. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #20

It's OKish. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #25

I think the question is whether they've been meeting projections THIS quarter, i.e. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #29

I think they say at the end. Meanwhile.. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #31

It's two weeks away. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #21

He didn't expect to come in 4th and 5th, drying up contributions. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #23

Yeah, that was a bizarre prediction PatSeg Feb 2020 #8

Didn't think so Cha Feb 2020 #2

This is a lot of guessing squirecam Feb 2020 #3

How's Joe's fundraising going? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #5

He was just fundraising in NY squirecam Feb 2020 #6

Folks like me DownriverDem Feb 2020 #9

... Scurrilous Feb 2020 #33

Since there are people like me giving donations revmclaren Feb 2020 #28

What he fails to mention is the other poll from 2/6. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #7

The race is a narrative. squirecam Feb 2020 #10

Hah! Scurrilous Feb 2020 #13

Even worse.... TwilightZone Feb 2020 #15

His predictions were crazy. They made no sense. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #24

If you're talking about the Zogby poll... TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11

Yeah, it is crap. But he put it into his calculations for the average, so... Scurrilous Feb 2020 #19

Good point. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #22

Crap model is right. Model based on Silver's flawed political analysis, little information as so emmaverybo Feb 2020 #14

No it was not. . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #18

Conventional wisdom? Is that code for Peggy Noonan? Scurrilous Feb 2020 #27

Thing about Biden is... Kerrycrat Feb 2020 #26

Age Can Matter colsohlibgal Feb 2020 #30

I really hope people will reconsider Biden. Swing state friendly, foreign policy ace, he knows what UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #32

Yep. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #34