2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton campaign memo: There's no hope for Bernie
BURLINGTON, VT Hours after Bernie Sanders two top aides used a news conference to pledge to keep fighting for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clintons campaign manager shot back with a memo painting a grim picture for the Vermont senator.
With a pledged delegate lead of more than 180 and momentum on our side, we anticipate building on this lead even further making it increasingly difficult and eventually mathematically impossible for Sen. Sanders to catch up, wrote Robby Mook, Clinton's top political aide.
Making the case that Sanders would need to start capturing big delegate hauls in large states in order to catch up to the former secretary of state, Mook ran through Tuesdays results to note Clintons wide margins of victory in big states and the resulting delegate hauls for her including 44 net delegates in Georgia and 80 in Texas.
We have no doubt that as long as Sen. Sanders remains in the primary, he will continue to win elections along the way, but it will make little difference to Hillarys pledged delegate lead, Mook wrote. "This upcoming Saturday will reinforce the point: although we continue to fight for every vote, Sen. Sanders has clear advantages and is investing heavily in two upcoming caucuses (Nebraska and Kansas). But even if Sen. Sanders does win in these states, we anticipate being able to win Louisiana by a larger margin and emerge from the day with more delegates."
In other words, over the upcoming weeks, we intend to steadily add to Hillary Clintons already sizable lead in delegates, and as we do, it will become harder and harder mathematically for Sen. Sanders to ever catch up, Mook added in the memo, which echoed his post-Iowa missive to top donors, when he told them Sanders was no longer a viable candidate.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/clinton-memo-bernie-sanders-no-hope-220124
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Manages not to use the word inevitability, and does outline the path to victory.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)AzDar
(14,023 posts)revbones
(3,660 posts)You guys can add to the conversation.
You can't talk about issues, because well Hillary doesn't really have any positions that don't change with the wind. You can't talk about Bernie's platforms because in theory you agree with them all, you just ignore Hillary betraying you on them.
Enjoy her win if it comes. I'm sure the NRA money will help.
angrychair
(8,733 posts)This is not going away:
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/271387-fbi-director-i-am-closely-involved-with-clinton-email-investigation
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/271194-final-batch-of-clinton-emails-released
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/morning-joe-panel-interviews-coming-clinton-email-investigation-problem-for-her-if-nominee/
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/27/468366616/investigation-into-clinton-emails-continues
Please don't insult my intelligence or your own by making excuses or spinning tales of "vast right-wing conspiracies" or laughable attacks on news sources. That is bullshit. What is happening is real. There are real federal judges. Real FBI agents. Real IGs. Real reports from real intelligence agencies. Real Justice department attorneys.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
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angrychair
(8,733 posts)I am happy to debate content but publication not so much.
Trying to weed out what is or isn't a good source here is a Gordian Knot sometimes.
If there is a master list somewhere than point me to it.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)If the FBI recommends indictment against Hillary,
all current delegate "math" is out the window.
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)They'd gain nothing if Clinton actually was inevitable.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Its hard work campaigning and this gives them confidence it will not be for nothing.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Even though she is the likely nominee it sounds like Bernie is not giving up and will battle on to the end.
oasis
(49,407 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)All these memos do is make Sanders supporters dig in deeper.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. You know I just, I don't understand it."
msongs
(67,441 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Or off with your head!
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)With a pledged delegate lead of more than 180 and momentum on our side, we anticipate building on this lead even further making it increasingly difficult and eventually mathematically impossible for Sen. Sanders to catch up,