2016 Postmortem

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:41 PM Mar 2016

Sanders: The Dem Nominee Must Beat Trump

Bernie just made the best case for his nomination on Rachel's' show tonight. We must beat Trump. Rachel and Chris must know what we all know. Everyone of us have seen the polls with Trump vs Bernie and seen Trump getting burned in almost everyone of them! It's not just Bernie's team that has seen those polls.

Maybe someone should drop out of the race and support the other Dem candidate. Maybe that person should NOT be Bernie!

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Sanders: The Dem Nominee Must Beat Trump (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 OP

You know this isn't golf, right? 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #1

ROFL DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #5

But.. But, It's Hillary's Turn! She has the best resume, blah, blah, blah..... Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #2

And many more delegates and 2.5 million more votes. Trivial statistics, I know. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #6

Take Away the BS "Super Delegates" and they're only about 500 delegates apart. Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #11

Only 500 delegates? grossproffit Mar 2016 #13

I was wrong; Without Superdelegates it's less than 400!!!! Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #17

But.. But, more people are voting for her. Nearly 3 million more. grossproffit Mar 2016 #7

Those polls don't mean diddly-do-da shit right now. Wait until they SMASH Bernie with: RBInMaine Mar 2016 #3

But, I've read here that Republicans would cross over to vote for him. grossproffit Mar 2016 #8

One would think that, if anyone would reject polls 6 months out, it would be the Sanders supporters Trust Buster Mar 2016 #10

And they won't trash Hillary? Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #12

Not to mention agnostic...can you imagine the christian right taking that lying down? anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #19

Wishful thinking. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #4

Real Democrats don't agree. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #9

Trump hasn't been in a two way race (sorry, Martin...). Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #18

Nice try. I'll stick with the real Democrats. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #20

Your prerogative. Me, I could care less about party branding. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #21

I'm glad he realizes that he needs to strongly endorse Hillary. The sooner the better. DanTex Mar 2016 #14

Doesn't Trump have more votes than Bernie Sanders through the primaries? ProudToBeLiberal Mar 2016 #15

Thanks to Hillary & Bernie Supporters! JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #16

More indies like Bernie RobertEarl Mar 2016 #22

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)

1. You know this isn't golf, right?

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:43 PM

Mar 2016

The lower number isn't better.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

5. ROFL

Reply to 72DejaVu (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:46 PM

Mar 2016

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

2. But.. But, It's Hillary's Turn! She has the best resume, blah, blah, blah.....

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:43 PM

Mar 2016

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

6. And many more delegates and 2.5 million more votes. Trivial statistics, I know.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:46 PM

Mar 2016

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

11. Take Away the BS "Super Delegates" and they're only about 500 delegates apart.

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:56 PM

Mar 2016

There are a lot of states yet to vote and they should be able to do so without being told who to vote for by the corporate media and DNC.

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)

13. Only 500 delegates?

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:58 PM

Mar 2016

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

17. I was wrong; Without Superdelegates it's less than 400!!!!

Reply to grossproffit (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:16 PM

Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton: 1,606 - 467 superdelegates = 1139
Bernie Sanders: 851 - 26 superdelegates = 825
1139
825
__________

314 Difference

NOT YET ALLOCATED 2,308!

WHY THE HELL SHOULD BERNIE STEP DOWN NOW? Based on a totally unfair fight, I'd say he's doing pretty dam well!

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)

7. But.. But, more people are voting for her. Nearly 3 million more.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:46 PM

Mar 2016

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

3. Those polls don't mean diddly-do-da shit right now. Wait until they SMASH Bernie with:

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:43 PM

Mar 2016

"SOCIALIST COMMUNIST MASSIVE TAX AND SPENDER MASSIVE GOVERNMENT EXPANDER" day and night in a billion dollars worth of ads. They'd crush him.

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)

8. But, I've read here that Republicans would cross over to vote for him.

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:47 PM

Mar 2016

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

10. One would think that, if anyone would reject polls 6 months out, it would be the Sanders supporters

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:49 PM

Mar 2016

who witnessed a 20 point lead disappear in one week before Michigan. Wishful thinking does weird things to people.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

12. And they won't trash Hillary?

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:57 PM

Mar 2016

LOL!

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)

19. Not to mention agnostic...can you imagine the christian right taking that lying down?

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:21 PM

Mar 2016

Add a bit of pro-pot legalization and those polls will change very quickly.

They purposely are not bring up any of these issues during the primary, honestly first because they didn't take him seriously, but then because they started salivating at the idea of him being the Democratic GE candidate.

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

4. Wishful thinking.

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:44 PM

Mar 2016

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

9. Real Democrats don't agree.

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:48 PM

Mar 2016

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She has won more votes than Sanders and Trump.
But thanks.

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

18. Trump hasn't been in a two way race (sorry, Martin...).

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:19 PM

Mar 2016

That Trump is not so very far behind Clinton despite being in a larger field should alarm her supporters. The Republican turnout has been huge, too.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

20. Nice try. I'll stick with the real Democrats.

Reply to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #18)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:29 PM

Mar 2016

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

21. Your prerogative. Me, I could care less about party branding.

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #20)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:39 PM

Mar 2016

I'm an independent progressive (socialist, really...). Brand means nothing to me.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

14. I'm glad he realizes that he needs to strongly endorse Hillary. The sooner the better.

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:59 PM

Mar 2016

ProudToBeLiberal

(3,964 posts)

15. Doesn't Trump have more votes than Bernie Sanders through the primaries?

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:00 PM

Mar 2016

In fact, Hillary Clinton is the only one who has more votes than Donald Trump. I think she has like 1 million votes than Donald Trump at the moment Last time I looked at the popular vote, Bernie was trailing Ted Cruz!

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)

16. Thanks to Hillary & Bernie Supporters!

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:09 PM

Mar 2016

For a logical debate! Anyway, the proof is in the poll numbers. Bernie wins more independents than Hillary. They always decide Pres. elections, since I was not able to vote! (wow! that was 42 long years ago!)

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

22. More indies like Bernie

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:28 AM

Mar 2016

That's a fact. And somewhere around 40 percent of voters are indies. And Bernie's not going to do anything stupid and make them mad. Whereas H and T both will.

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