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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:29 PM Mar 2016

Heileman and Halperin: Bernie likely to sweep next ten states!

And....they say....if he does that, Hillary will no longer have the BIG MO, and super delegates may start thinking they'd better represent the voters of their states.

May it be so (as my Unitarian friends like to say).

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Heileman and Halperin: Bernie likely to sweep next ten states! (Original Post) grasswire Mar 2016 OP
That's great! I see that the superdel from Idaho... dchill Mar 2016 #1
If they said that they are nuts OKNancy Mar 2016 #2
In their other predictions cosmicone Mar 2016 #3
Is this an attempt at comedy? Or just lack of anything useful to say. n/t libdem4life Mar 2016 #7
It makes people with a sense of humor cosmicone Mar 2016 #9
Oh, right. Cool. n/t libdem4life Mar 2016 #10
You cannot make an unfunny joke into a funny one by redefining humor hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #20
Perhaps some lack a sense of humor n/t cosmicone Mar 2016 #23
Conservatives and democratic conservatives sadoldgirl Mar 2016 #24
I guess maybe the kind of people that find Larry the Cable Guy to be funny. frylock Mar 2016 #26
Complete horseshit. Rewind your DVR...that's not pkdu Mar 2016 #4
I think Bernie has won more than we know.... haikugal Mar 2016 #5
I do too. I won't consider this an honest election no matter who wins at this point. Zira Mar 2016 #28
Oh, definitely Sanders will win the next ten alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #6
Thank you for sharing. Please proceed. I'm sure you have more? n/t libdem4life Mar 2016 #8
OMG, I think Bill Clinton is heading there right now! FSogol Mar 2016 #11
Clenis Interruptus! alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #12
LOL FSogol Mar 2016 #13
Pennsylvania is one of those... blue neen Mar 2016 #14
I just LOVE Hillary's "comfortable leads" FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #16
Should it say "uncomfortable lead"? blue neen Mar 2016 #17
Among the next 11 are closed primaries in NY, PA, NJ, CT and MD BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #15
Bernie-mentum? kenn3d Mar 2016 #18
the point about the importance of "electability" explained marions ghost Mar 2016 #19
I'll have whatever they are smoking. Beacool Mar 2016 #21
Grasswire, you gotta do better than that. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #22
That explains the huge push to get him to drop out. They know if they don't get him now ... ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #25
Maybe 11. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #27
That is NOT what they said at all. Happenstance24 Mar 2016 #29

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
2. If they said that they are nuts
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:37 PM
Mar 2016

Sanders will win some, but not New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and those 5 are in the next ten.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
3. In their other predictions
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:40 PM
Mar 2016

China will start being fair and start paying workers the prevailing American wages.
ISIS will disavow violence and join Dalai Lama's monastery.
Global warming will reverse itself and there will be a build-up of glaciers around the planet.
Donald Trump will be able to hold a polite and intellectual conversation.
and
Putin will give back Crimea to Ukraine.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
24. Conservatives and democratic conservatives
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 12:34 AM
Mar 2016

have very little sense of humor,
Irony is humor, satire is,but silly efforts
at sarcasm is not.

pkdu

(3,977 posts)
4. Complete horseshit. Rewind your DVR...that's not
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:42 PM
Mar 2016

What they said.

They did say he I favored in the next 5. ....and that could magically (my word) give him mo to win NY and that would then give him extraspecialsauce mo to sweep the northeastern states a week later on April 26.

On other words. " we want a horserace dammit"

It was complete fairytale garbage.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
6. Oh, definitely Sanders will win the next ten
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:59 PM
Mar 2016

He's going to clean up in the northeast - complete demolition. If he doesn't win 65%-35% in Philadelphia, the only explanation will be voter fraud and suppression. I predict he wins every precinct in Baltimore. He'l also carry Bedford-Stuyvesant 70-30!

Bern, baby, Bern!

blue neen

(12,327 posts)
14. Pennsylvania is one of those...
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:28 PM
Mar 2016

Here ya go:

"Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a comfortable lead, 53 percent to 28 percent, over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont."

"Clinton also leads in hypothetical general election matchups for president in Pennsylvania over Trump (46 percent to 33 percent) and Cruz (45 percent to 35 percent)."

Polling conducted March 14-20.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160324_Poll_finds_Kasich_gaining_ground_on_Trump_in_Pa_.html

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
15. Among the next 11 are closed primaries in NY, PA, NJ, CT and MD
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:47 PM
Mar 2016

I would love to be wrong, but I don't see it. Bernie does much better in open primaries because he dominates Hillary with independents. New York is the home of Hillary and Bill and Wall Street. The last poll I saw in NY had Bernie down by about 35 points. Somebody else posted a poll that has him down significantly in Pennsylvania.

Do they offer any rationale for their prediction?

kenn3d

(486 posts)
18. Bernie-mentum?
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:07 PM
Mar 2016

Neither the OP nor the pro-Hillary response posts portray this "analysis" impartially. Watch it for yourself here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2016-03-24/with-all-due-respect-03-24-16
The pertinent segment is from 11:30 to 14:30


We'll soon see.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
21. I'll have whatever they are smoking.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:23 PM
Mar 2016

The next ten states are: Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington on March 26. Wisconsin on April 5th. Wyoming on April 9th. New York on April 19th. Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island on April 26.

He may do well in the first five, although in WI she's up by 6%. Hillary will win NY, PA and MD. There are no recent polls in CT, DE and RI.

kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
22. Grasswire, you gotta do better than that.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:28 PM
Mar 2016

I saw the segment. They said that it was possible but in no way did they say it was likely.

They are talking heads for geez sake. They know no more than anyone else. But they would like a horse race.

But even so, they said possible, not likely.

 

ThePhilosopher04

(1,732 posts)
25. That explains the huge push to get him to drop out. They know if they don't get him now ...
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 02:54 AM
Mar 2016

they won't get him at all. Bernie will prevail. Good will triumph.

Happenstance24

(193 posts)
29. That is NOT what they said at all.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 03:00 PM
Mar 2016

They said it was possible and that he had good conditions to take all the states up to NY but then he had to win NY then hope that translates into momentum for the Apr 26 states. Even then they said it was a tall order. You are VASTLY overstating their opinion of his success at this. They weren't even sure he'd take WI next week.

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