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The 4 Things You Need to Know About Bernie Sanders’ Historic Comeback
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The 4 Things You Need to Know About Bernie Sanders’ Historic Comeback
03/29/2016 09:38 am ET | Updated 21 hours ago
Seth Abramson
Assistant Professor of English at University of New Hampshire; Series Co-Editor, Best American Experimental Writing
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...everything that’s happening now in the Clinton-Sanders race was predicted, long ago, by either Sanders himself or the hard data of this election season. Moreover, none of what’s happening is a surprise to the politicos on the Clinton side, either; that’s one reason they’re working overtime to control and then shift the narrative from the inevitability of a major Sanders comeback. While it’s still up in the air whether that comeback will be total or near-total, only by manipulating the narrative can the Clinton campaign keep Sanders at bay.
And that’s why understanding that what’s happening now is no more or less than what was readily predictable a year ago is crucial to understanding the current state of the Democratic primary race. This means unpacking not just the Clinton camp’s transparent attempts to skew the media narrative, but also, and more importantly, the hard data behind a comeback that could end up being every bit as historic as Sanders supporters are now suggesting it will be.
So here are the four items every voter needs to have a handle on as we enter the vortex of nonsense the Clinton campaign sent spinning into the election season as soon as Sanders eliminated 22.5% of her delegate lead in just twelve hours of voting in three states.
1. Hillary Clinton’s reversal of her position on super-delegates.
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2. The certainty that Sanders would fall way behind in the first half of the nominating season, only to come roaring back in its latter half.
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3. The Clinton camp’s use of the media to spin its chances of clinching the nomination via pledged delegates.
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4. Sanders’ growing ability to meet or exceed his delegate targets almost everywhere.
03/29/2016 09:38 am ET | Updated 21 hours ago
Seth Abramson
Assistant Professor of English at University of New Hampshire; Series Co-Editor, Best American Experimental Writing
<snip>
...everything that’s happening now in the Clinton-Sanders race was predicted, long ago, by either Sanders himself or the hard data of this election season. Moreover, none of what’s happening is a surprise to the politicos on the Clinton side, either; that’s one reason they’re working overtime to control and then shift the narrative from the inevitability of a major Sanders comeback. While it’s still up in the air whether that comeback will be total or near-total, only by manipulating the narrative can the Clinton campaign keep Sanders at bay.
And that’s why understanding that what’s happening now is no more or less than what was readily predictable a year ago is crucial to understanding the current state of the Democratic primary race. This means unpacking not just the Clinton camp’s transparent attempts to skew the media narrative, but also, and more importantly, the hard data behind a comeback that could end up being every bit as historic as Sanders supporters are now suggesting it will be.
So here are the four items every voter needs to have a handle on as we enter the vortex of nonsense the Clinton campaign sent spinning into the election season as soon as Sanders eliminated 22.5% of her delegate lead in just twelve hours of voting in three states.
1. Hillary Clinton’s reversal of her position on super-delegates.
<snip>
2. The certainty that Sanders would fall way behind in the first half of the nominating season, only to come roaring back in its latter half.
<snip>
3. The Clinton camp’s use of the media to spin its chances of clinching the nomination via pledged delegates.
<snip>
4. Sanders’ growing ability to meet or exceed his delegate targets almost everywhere.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/the-4-things-you-need-to-know-about-bernie-sanders-historic-comeback_b_9557952.html
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I wouldn't call that way behind. 
Hillary has a 6% pledged delegate lead.
Pledged delegates
Hillary Clinton - 1266
Bernie Sanders -1038
1266-1038=228
228 divided by 1266 =18%
are using the bougus sd's to pad Hillarys lead, that's how we know they are in deep doodoo right now
