Regardless of how well Bernie does in New York today, you’ll be hearing another round of “the Democratic primary is over” blather from the mainstream media. Don’t believe a word of it.
Bernie’s national poll numbers are surging. The enthusiasm behind him is growing. His fundraising is gaining. Future primaries look good, especially California’s giant one June 7. Before New York he won 7 of the last 8 primaries and caucuses.
Besides, there’s almost no possibility Hillary Clinton can accumulate the 2,383 delegates she needs in order to put her over the top before the Democratic convention -- without the Democratic insider “superdelegates” she’s relying on.
But those superdelegates aren’t officially pledged to vote for her, and if Bernie’s popularity keeps growing, and hers keeps dropping, those superdelegates may feel compelled to switch. (The latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll gives Bernie a net positive rating but Hillary Clinton is rated favorably by only 32 percent compared to a 56 percent negative score -- her lowest rating since the poll started tracking her favorability in January 2001.)
Most importantly, Bernie is leading a movement to reclaim our democracy and our economy from the moneyed interests, which is the prerequisite to everything else. And that movement is unstoppable.