It's over. It's been over. Somebody drop the needle on "Let It Go" so we can move on already.

when they've got the cunning Weaver and Devine who keep egging them on, lying through their teeth about a "path to the nomination"?

I DO believe that it's mostly the ambitious Jane and the avaricious Weaver and Devine who are the drivers behind this.

going. I'm sure Weaver's compensation is hefty as well.

Oh yeah, on until the convention is their rallying cry.

Though some of the congressional district delegates in NY may switch over the next week or so, but that's about the area.

Tamron Hall's news segment on MSNBC about an hour ago.

Theoretically they could change. You don't really need to include them to realize she has a lead thats nearly insurmountable. If you run the numbers using only pledged delegates, HRC needs 41.6% going forward and SBS needs 58.5% to reach a majority.

Since Sanders has been legitimizing superdelegates (stupidly) that means it's pretty much over if he loses PA and MD next week.

he abandoned wooing minority groups. It's not that he didn't want their votes, he just seemingly had better directions to invest his energy, like using TV time to call SDs and their role corrupt.

And of course, he has had 0 interest in raising funds for mainstream Democrats. That he did give some attention to bringing along a handful of left-radical candidates just underlines the snub.

Yes, we count the superdelegates!

She has 1446 now. She'd need to win 67% of the remaining 1380 pledged delegates. That sounds far fetched until you look at the calendar of upcoming states, which is not favorable to Sanders. Next week does not look good for him, and after next week KY, NJ, and CA should be good states for Hillary.

Do I think she'll get 67%? No, but I think 55-60% is likely, and then the number of Superdelegates she'd need would be pretty low (something like 140).

despite the fact it's complete horseshit.

So kudos to them for that.

That looks pretty final.

drop out graciously, or let it play out GRACIOUSLY. If he continues attacking Hillary, however, it quickly will become obvious that he was never a democrat and has no intention of supporting the democratic nominee. He used the party to get "exposure." Shame on him. It reminds me of Donald Dump.

We'll see. But I hope I'm right.

But, the Sanders we see today is no longer the "pure and principled" one he advertized last autumn.

His ego and ambition have run away with him, I fear.

The adulation of the crowds has gone to his head, and he now believes his own myth.

Will he come back down to earth without crashing the whole Party?

But I believe he will snap out of it and take a higher road than they would have him take. Not sure what that road may be yet.

for a better deal at the convention.

..by convention.

And so it becomes a matter of wooing super delegates.

Those are the rules.

That's not as far-fetched as it sounds if you look at the upcoming list of states. Sanders would need to win over 85% of the remaining pledged delegates.

But let's just say everything from here on out splits 50/50.That gets Clinton to something like 2150 pledged delegates. She'd only need 248 SDs and she has 478 now, with more to be gotten. Sanders would need to convince over 230 of them to switch and not have Hilary gain any more SDs from now to the finish-- and that's assuming that Hillary takes only half of the remaining pledged delegates. The remaining calendar is favorable to her, and she'll likely take more. I'll concede 67% is not likely, but I think something in the 55/45 to 60/40 neighborhood is likely.

Sanders taking the nomination at this point is not impossible, but it is now in the realm of highly unlikely.

(2,382 Needed to Win) - 4763 1930 1189
Delegates Won - 4051 1428 1151
Superdelegates - (712) 502 38

Not counting Superdelegates (assuming they don't want the outcome to appear as rigged as it actually is):

To win the majority of ELECTED delegates, a candidate needs 4051/2, or 2023 elected delegates.

There are (4051-1428-1151) = 1472 delegates remaining to be elected.

Bernie needs (2023-1151)/1472 = 59% of remaining elected delegates.
Hillary needs (2023-1428)/1472 = 40% of remaining elected delegates.

Closed primaries (except RI) and diverse states that are more in Clinton's wheelhouse.

Sanders still has some good states. Oregon and Indiana should both be good for him. He probably takes Guam. However, Kentucky should be a solid Clinton state. WV could go either way. Then we get to June 7th, with NJ and CA.

I'm not certain that HRC will close the deal in May, but I don't see any doubt after June 7th.

Geez.

Chutzpah.

Yeah, it really isn't. Get a grip.