2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSwitching to GE mode before the primaries are over leaves the same taste in my mouth as
Xmas trees going up on display at Halloween.
I would like to finish the business at hand before being rushed on to the next thing!
CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)but we aren't.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Those who support Bernie just wont be enough to give him the nomination.
But they can still vote for him, to give him bargaining power. They can still vote for all those people down ticket who need support.
This is absolutely no difference than every other election we have ever had. The nominee just becomes clear at a different time each cycle.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)We were still voting and they used to announce projected winners. Don't know if they still do that, but it was awful.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Not our call. Personally, as long as the partisan smut is kept out of the general forum I can avoid it here on my own just fine.
But, I confess I am curious as to whether tomorrow will result in a decision. Will the results be decisive, and if so will the Primaries forum continue on as if we don't have a nominee.
griffi94
(3,733 posts)It's been settled since Bernie got blown out in the South.
The media and Team Bernie have pushed the "It's a real horserace" angle but
he hasn't made a dent in her delegate lead.
He won what 7 in a row and all but michigan were small mostly unpopulated states
That string of wins didn't close the delegate gap he was still down 200 before NY
After tomorrow he'll be down even farther.
You can still vote. Bernie's not going to win but nobody's saying you can't vote.
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)California (I think we're technically the last state to hold a primary, since Alaska and Hawai'i are done) has a lot more on the ballot than just the presidential primaries. They've been pretty quiet around here so far, but it's over a month off yet.
mythology
(9,527 posts)The remaining primaries would still happen. Much like they happened in 2012 when Obama was unopposed.
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)Svafa
(594 posts)BreakfastClub
(765 posts)CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)Demsrule86
(68,607 posts)to Obama she ended her campaign...and helped elect him.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)mooseprime
(474 posts)i don't like being rushed through the process
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)the narrative and direction of things or what.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)They night not have received their new packets yet.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)And I am so sick of the meme that Bernie should drop out while MSM continues to feed the Republican horse race where Trump is so far in the lead it's a joke.
Just leave Bernie and his supporters alone so we can keep campaigning.
jillan
(39,451 posts)Bernie is to Hillary, and then turns around and says Bernie should drop out.
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)Karma13612
(4,552 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Cruz is certainly further behind Trump than Sanders numerically speaking, but he can still gain.
Unfortunately, Sanders can't make gains because of proportional delegations.