2016 Postmortem

baldguy

(36,649 posts) Mon May 2, 2016, 08:58 PM May 2016

There Is A Hole In Bernie Sanders’ Strategy For Winning The Nomination

At the same time he was arguing that superdelegates should reflect the will of the primary voters in their states, he continued to make the case that superdelegates did not need to reflect the will of the voters nationally. After the press conference was over, in fact, the Sanders campaign refused to agree that Clinton is “entitled” to a share of superdelegates proportional to her margin of victory nationally.

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There Is A Hole In Bernie Sanders’ Strategy For Winning The Nomination (Original Post) baldguy May 2016 OP

That's not a "strategy" for winning ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #1

He isn't "entitled" to ANY superdelegate vote Lucinda May 2016 #2

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)

1. That's not a "strategy" for winning ...

Reply to baldguy (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 09:04 PM

May 2016

... it's a strategy for ensuring that the money keeps coming in.

But what can you expect of a man who said, "It would be hypocritical of me to run as a Democrat because of the things I have said about the party," who then goes on to run as a Democrat?

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

2. He isn't "entitled" to ANY superdelegate vote

Reply to baldguy (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 09:05 PM

May 2016

and neither is Hillary.

The votes belong to the supers to cast, in whatever way they feel is best for the party. That has been the system for a few decades now, and Bernie was well aware of the process when he signed on. Hillary has the vast majority of the supers because she is the best candidate running. Full stop.

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