Politico: Bernie Has Been Mathematically Eliminated from Winning With Pledged Delegates

[Her Sister]

It's mathematically impossible for Bernie to win with pledged delegates

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/math-says-bernie-sanders-is-finished-222775

http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-has-been-mathematically-eliminated-from-winning-with-pledged-delegates/

woohooo!! Someone was saying that here Today!!

[Her Sister]

1. http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/math-says-bernie-san

Here's how it works: After winning Indiana, Sanders has 1,399 pledged delegates and superdelegates to his name, according to the Associated Press' count. That means he needs 984 more to reach the threshold of 2,383 needed to win.

The remaining contests, however — Guam, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia — only have 933 pledged delegates to offer.

So even if Sanders were to win 100 percent of the pledged delegates in each of those states, he wouldn't make it past the mark.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/math-says-bernie-sanders-is-finished-222775

[Cha]

17. NIce and easy way to understand the Math on that on, HS.. Even for BS..

I don't care how much he ruins himself by accusing Hillary of money laundering.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/math-says-bernie-sanders-is-finished-222775

Thank you! I like the sound of that.. "berny is Finished" Fini.

[Her Sister]

2. http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-has-been-mathematically-eliminated-from-winning-with-pledged-dele

No matter how you twist the numbers, there’s no longer any way for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination with pledged delegates. He simply has no viable path to the Democratic nomination and when he says he does, he’s giving his supporters unfounded hope.

http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-has-been-mathematically-eliminated-from-winning-with-pledged-delegates/

[spooky3]

3. Thank you, Hoosiers!

[Cha]

18. Really! Hip Hip Hooray, Hoosiers!

spooky!

[brer cat]

4. It kind of sad that Ted Cruz

has a better grip on reality.

[Her Sister]

6. I think BS thought the GOP was having a contested convention

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But it backfired on the GOP. Voters that did not like any of the GOP candidates liked the idea of stealing the election from the candidate with the most votes even less! So Republican voters turned against Cruz because of it.

If the Republican voters did not like the idea what makes BS think we Democrats do? It's just so classless!

[Cha]

19. Tres triste.

[GusBob]

5. They are lying about a path to pad their pockets

Shameful

[Thinkingabout]

9. Agree

[Cha]

20. It's a shame his supporters are so besodded that they don't know any better, either.. the two

paths to a BS victory..



rivers~http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=124992



GusBob~

[Chichiri]

7. That's true. He needs 965 delegates...

...and 933 pledged delegates remain.

Keep in mind, though, that Hillary will probably be eliminated from pledged-only victory before California.

[Her Sister]

10. Makes sense since everything is split!

and BS sticking around...

[madaboutharry]

8. Kasich said it would be

immoral for him to raise money when he couldn't win. I respect him more than Sanders.

[GusBob]

11. Socialists are amoral

The difference between right and wrong is beyond their comprehension

Their way is the only way Truth honor or justice do not apply

[SunSeeker]

21. Pathetic when Kasich and Cruz have a better grasp of reality than Sanders. nt

[wysi]

22. Not only a better grasp of reality...

But apparently both are more principled than Sanders. Which is a pretty damning indictment of the senator.

[grossproffit]

12. He's never going to concede. I get physically sick just looking at him.

[riversedge]

14. I wish he would just fade away

[riversedge]

13. No. Excuse me. You're done. #DropOutBernie

SolidBlue2016 Retweeted
khyde ?@kthyde66 35m35 minutes ago

No. Excuse me. You're done. #DropOutBernie

[DemonGoddess]

15. There was a link

in the BNR article to where he's demanding ANOTHER debate. No. No more debates. He loses them anyway, so what's the point?

[Her Sister]

16. Attention! Free Coverage!

Being Important!

Yeah heard he wants a California debate!

[KitSileya]

23. The comments by BS supporters at Politico shows how out of touch they are.

Lots of commenters claiming that Hillary doesn't have the math either, because they insist on saying she needs 2383 pledged delegates, instead of 2383 delegates, while BS of course only needs 2026 delegates, not 2026 pledged delegates. So she doesn't get to count her superdelegate endorsements, but he does. They refuse to acknowledge that Sanders need all the SD endorsements - he can't win even with a winner-takes-all in SDs, or a proportional allocation of SDs.

They still believe that Hillary can't win open primaries (she's won a majority of them.)

They refuse to believe that Hillary, or even Debbie Wasserman Schultz, don't control the state primary processes.

The result of all this is the opposite of what they want, because these extreme fringe BS supporters refuse to consider Hillary a legitimate candidate. Instead of pushing her left (which is another delusion that they have, as she was to the left of Bernie on several issues, including gun control and immigration) she will be forced to work with the only group that isn't going authoritarian and purist - moderate republicans, who themselves have a problem with rabid purists on their extreme fringe. So she's going to have to compromise towards the center, because those on the extreme left are refusing to work with her - they consider their purity more important than the welfare of the country and its people.