2016 Postmortem
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(19,877 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)lol
big_dog
(4,144 posts)Democratic Primary
Sanders leads by less than 1 point, or 158 votes, with 19% reporting.
Candidates Vote Pct.
Bernie Sanders 76,115 50.1%
Hillary Clinton 75,957 49.9
152,072 votes, 19% reporting (1,036 of 5,374 precincts)
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I'm exhausted already
piss Hillary supporters off that Bernie Sanders supporters aren't demoralized, doesn't it?
You guys just can't fathom how he keeps winning states despite a full court press of "throw in the towel."
We were supposed to be in despair by now, I guess. Doesn't look like that strategy is working.
We just think it's inefficient for him to maintain his strategy.
I will however give him credit, he's toned down the rhetoric in the past week. His supporters and campaign not so much but he personally has.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)And I am just fine with him maintaining his strategy and winning states.
I welcome the cries of "it can't be done". It is all I've heard this entire primary - how x, y and z can't be done.
metroins
(2,550 posts)Of winning.
I'm also glad she's essentially switched to the GE.
annavictorious
(934 posts)It's so tight in Indiana that I wonder why he didn't wait in the hopes of making a victory speech later this evening.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)I'm thrilled to see him pick up Indiana. His supporters are not demoralized despite the best efforts of many on this board, and I respect tenacity.
This is going to be a knock-down dragout to the convention, and honestly, we have needed one. It's time to flesh out our platform instead of tossing out platitudes.
It's healthy for the Democratic party.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)is kind of shooting himself in the foot. He has pretty much called the SDs corrupted and bribable- but is now trying to court them?
Also the money in the Hillary victory fund is going to spent on the GE whether he approves or not- and he'd take the money too. I know the system needs an overhaul, but I do not see this approach having integrity either. I just don't see it.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)other than if it waddles like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably isn't a chicken.
I know you are a Hillary supporter, and I can appreciate why many would support her.
As for myself, there is WAY to much smoke with regards to the Clinton's financial dealings for it to just be right wingers puffing like crazy on cigars in the back room.
There is a hell of a lot of fire somewhere.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)and we both know why that is happening. Take the foundation for instance, I know a lot of people in non-profit and they say it is a model non-profit, and their focus has been on bringing kids out of poverty as well as raising the health standards and economic opportunities in impoverished areas. Because they facilitate their own programs, they get more bang from the buck. In Africa, they are not just folk heroes because if it, they are known because they go over every year to check in on their programs and see what needs to be expanded, what's not working, etc. They have been supporting older Masai villages that promise to stop FGM, and I think all of this is amazing work. I am dismayed at how people here are calling it a slush fund. She has immediately started putting together resources to help Flint- while SBS only called for someone to get fired. That is a difference that matters to me.
And honestly, the other fund raising is something every candidate in the history has done- suddenly it is the devils work. Trump will be claiming that too. I don't buy this sudden rule change that benefit the two only. I get why they are doing it. I also get Sanders knows he can have the Hillary Victory fund for himself, if he was to win. And I do think he would take that money.
Jeeze, looking at the map, they won;t know anything for hours. Going to step out and check in later! Peace, sister!
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,352 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Perhaps he'll hang on to the lead...
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Is it happening?