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After Kos’ post on Bernie and the superdelegates this morning, and his subsequent timeout OPOL for what I thought was a very powerful diary, i am elevating a comment I made to a post, with some edits:
Markos, we get it. You wish the primary were...
by maggid
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 09:00 PM PDT
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Would you vote to stop Trump? Of course for many of the members of this site and people of good concience the answer is obvious. However in the heat of a primary people say things that are worrying. The idea that should your candidate not win you would...
by Zain
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 09:21 PM PDT
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Specifically:
Neither Bernie nor Hillary will win a majority of the pledged delegates before June 7, and some simple math proves it.
Here’s where we are now:
Pledged delegate counts
Total: 4051
Total available: 1747
Needed
by VTGenie
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 05:47 PM PDT
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As some of you may know, I was recently banned for a satirical piece I wrote in which I argued that we must all rally to Saruman’s side as soon as possible because doing so was our only hope to defeat the dark lord Sauron.
To all those who had a sens
by greywolfe359
401 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 08:30 AM PDT
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For most of the morning before lunch, I was for Hillary. Then I was for Bernie when I saw the 1% had taken all the cookies from the cafeteria!
Cookie Monster hates the oligarchy!
Last month, while brushing my teeth I flirted with O’Malley. And
by subir
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 10:59 AM PDT
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We’ve hit a natural intermission in primary season, with just two upcoming contests in the span of three weeks. It’s time to take stock of the delegate contests once again, using Taniel’s spreadsheet as our guide. (See our previous entry in this occasiona
by Daniel Donner
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 08:54 AM PDT
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The NYS BOE says they are not obligated under their state law to inform newly registered voters about Federal Elections, only state elections. There is a state primary on September 13.
(The image is of the front and back of a date correction card I r
by friendlyuniverse
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 06:02 AM PDT
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Arizona House Election Committee heard testimony from citizens today about the mess that was the Arizona primary.
By the way, apparently they’re still cross-checking and counting provisional ballots. They say they are going to look into problems wit
by pensando
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on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 11:09 PM PDT
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There has been a lot of noise lately about folks thinking there are a lot of Democrats who simply won’t vote for the Democratic nominee in November if it isn’t their first pick. I have always believed that while there are some people so inclined, they d
by Slamfu
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on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 03:04 PM PDT
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Right now in Pennsylvania you have at least four choices. Register with the party of your choice and have a say in who gets on the ballot. Otherwise you might spend another general election whining about the crummy choices you've been given.
If you'r
by Pooleside
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on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 02:20 PM PDT
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Well, I was taking a little stroll on politico and found two stories that indicate we may be reaching 2008 levels of dislike between the two campaigns. I know the media loves horseraces on both sides and want as many townhalls and debates as possible (Cl
by reesetheone
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on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 11:52 AM PDT
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Robert O’Harrow has been at the Washington Post for two decades and he covers the data security and privacy beat for them. He has an article out about Hillary Clinton’s e-mail setup while she was secretary of state. It discusses a number of security flaws
by subir
170 comments
on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 01:08 PM PDT
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After big wins in the Caucus states of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Utah, Bernie Sanders took to Sunday morning television shows spreading the idea that the superdelegates are going to eventually support his candidacy and dump Hillary Clinton. This is t
by jbachelor
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on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 11:56 PM PDT
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Rick Larsen has represented Washington’s 2nd Congressional District since 2000, and he’s proud of the work he’s done on behalf of his district while working in Washington DC. His campaign website proudly states
Rick Larsen is a local guy who is
by cks175
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on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 04:43 PM PDT
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I was driving to work this week, or maybe it was home, when I heard the President speaking about terrorism in his Weekly Address. It’s on our minds this week with the horrific attacks in Brussels. Terrorism is a serious issue, it harms and disrupts many
by Ellinorianne
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on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 09:52 AM PDT
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Bernie Sanders is a dead man walking.
If you want to hang on to this idea that he’s somehow turning a corner well that’s great.
But the candidate, who’s running to be the Democratic nominee cannot continue to be so obviously ignorant.
His n
by jack23
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on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 09:54 AM PDT
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Markos, from The Hill last week:
Just like Howard Dean taught us 10 years ago, you can’t build a meaningful progressive campaign without the support of African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians.
That’s right, Kos is comparing Howard
by YeaYouRite
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on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 07:43 AM PDT
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Nobody should really be surprised these days that the United States is becoming less and less of a functioning democracy. A widely read 2014 Princeton University study found that the U.S. actually bears all of the hallmarks of an oligarchy. More recently,
by Philosphine
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on Sat Mar 26, 2016 at 01:07 PM PDT
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Today is going to be a great day for Bernie in Alaska, Washington, and probably Hawaii (as expected). I am creating this diary so we Hillary Supporters can stay focused on the important wins to come!
PENNSYLVANIA (210 Delegates)
Polling Data
by DCMorgan1972DEM
200 comments
on Sat Mar 26, 2016 at 07:23 AM PDT
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After the WA, HI and AK caucuses, the delegate deficit has dropped to 226.
Bern
HILL
LEAD
AVAILABLE
LEAD AS PERCENT
MARCH 25
934
1228
294
1889
15.56%
MARCH 26
10
by subir
263 comments
on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 01:33 AM PDT
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