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(41,177 posts)markj757
(194 posts)Him trying to win by Super Delegates when its mathematically impossible for him to win based on the will of people tells me a lot about his character. And I think for him to continue to push that narrative only diminishes what he accomplished.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)character.
As Thom Hartmann pointed out, the issue this year is jobs. Bernie is strong and has a plan to create jobs which includes changing our trade policy.
Hillary is weak on jobs. If she is our nominee, many Americans will feel forced to vote for Trump because of his stands on trade and jobs.
A lot of Hillary voters are very comfortable economically and do not understand why Americans are voting for Trump and on the Democratic side for Bernie.
But jobs trump all other issues this year.
California has not yet voted. We shall see how Bernie does here. I think he will do very well. We are the 7th largest economy in the WORLD. A lot of American forget we exist. We could change the election a great deal with our votes. The super-delegates may sit up and take notice once we have voted.
Strangest election I've ever seen, and I have seen many of them.
1monster
(11,012 posts)She tried to pre-empt the voters by tying up the super delegates from the start... and used bribey as well as the shadowy threat of her numerically graded list.
Bernie's plan is to try to get a majority of the delegates and then make his case to the super delegates that he is the best candidate to beat Donald Trump.
Hillary is not going to win the nomination without the super delegates either. Why do you think she is owed the super delegates and that Bernie has no right to court their support?
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Hillary is very weak on that issue. She has backed trade agreements that Americans literally hate. Trump is strong on trade and jobs although an idiot on all other issues and an insult to American voters in every respect.
Bernie is the guy to beat Trump.
I'm still not convinced that Trump will actually be the Republican nominee. This could be a very, very strange election year. Too many influential leaders of the Republican Party are likely to be unhappy with Trump. But then the same is true of Bernie on the Democratic side.
This is the strangest election year I have ever seen. The problem is the trade agreements and the devastation they have wrought on our economy at its very basis.
Feel the Bern!
We have not yet voted in California.
That Trump is the candidate at this time on the other side will deeply and darkly influence Democrats in California.