It's down to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands now!! Sorry Jersey shore and Cali...

[Sancho]

Hillary needs 74 delegates now that SDs continue to commit. Four more today.
Needed to win nomination: 2,383
Hillary Clinton: 2,309 (includes 540 super delegates)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-delegate-tracker/

Puerto Rico has 67 and the Virgin Islands have 12. Their primaries are June 4 and 5.
Hillary could be the winner before NJ or California even start!!

[bravenak]

1. We might win them all!!!

[brer cat]

16. Sweet!

I would love to see that happen.

[Princess Turandot]

2. pssst...she's already gotten 7 of the supers from PR and USVI...

so right now, only 72 dels are available there...(Scroll down to them on bloomberg)

but there are 132 supers still open altogether, so you never know!

[Sancho]

3. so...she needs 74 out of 204 from the Islands + SDs left !!

Cool. I hope the Blemmings continue to harass the SDs!

[sheshe2]

13. Winning~

[Princess Turandot]

14. Yep! nt

[SaschaHM]

4. I would probably give her all of the uncomitted NV SDs including Roberta Lange.

It will be a cold day in hell before they flock to Sanders.

[George II]

6. Yes, Roberta Lange isn't committed yet, but she went into their convention as a Sanders supporter...

....and I seriously doubt that's still the case.

[sarae]

10. I can't imagine why Lange might switch her support

to Clinton - how odd! What could possibly have made her change her mind?

[LiberalFighter]

24. I've heard that before.

Do you have a source to her as a Sanders' supporter?

[George II]

30. It was in one of the news reports about the convention mayhem.

[LiberalFighter]

35. That is probably where I have seen it too.

I was hoping there was something that predates the convention.

[MADem]

5. I'd be shocked if we took 'em all. Even if we get half of that lot, we're so close to the finish

line it doesn't matter.

[BootinUp]

7. Seems a stretch, but it will be fun to watch. nt

[DURHAM D]

8. Here are a few of the Supers who have not indicated

a preference -

President Obama
VP Biden
Pres. Jimmy Carter
Al Gore
Senator Fred Harris (former)
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Jon Tester
Cong. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Cong. Nancy Pelosi
Donna Brazile
James Roosevelt
Leah Daughtry
Andrew Tobias

Do you think Hil might get a few of these?

[BootinUp]

9. She probably needs around 25 more to end it

before NJ. That assumes a 60% win in these earlier primaries.

[Rose Siding]

36. If the islands take her close enough, how sweet if they'd coordinate to put her over the top

sigh

[still_one]

15. Most of those have and are very influential in the Democratic party, and for reasons of unity I

don't think they will endorse until all the primaries are over, and most won't do it until a nominee has been officially determined

[Sancho]

17. I'm hoping that the big hitters will come out for Hillary...maybe Memorial Day?

At this point, it's time to put Bernie "to heel". He's causing more trouble with this Trump debate (even though it's getting news off of the emails). I noticed he's not attacking Hillary as much. Maybe someone in the DNC got to him.

If the SDs keep piling on, it will be a great June for Hillary.

[sarae]

19. HAHA

yeah, that's a tough one...

[stopbush]

11. The supers need to step up and endorse Hill now

to push Sanders out of the picture. They have it in their power to do so, and they should do so for the good of the party.

[sarae]

20. I wouldn't be surprised if his latest stunt doesn't put the rest of them over the edge.

Way to go at winning those superdelegates, Bernie!

[LiberalFighter]

25. They are probably nearly tipping that way.

But keeping their cool and possibly planning on other actions after the general election.

[TwilightZone]

27. Honestly, I'd almost rather they didn't.

I think if they wait until after June 7th when the media declares a winner, it would better tone down all of the SD nonsense (not with the most fervent, of course, but with everyone else). If enough switch to swing it before then, we'll never hear the end of it.

[Thinkingabout]

12. Donna Bazille said she was not going to endorse now but I listen to her and know where

it was going. She still has herself and Bill, it just may be it happens before PR and VI. Where ever and when ever I will be happy but I will also be happy to get the delegates from the other primaries. She needs about 248 pledged delegates to the half of them, I would like to see MORE MORE MORE.

[Sancho]

18. When this is over, Hillary may have a really large winning margin at the convention.

I see her winning on June 7 anyway according to 538 projections for CA and NJ. It would be really nice to see about 50 SDs put the primary out of sight this weekend.

[Cha]

21. K&R!

[asuhornets]

22. Awesome.....n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. I'd like her to win this WITHOUT the superdelegates. Can this be done?

I don't want anyone to be able to say that she needs the superdelegates to win.

[libegal]

28. Most likely, no

She a bit over 600 down without superdelegates, so no - the probability of that happening is not likely. Super delegates technically do not count until the convention - so although some news networks may call for her on the 7th this will almost certainly be a contested convention unless there is some sort of wild card--Hillary's indicted, Sanders decides to run as an independent etc.

[Sancho]

29. It's a different number without the super delegates to get to 1/2...

The process is really set up to include pledged and super delegates, not anything else.

[libegal]

31. No

Technically super delegates do not count until convention - that's where their vote is locked in. As i've said, the various news organizations might call it for her because they are factoring in the super delegates but since they have until the convention to change their mind technically no one can be officially the nominee.

[FarPoint]

32. It's clear that our Democratic Leaders support Hillary.

I expect no less than 100% for the list above to vote Hillary.

[Sancho]

33. No one tallies the delegates officially until the convention...it's all presumptive until then.

If you only count pledged delegates, you reduce the "total" to get to one half...but it's irrelevant. The system includes super delegates.

With the current Hillary lead, committed super delegates will vote the way they commit, just like pledged delegates are "pledged", unless there is some really crazy event before the convention. A recount in KY could change the pledged delegates too.

If Bernie conceded, his super delegates might switch publicly to Hillary. There's no realistic reason Hillary isn't the "presumptive" nominee whenever she has a combination of pledged and committed delegates that total more than half.

Actually, if you count those who are politically correct SDs (like Obama), she is pretty close or over the number now.

[LiberalFighter]

34. Known Unpledged Delegate Breakdowns

DNC Members: 122
Party Leaders: 7
Governors: 4
Representatives: 13
Senators: 5

[beachbumbob]

37. It's possible but not likely

But hey at least we aren't threatening super delegates like sanders people are doing

[NastyRiffraff]

38. That would be sweet!

I doubt it will happen, but it'll at least put her in petting distance to victory!