Super Tuesday just may be last stand for Bernie Sanders

[SecularMotion]

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders vowed yesterday that his campaign will go the distance in the Demo­cratic presidential primary. But in reality, Super Tuesday could be Sanders’ last stand.

It’s all a matter of arithmetic.

Sanders’ surge following his strong showing in Iowa and his big win in New Hampshire made him appear to be a formidable challenger to Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton. Sanders was riding a wave made up of equal parts momen­tum, money and grass-roots support.

Then he lost in Nevada.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2016/02/super_tuesday_just_may_be_last_stand_for_bernie_sanders

[LexVegas]

1. The last stand was Nevada. He just doesn't get it yet. nt

[workinclasszero]

5. Totally

Bernies campaign died in Nevada.

[LexVegas]

6. Its like a zombie campaign now. nt

[Cal33]

7. I do expect Samders to lose in the Southern and surrounding states. He'll surely lose in SC.

I expect to see him gaining thereafter. It will be a close fight right up to June, 2016.

[Betty Karlson]

2. You wish. Clinton has just been overtaken by Sanders in the national polls.

[workinclasszero]

11. National polls don't mean squat till the GE

Bernie's campaign will live and die with the state by state primary polls.

Many of them are posted here and they are all extremely bad news for Bernie except Vermont.

[Betty Karlson]

14. These ones?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511329699

I agree, extremely bad news for Sanders. Only in Vermont would Sanders get all the delegates. In six more states he would merely win, and in some cases not even by double digits.

Compare that to Clinton's landslide in Iowa (0.2%) or her 5 % win Nevada, or her showing in NH...

Oh wait...

[workinclasszero]

17. In two days

the world is gonna change and then Super Tuesday.

Bernie will not be a viable candidate afterwards, it is what it is.

[Betty Karlson]

37. 57 delegates from SC will not change the entire world, sweety.

No disrespect to South Carolina, but that hyperbole is detached from reality.

[mythology]

19. Are you relying on that crap poll saying Sanders was up 6%?

Because that poll is a joke.

[merrily]

3. Maybe. He said he'd be in it, though. We'll soon see.

[AZ Progressive]

4. You Wish

You don't understand that this is not like any other election cycle. The rules don't apply here. People are not figuring out which corrupt politician to choose. The choice is clear here, between a super corrupt politician and the most decent politician and human being in American politics today, and a fighter of the 99%.

[Cal33]

10. Many of the Democratic Establishment people are doing what they can to help Clinton win.

The fight is uphill for Sanders all the way, in spite of which he is doing extremely well. He
is attracting more and more supporters as time goes on. I believe he will win in the end -
but it will be close.

[brooklynite]

29. If "the choice is clear here", tell us which States we should expect Sanders to win...

EDIT - I mean "which States THAT WILL GET HIM THE DELEGATES HE NEEDS should we expect Sanders to win?

[HooptieWagon]

8. 35 states vote after Super Tuesday.

[bunnies]

20. Apparently they dont count.

Surprise!

[larkrake]

9. not

Bernie will be supported all the way in high delegate states. He will win even if he loses the nomination, because he is right in solutions, is not a corporate shill like Hillary nor is he a pathological liar/narcissist like trump-Cruz-rubio

[workinclasszero]

12. He will win even if he loses..

OK?

[DCBob]

13. Yes, most likely..

and it doesn't get any easier for Bernie after that. Here the next 11 states after Super Tuesday.. the only one Bernie has a decent chance to win is Maine... the rest are mostly Clinton states.

Michigan
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Maine

[brooklynite]

31. Actually spoke to a candidate I know in Maine today...

...apparently the Clinton campaign has been racking up sign ups for absentee ballots. Ballot requests are about 10,000 more than expected.

[angrychair]

15. OPs like this look foolish and uninformed

There are 1,004 delegates available on March 1st. All states issue their delegates proportionally, no one comes out of Super Tuesday with a 1,000 delegates or anything crazy like that.
Current pledged delegates: 51Sanders/51Clinton

SuperDelegates don't count till the vote on convention night is over. Stop looking foolish using that number in a delegate count. They can and have flipped at the very last second before.
Example: do you really think that New Hampshire's SuperDelegates will not all vote with Sanders? He won the state by the largest number in a contested primary in state history, Democrat or Republican.

Link to help educate yourself a little:
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/super_tuesday_2016_when_is_it.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Why would he leave a race where the other candidate could be

in trouble with the FBI? Makes more sense to stay in until convention and see how things play out.

[Fast Walker 52]

25. good point.

[pdsimdars]

30. Also, why would he lelave the race

When his popularity is rising and hers is falling?
Just a matter of time . . . . . .
That's why they want him out ASAP, before she falls flat.
Just a matter of time . . . . .

[ismnotwasm]

18. I think so

Then we can move forward

[lunamagica]

21. She has Blacks and Hispanics on her side. He won't be able to ovecome that

[SidDithers]

22. Yup...

Sid

[DisgustedTX]

23. But Bernie..

won LATEENOH and LATEENAH voters in NV?

[Fast Walker 52]

24. or not... we will see

[pdsimdars]

26. Sorry guys, the coronation has been postponed. . . .

[thereismore]

27. Or NOT! Haha, see how that works?

[farleftlib]

28. He's staying in until the convention in Philadelphia

where he will accept the nomination of the Democratic Party and go on to be POTUS.

He has said this many times. It has been posted many times. He's in it to win it. Thank you for your "concern."

[pdsimdars]

32. Get him out soon . . .

He is rising and she is sinking . . . it's only a matter of time . . . that's why they want him out so badly. . . . as time goes by, she will fall flat.

[The Redheaded Guy]

33. Nope.

He moves on towards the convention. Yet another FUD meme destroyed.

[BernieforPres2016]

34. No reason that Bernie wouldn't stay in the race until June

Remember that Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in June, as Hillary noted when she explained why she stayed in the race against Obama in 2008.

[MuseRider]

35. He says he is in it

until the end. We have a candidate that does no lie to us. Unless something horrible happens he is in this to build up the people to stop the oligarchy. No one else is going to do it. Why would he stop and why should we stop supporting him?

Sorry, we don't want Hillary and we are not planning on handing it to her. I think the dems are so used to just giving up they can't imagine this.

[whatchamacallit]

36. So the desperate keep telling us

Sorry, we're all in for the ride, and democracy is better for it.

[bobbobbins01]

38. They really want him to bow out after super tuesday

But the fact is, yes, he'll take a big hit from now until March 15th, but he could potentially win every state after that. So they need to hurt him now to prevent that. Don't listen.