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tgards79

(1,415 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:37 PM Mar 2016

Super Tuesday: Clinton Locks it Down, Trump Tightens His Grip, the GOP Elites Scream and Scheme...

Read all about Super Tuesday, pithy explanations of what happened and what it all means going forward. Plus, check out the track record of predictions by the gang at Born To Run The Numbers...we did pretty darn well:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2016/03/super-tuesday-clinton-locks-it-down.html

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Super Tuesday: Clinton Locks it Down, Trump Tightens His Grip, the GOP Elites Scream and Scheme... (Original Post) tgards79 Mar 2016 OP
No lockdown RobertEarl Mar 2016 #1
Rolls eyes. revbones Mar 2016 #2
Show me the path... tgards79 Mar 2016 #3
He doesn't have a 600 delegate deficiency. Math. n/t revbones Mar 2016 #4
You are in denial tgards79 Mar 2016 #6
I'm not reading that crap BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #5
Even if you are right, there is no way to make up the 200... tgards79 Mar 2016 #7
Let me understand this... tgards79 Mar 2016 #8
"Clinton locks it down..." brentspeak Mar 2016 #9

tgards79

(1,415 posts)
3. Show me the path...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:42 PM
Mar 2016

I mean, seriously. Show me how he overcomes a 600 delegate deficit with a proportional delegate allocation system. He is not going to win 60/40 in every race from here on in. Do you realize that is what he needs to do? Read the article.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
5. I'm not reading that crap
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:46 PM
Mar 2016

Not from an idiot who counts the superdelegates from states that haven't even had primaries yet as being in Hillary's vote total.

The actual deficit in delegates is about 200, not 600.

And I'm going under the assumption that you already knew that and am putting you on Ignore.

tgards79

(1,415 posts)
7. Even if you are right, there is no way to make up the 200...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:56 PM
Mar 2016

..and you are not right. Why would Hillary's pledged superdelegates jump ship?

tgards79

(1,415 posts)
8. Let me understand this...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 11:15 PM
Mar 2016

I'm a high level Democrat in, say, Michigan. Important enough to be a superdelegate. Long ago I announced for Hillary Clinton because I have a bright future and thought she was inevitable. So far she has crushed Bernie Sanders and is way ahead in delegates, by 200 from the primaries and caucuses to date. Why exactly do I decide to commit political suicide by jumping to Bernie?

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
9. "Clinton locks it down..."
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 11:20 PM
Mar 2016

Freudian slip reference to Hillary's connection to the private prison industry.

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