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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:08 AM Apr 2016

Clinton camp moving the goalposts again

When Hillary Clinton lost the New Hampshire primary to Bernie Sanders in February, Robby Mook, her campaign manager, took the long view and declared the nomination would "very likely be won in March, not February."

The campaign is now taking an even longer view, with April now being the month they hope to put Sanders away. It's an optimistic projection, with Sanders support far from fading and the Vermont senator vowing to compete in primaries and caucuses through June 7 in California, and possibly to the Democratic convention.
Even though Clinton aides say her lead in pledged delegates is "almost insurmountable," they are now doing something they never expected: Investing considerable time and money to the April 19 New York primary.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/clinton-new-york-sanders/index.html

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Clinton camp moving the goalposts again (Original Post) peacebird Apr 2016 OP
NY is big and expensive Renew Deal Apr 2016 #1
I don't know why they would do this. EmperorHasNoClothes Apr 2016 #2

Renew Deal

(81,866 posts)
1. NY is big and expensive
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:16 AM
Apr 2016

The biggest media market, lots of square miles, second or third largest population, highest diversity in terms of melting pot.

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)
2. I don't know why they would do this.
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:56 AM
Apr 2016

Clinton is just simply not able to reach half of the pledged delegates until June. It just won't happen. So why make predictions like this that they must know are wrong?

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