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Hillary Clinton

caquillo

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Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 11:03 AM

Jun 2016

no argument exist that denies the fact hillary has won evey thing a winning candidate can win and bernie has lost everything a losing candidate can lose

Sadly, when you're a woman or a minority, you have to do better than your best against The Man. You have to be exceptional, and even that may not cut it.

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OK. You need a majority of votes to win a two person contest. Right? [View all] LAS14 Jun 2016 OP

Give it up, I've explained that about a dozen times in the last week or two. No one will accept it. George II Jun 2016 #1

you take 50% + 1 of the pledged delgates which is what 2026...as you remove supers altogether and beachbum bob Jun 2016 #2

Plus a fifth metric : Number of States! Her Sister Jun 2016 #5

. caquillo Jun 2016 #9

Clinton won 29 out of 57 States! Puerto Rico was 29th win! Her Sister Jun 2016 #11

Will? jmowreader Jun 2016 #12

Keeekeeeeekeeee! Yeah! Isn't that awesome!!! Her Sister Jun 2016 #13

Easy. According to Sanders, she's not leading by a big enough margin. displacedtexan Jun 2016 #3

800 delegates aren't enough? I wish President Obama would Cha Jun 2016 #8

anything sanders says is nonsense now his rationale doesn't work on any level beachbum bob Jun 2016 #10

4,051 Pledged Delegates plus 714 Super Delegates = Total +4,765 Her Sister Jun 2016 #4

2026 - 1811 (HRC's Pledged Delegates as of Today) = 215 To reach Pledged Delegates Majority Her Sister Jun 2016 #7

The disillusioned often cannot explain why liberal N proud Jun 2016 #6

BUT! Superdelegates are bad! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #14

As everyone else has said DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #15