Sanders wins NH by 20 points; Leaves with the same number of delegates as Hillary

[Spirit]

Dems fancy themselves as the party that wants every vote to count.  I guess they just want some to count more than others.

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268935-clinton-likely-to-leave-nh-with-same-number-of-delegates

 

 

 

I would feel bad for The Bern on this, but the operating principle seems right up his alley. 

 

 

[nate]

Delegate redistribution

[Spirit]

I honestly can't believe this is really how they do it.  Talk about catering to special interest and ignoring the will of the people!

[Spirit]

That Bern meme is awesome.

 

 

It really is solid!

[Blarg]

AJ has been working all morning on a retort but still can't find one.

[Angelsjunky]

Yeah, its bullshit and in some sense just proves Bernie's point: he earned a 15-9 delegate win, she politicked at least 6 of 8 superdelegates.

 

But remember that superdelegates aren't set in stone until the Democratic Convention. Hillary had a huge edge over Obama at this point in superdelegates, but a lot of them changed by the time the convention rolled around.

 

But imagine the shytstorm if this nomination is decided by superdelegates. So much for "government by the people, for the people."

[Stradling]

AJ is trying to redistribute other memes to make them work.

[nate]

Just like Bernie wants to politic my paycheck to someone else.

[Spirit]

Yeah.  He earned 60% of the delegates.  A she taxed the extra delegates to make it even.  You know ... "fair."

 

 

The whole Robin Hood theory works great, until you're in the roll of being the person Robin Hood is stealing from. 

[fan_since79]

Delegate inequality is one of the worst evils affecting our electoral process.

[red321]

Democratic party put a large superdelegate pool in place after McGovern and Carter, give the establishment more of a say on who the nominee is. Needs to go away, or at least brought back to a level where it doesn't take on such a large role in the nomination process.

 

A lot of this is really just talk right now anyways. If Sanders can hang through early March primary and put up good numbers than there is an interesting nomination fight. If he gets blown out, the super delegate talk gets ignored until the next nomination cycle.

 

What I don't get is the Democratic party letting the south have so much say on it's nomination process. Why the hell is Super Tuesday tied to all these southern states that don't vote Democratic anyways. They should be aligning the nomination votes with regions that better reflect where the party is going. I think that's a big issue for the Republicans as well. Guys like Kasich, who is probably the best general election candidate for the Republicans, are going to be lucky if they survive the swing through the south.

Edited February 11, 2016 by red321

[Angelsjunky]

[Adam]

Any meme that has "jew" and "black" in it is pretty funny

[Glen]

Memes are stupid and inaccurate, unless I agree with them.  Then, they're great.

[Blarg]

AJ has lost it.

[Angelsjunky]

For those who might not know the reference:

 

[gotbeer]

Bernie just found out that no matter what happens, and how great he is.  He still plays for the Lions. 

[Spirit]

Memes are stupid and inaccurate, unless I agree with them.  Then, they're great.

 

 

Sounds a lot like the news in general. 

[Tank]

what a rigged system.

 

if i were a bernie supporter, i'd be furious.

[Jay]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html

 

Fox News poll shows Sanders has taken the lead over Clinton nationally

[Blarg]

Bernie just found out that no matter what happens, and how great he is.  He still plays for the Lions Chargers. 

[Blarg]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html

 

Fox News poll shows Sanders has taken the lead over Clinton nationally

 

And that doesn't help him at all if he can't beat Clinton at the game she is playing.

[Jay]

Just shows two campaigns going in the opposite direction.