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[royalan]

Unnecessary Reminder: Bernie had to not only win the last 10 contests, he had to win them by absurdly high margins. That Queen has kept it close in states that he has won, plus proved tonight that she WILL continue to win some of these contests, combined with the Nevada shenanigans...

Bernie Sanders no longer has an argument for staying in the race that is worth entertaining. He has officially lost both the race and the mural mandate. I wonder if this will begin to be reflected in what little media attention he receives from here out.

 

[Paskil]

Haha, I was on a vacation and made the top 5. Get on my level.

Is that what we're calling it?

 

[Iolo]

Waiting for AP call before I yas. Promising, though.

 

[Aaron Strife]

 

[itschris]

Looks like I was right on with my prediction last night!

Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol 1m1 minute ago

With 80% reporting, we are ready to make our latest call ever. We are calling Kentucky for Clinton based on Benchmarks. Clinton +1

Now let's see if I can be correct for both states (I predicted Sanders +6 in Oregon).

 

[Suikoguy]

Going to be a delegate tie no matter what now.

Sanders falls behind again, needs more votes in future contests.
Perhaps yelling at clouds will help Sanders!

 

[Aaron Strife]

Going to be a delegate tie no matter what now.

KY is 55 delegates, it's impossible to tie.

 

[Suikoguy]

KY is 55 delegates, it's impossible to tie.

Err, not sure what Benchmark is talking about then, but yes 55/2 does not compute.

 

[gcubed]

Going to be a delegate tie no matter what now.

Sanders falls behind again, needs more votes.
Perhaps yelling at clouds will help Sanders!

The optics of her winning is what's needed right now. It gives supers the chance to declare if they really want to, without looking bad.

 

[Paskil]

KY is 55 delegates, it's impossible to tie.

And her lead will jump at least another percent.

 

[danm999]

Err, not sure what Benchmark is talking about then, but yes 55/2 does not compute.

Someone is getting sawn in half.

 

[SmokeMaxX]

KY is 55 delegates, it's impossible to tie.

Virtual tie.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

So what's the new targets? I need to see the absurd numbers just to believe they're real.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Lead is down to 1,465.

PANIC.

 

[Y2Kev]

Lead is down to 1,465.

PANIC.

Jefferson is updating in spurts

 

[Aaron Strife]

Is hilly making a speech tonight?

 

[Suikoguy]

Someone is getting sawn in half.

I feel bad for the bottom half, they won't have a chance!
They corrected it as a one delegate lead.

 

[mackaveli]

I think I know what Bernie is doing:

I think Bernie's secret plan is to have his base insult clinton's base (death threats went to far though). This will result in Clinton's supporter's standing up and voicing their support for Clinton. A lot of Clinton supporter's are silent but in reality they outnumber Sander's supporters because Clinton is actually winning Primaries and has more votes. This will result in the Democrats to be more energetic and speaking out and pumping Clinton on social media and other outlets.

This will result in more positive feelings towards Clinton come the general election. This will increase enthusiasm short term and hopefully long term. This will continue past June 7th and California and until the convention. Bernie will then stop the roll call and announce everyone should back Hillary like Hillary did for Obama. Bernie will say it was all a ploy to get the democrats all fired up for the next couple of months and to get out the vote for the general election.

Who am I kidding, Bernie probably going to announce an independent run on June 7th when the media declares her the winner and that it was rigged.

 

[BanGy.nz]

Is hilly making a speech tonight?

No.

 

[Suikoguy]

So what's the new targets? I need to see the absurd numbers just to believe they're real.

http://DemRace.com/?share=lsQjoD1J

It's loosely based on the 538 projections, but i've mostly allocated the needed excess into CA.

Benchmark has Oregon at +1 for Sanders, i'll update that projection later when we know more.

 

[Zornack]

So what's the new targets? I need to see the absurd numbers just to believe they're real.

65.6% if she Kentucky stays at the same %s.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

mmmm this op is Glorious <3

Series of tubes AND Possible Nuke Area?

You dug deep, OP.

New thread, new subscription!

awesome OP!

That background music was excellent for reading through the OP.

The OP is hilarious.

It looks like bernie is slowly closing the gap in Kentucky even though he still won't meet his delegate target in that state.

Holy shit, this thread :LOLOLOL

series of tubes meme. gawd damn.

fuck yeah got top 10 again

...also i can't stop snickering at this fucking OP

Thanks, everyone! I spent 5 minutes on it.

 

[Suikoguy]

Thanks, everyone! I spent 5 minutes on it.

Well in that case, berzeli deserves more credit, hehehe.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

 

[Y2Kev]

It's too late to get on the ballot as an indie I think

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

No, but he is running out of time to register as an independent if he wants to go rogue in many states

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

I don't believe he is but the deadline for registering as such has passed in a few states by now (I think).

 

[tmarg]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

I don't know, but even if he just endorsed someone else that would do enough damage.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

It's too late to get on the ballot as an indie I think

Couldn't he still run as a Green? Stein did say they would welcome him with open arms or something like that.

 

[Drakeon]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

Many of the filing deadlines are coming up or have already passed (Texas was one of the first? I think?).

 

[Y2Kev]

Couldn't he still run as a Green? Stein did say they would welcome him with open arms or something like that.

Yeah except that he hasn't paid her dust

 

[Emarv]

This is the first primary election coverage I haven't watched. I can't even pretend to take this race seriously anymore.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Called it back on February 1st:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193929767&postcount=346

Sanders then starts losing support as the most radical supporters, even if they are a minority, make a lot of noise post-Iowa to the point where he'll have to come out and try to calm them down on numerous occasions, enough for this to become the sole point the media will be commenting on when talking about his campaign.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Bernie's locked out of an independent run by virtue of him joining the Democratic Party, correct?

No, but he's locked out by time and requirements. He wouldn't be able to get the signatures and funding to start an independent run in time. Many of the deadlines have already passed.

 

[Crocodile]

A) Why is there so much "diaoblosing" over Clinton losing States late in the primary given that the same happened to Obama and that race was closer?

B) What was Clinton's margin of victory by votes in Missouri?

 

[Y2Kev]

Aaaaand ddhq calls it

 

[SmokeMaxX]

GOP to support a 3rd party candidate. Sanders to run as trumps VP. America descends into chaos.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

A) Why is there so much "diaoblosing" over Clinton losing States late in the primary given that the same happened to Obama and that race was closer?

B) What was Clinton's margin of victory by votes in Missouri?

It's not Diablosing necessarily since we know she's got it overall. But the more she wins, the more pressure on him to drop. I'm about to start filtering out the word "momentum" in my browser if he keeps going on about it.

 

[Crayons]

GOP to support a 3rd party candidate. Sanders to run as trumps VP. America descends into chaos.

Sanders murders Trump to become President. Balance restored

 

[smurfx]

whoa 59 votes behind.

 

[gcubed]

A) Why is there so much "diaoblosing" over Clinton losing States late in the primary given that the same happened to Obama and that race was closer?

B) What was Clinton's margin of victory by votes in Missouri?

shits teetering on the edge right now, Sanders wins, albeit insignificant, just keep shit moving. His losses move more people off of him. There has been a big shift before this away from him after the northeast results, her winning stops the bullshit momentum, we are going all the way.

She won KY, adam will donate his left testicle if she wins Oregon

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

Aaaaand ddhq calls it

Weird, given that CNN is at 93% reporting with Bernie up by like 150 votes while DDhq is at 88.4% reporting. I assume they know something we don't.


Actually, their numbers just updated to 88.6% and Bernie is ahead again. Why bother calling a race this close? I believe doing so too early bit them in the ass in Michigan.


Edit- aaaand it changed again.

Edit edit- I'm guessing it's that there's a chunk of Jefferson county yet to come in that gave them the confidence to call it.

 

[SmokeMaxX]

Sanders murders Trump to become President. Balance restored

Nah Carson/Rubio run on the gop indie ticket and nobody gets to 270. Carson becomes the next President. You heard it here first.

 

[Tamanon]

I believe we're at the moment when Sanders announces his Vice President.

 

[smurfx]

and now hillary is ahead by almost 1k.

 

[royalan]

I believe we're at the moment when Sanders announces his Vice President.

Sanders/Fiorina 2016

 

[Emarv]

I believe we're at the moment when Sanders announces his Vice President.

"Senator Warren, please come out!......Senator Warren?....Lizzy?...Where'd she go?"

 

[smurfx]

and now sanders is up by 11 votes.

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

and now sanders is up by 11 votes.

For what it's worth, CNN has him up 200 with 95% reporting. Insanely close race. I feel like this primary has had an exceptional amount of really close races.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

When a politician loses their home state, they have to concede. Pedigo lost his home state. Thoughts?

I fuckin lawled.