I'd be very concerned if the superdelegates gave the nom to Bernie. How does the Democratic party effectively disenfranchise the non-white voters who voted for Hillary 4 to 1? Without destroying itself?
There'd be cause for real concern if Bernie got what he wants.
Yeah, this is a point that never gets reversed. Bernie's camp argues "I do well with independents, so I should be the nominee!" and the obvious, immediate implication is that it doesn't matter who did overwhelmingly better with minority voters. Fuck 'em, let's chase white independents!
This is why Trump will lose (with a million other reasons). The press won't accept being talked to like this, despite how much they love the horserace narrative.
I think there will be a wave of young journalists hoping to be the lucky ones that catch Trump in a really really bad quote that makes them famous. And for Trump, that quote would have to accidental praise for Hitler or something, but it's always possible!
This gif is going to be a lot of Bernie people at the convention. They think it'll be a huge battle for the majority of delegates, lots of action and drama, and instead it'll be a quick vote count, Hillary will easily hit the target, then the balloon drop happens.
Yeah, I mostly agree with this. I think people have started to get pretty, uh, intense as this goes on.
Everything is going to be fine. Bernie is going to get some stuff. He's going to go to the convention and endorse Hillary. Hillary will win the presidency and turn out to be pretty progressive. Nobody is going to remember that and we'll have all the same conversations in 2020, then Paul Ryan will become president and get impeached. It's going to be okay!
I agree. It's a bit of shade at Bernie when I say it, but it's true. Literally no one will be able to tell you who the guy is in 4-8 years. His revolution was garbage, it always was, and he himself is no messiah for the left. He's a failed candidate with a history of failed predecessors, and he can join them all in oblivion. Hillary shouldn't care at all (and thankfully, she doesn't seem to. Her campaign material has been 100% anti-Trump for weeks).
That's fair but I think even with a GOP House (one that's much closer than it is now) she'll be able to pass some bigger, significant reform. Immigration, education or student loan seem like the top candidates to me.
Then again I thought Obama's reelection would break the fever and allow him to pass immigration reform, particularly after it passed in the Senate with relative ease. So who knows.
I do think if immigration reform came up to a floor vote today, it would pass.
I do think the GOP is going to stop the obstruction under Hillary, at least to this degree. It's hurt their poll numbers badly, and while the Dems don't do so well in midterms, they're going to do a lot better after the last 8 years of Tea Party nonsense gets shown around the country. A lot of moderate Republicans are done with the Tea Party, and it'll show more in GOP primaries than the general midterm. I think the GOP does okay in 2018, but the candidates will be more moderate than before, and they'll compromise a bit more as well.
I'm having a ton of fun (I am not being sarcastic here) educating Bernie supporters on my Facebook about first-past-the-post election systems. They think denying 270 electoral college votes to any candidate is an absolutely great idea to "fight the system", and the minute I tell them about how the GOP House gets to pick the President in that case they're absolutely flabbergasted (I've never thought to ask them what they actually thought would happen instead). It's immensely hilarious.
Most of them seem to think that if no one hits 270, the plurality picks the president (and in these scenarios, Bernie's amazing non-partisan appeal pushes him to the top over Trump and $hillary). It's a laughable argument that's clearly coming from a place of ignorance.
Much like most of Bernie's hardcore fanbase and their arguments. I still laugh at that Robert Byrd KKK meme. How do you not just google the guy?
