Super Tuesday 2016 |OT| The Final Incursion is a double Incursion (Mar 5-15 contests)
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Michael F. Assbender
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According to Reddit, her getting out of bed is the beginning of the end for Hillary.
perfectchaos007
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And he can drive a golf ball 270 yards. Sounded very Kim Jong Il esque
SyenceLabb
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"You know... The day after Rubio said I had small hands, I walked out into this crowd and every hand I shook everyone would say, 'wow, you have strong hands'"
Bam Bam Baklava
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The thing about his hands is it that he does it in such a joking manner that you can't necessarily fault the guy for it.
He's completely obsessed with himself, not just his hands
You sure as hell can when it's in a race for president of the United States
I bet he doesn't defecate either
I saw some thread on r/politics predicting that after March 15th Sanders will erode her lead and Hilary will peter out.
Anyway, if Rubio does not change his game plan I can see cruz overtaking Rubio in states that people thought were weak for cruz in the future. His supporters may switch to cruz eventually or are already switching to cruz.
He's had people kissing his ass throughout his whole life. It must be a very confusing concept for him.
Not really, you saw a ton of this stuff during the French Revolution for instance.
Frustrated_me
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I don't want to see a Trump meltdown.. It'll be scary.
Operations
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Gotta love how the headlines are all about "Cruz defeats Trump in two states"
He definitely has some kind of narcissistic disorder
In terms of delegate count he did fine tonight. This is hardly a setback for him. Rubio however did terrible
Why won't the media give him credit for Bernie Sanders' rise?
"My hands are also properly groomed, unlike a certain Marco Rubio's hands. Also, it's well known that the hands Ted Cruz are disgusting because he was born in Canada. You know what they don't do to hands there? I'd tell you but it's not fit for television. At any rate, please check out my strong big hands and make the proper inference."
User 463088
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I'm sure no one cares anymore....
But, if Bernie ends up with 70% of the vote in Maine tomorrow, it looks like the final delegate totals for today will be
Hillary: 67
Bernie: 66
Thereabouts. He'll have gone 3/4 and ended with a delegate less than Hillary. This was one of the best nights Bernie could expect, especially going into March 8th and 15th.
But, if Bernie ends up with 70% of the vote in Maine tomorrow, it looks like the final delegate totals for today will be
Hillary: 67
Bernie: 66
Thereabouts. He'll have gone 3/4 and ended with a delegate less than Hillary. This was one of the best nights Bernie could expect, especially going into March 8th and 15th.
Hell, people were still getting drawn and quartered, then beheaded in England as late as 1870.
valkillmore
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For real. Like, this must be similar to how Hitler rose.
And every other step she takes she gives a speech to Goldman Sachs and further solidifies her position among the oligarchs. Or something.
I don't even want to know how things will be if Bernie goes 68-67 instead of 67-66. Word of the Bernie surge will be spread far and wide!
Michael F. Assbender
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One state (Michigan, where I live) will pretty much wipe out any momentum gains he made today.
Oh my god I wish. I need to feast on him holding back tiny, baby tears.
What clip?
Look at this clip here of her walking... aaaaaand STOP.
See this here? She's holding something behind her back.
Boom. Hillary has an Apple of Eden.
BoboBrazil
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Little Marco spoke earlier, but noone gave a shit because he doesn't matter at this point.
EatinOlives
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Trump's showing was weak today. Eking out narrow wins and ceding way too many delegates to Cruz and Rubio. If Trump doesn't pull well ahead of the pack he won't have enough delegates to secure the nomination, leading to a convention where the GOP can sideswipe him with backing someone else (and that is, in fact, what the establishment is banking on).
Ahh OK. Thanks.
User 463088
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Mississippi and Michigan are on Tuesday. I'm not entirely sure Bernie will be viable in Mississippi. Newest Michigan poll has Hillary ahead by 60/36 or 56/31 according to another. Among early voters in Michigan, she's up 67/24.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/05/clinton-has-big-lead-sanders-michigan/81270490/
blackaroni
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Came to post this, lol.
Yeah this is the reality of the race, you can't fall behind by such a tremendous amount early. And you have to get the minority vote unless you are getting the vast majority of the white vote, which is unlikely
Alex_Mexico
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I was just thinking that. Wow.
Michael F. Assbender
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Chris Matthews cutting through the bullshit from a Ted Cruz lackey.
Shill: "Ted Cruz has made some stunning moves and had major wins tonight."
Matthews: "How many primaries has he won?"
"Six, I think. Which shows he's surging--"
"No, not six. Primaries. Not caucuses. Real votes."
*extended awkward silence* "Texas and Oklahoma..."
"Right. I don't see that as a big win."
Or something to that effect. Trump traditionally performs poorly in caucuses. That's not to say Cruz's victories are inconsequential, but not some massive sweeping victory that automatically dooms Trump as she was claiming.
I just want a brokered convention!
Shill: "Ted Cruz has made some stunning moves and had major wins tonight."
Matthews: "How many primaries has he won?"
"Six, I think. Which shows he's surging--"
"No, not six. Primaries. Not caucuses. Real votes."
*extended awkward silence* "Texas and Oklahoma..."
"Right. I don't see that as a big win."
Or something to that effect. Trump traditionally performs poorly in caucuses. That's not to say Cruz's victories are inconsequential, but not some massive sweeping victory that automatically dooms Trump as she was claiming.
I just want a brokered convention!
Oh god John Oliver is gonna to have a riot of a time with this.
Community Forum
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Well, Cruz won more delegates tonight than Trump, so that should be the headline.
CharminUltra
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President Drumpf
SyenceLabb
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The pissing contest continues.
Alex_Mexico
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This confuses me greatly. What's the difference between primaries and caucuses that they make a point of highlighting how primaries are somehow more important. I ask this as a non-American watching this from outside.
Trump's platform is built on dominance and he did not do that today, so essentially it was a disappointing result for his camp. He really needs to take it away with other primaries.
VanCityGamer
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Why, exactly? As far as I know, Cruz's projected strongest states are behind him for the most part now.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
On the one hand I don't want Cruz to win any states because he's the most abhorrent presidential candidate in decades, but on the other hand he's totally unelectable in the general so technically I guess it would be good if he beats Trump for the nomination.
I'm having a really hard time reconciling these feelings.
I'm having a really hard time reconciling these feelings.
General election is not a set of Caucuses.
On top of that the voters who deal with the caucus format are commonly the most driven. It's a much more grassroots focused format.
538 talked about this a few episodes back on their podcast.
User 463088
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Primaries are actual votes. You go in and you punch a ballot or hit the touch screen. With a caucus, it's not really a vote. The groups are divided up and then delegates are awarded at a precinct/district level based on support.
So, say a caucus is worth 2 delegates. Candidate A gets 70% of the people at the caucus. Candidate B gets 30% of the people t the caucus. They each are awarded 1 delegate, even though one person probably had a lot more people than the other.
On the flip side, let's say a district is worth 10 delegates. And only 5 people show up. That area is still worth 10 delegates. Imagine there's another area that's worth 2 delegates. 100 people show up. It's still only worth 2 delegates.
They're really antiquated and need to go away.
There are many states with caucuses and most of them are low population states. Caucuses are much more involved than normal voting, basically you got to a site, have to hear a few speeches on why each candidate deserves their vote and then write their choice down and turn it in. Ted Cruz has a better ground game than Trump, so he's better at getting people out to caucus for him and then at having people to make his case at each caucus site. Normal voting states are by far the norm.
Ziltoidia 9
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Lancaster is finally starting to come in from Nebraska.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Cruz will never be able to live down losing nearly all of the South. This is too little to late. He's not going to somehow become competitive in the midwest or places like New York and Jersey.,
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