Sanders did not prepare concession speech for Nevada

[Satch59]

Guess he really thought he'd win. This article also gives insight on how his team thinks they can still win the nomination...

I kind of think not?

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/how-bernie-sanders-hopes-get-his-goove-back

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Well, I hope he's got some speeches prepared for next week.

[obamanut2012]

23. lolz

Those wins don't count, my fellow Tarheel, because they are southern states or red states or something.

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. Yup. That's about the size of it, but we both know that de-nial ain't just a river in Egypt.

[stonecutter357]

2. K&R!

[livetohike]

3. Based on some onther threads from today, it looks like the Sanders campaign is betting on a few

states rather than campaigning in all 50. They are running low on cash. Their hope that young voters will show up at the polls isn't working so far. They have problems.

[wysi]

5. Mathematics...

... are clearly not his strong point.

[pandr32]

21. And I think his over-zealous supporters will dump him quick once they see him as a loser

Reality bites. They will probably drop like flies. It won't be "cool" anymore.

[Treant]

7. How can he win

on just a few states?

[livetohike]

8. That's why Tad Devine is the worse campaign manager ever! I think they hope the Super Delegates will

suddenly change their mind at the convention and see the light, LOL.

[George II]

10. Running low? Just how long does it take to cash out all those paypal accounts?

[livetohike]

11. LOL

[lunamagica]

4. That was pretty obvious. His "concession speech" was the same old stump speech he has given

dozens of times, with maybe a couple of phrases added.

[Satch59]

12. And he seemed kind of angry...

Wasn't a good vibe... Whereas when Hillary got smoked in NH, her concession speech was maybe one of her best! Full of positive ideas and high energy!

[still_one]

6. His team still thinks he can win the nomination? I guess it is through there strategy of

having supporters flame anyone or group endorsing Hillary.

Some of the supporters also seem to adopt a modified trump approach, by implying that African Americans, Hispanics, and other ethnic groups who support Hillary have no idea what they are doing, and then proceed to utilize the "brow beating" approach to those Hillary supporters.

It's the old theory that when you go out of your way to disparage someone's views by name calling and insults, people drop everything they thought, and follow you without question.

(NOTE: that last sentence was: )

[rbrnmw]

16. now they are harassing super delegates

http://wthitv.com/2016/02/22/sanders-supporters-use-email-to-attack-indiana-super-delegates/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

[still_one]

17. I am sure that will go a long way also

[rbrnmw]

18. it's bizarre never seen anything like it in my life

[still_one]

19. I agree.

[pandr32]

22. Good grief! They are abusers!

No-one likes being abused.

[George II]

9. I'm sure in his eyes he did win. That's been his attitude all week -

- "we were 300 points behind six years ago, and we closed the gap last week".

[Cha]

14. Yeah, we saw the vid of Susan Sarandon harrassing Dolores Huerta.. such a "winning"

strategy.

He says he won the Latino vote in Nevada.. but he says a lot of things.

[Thinkingabout]

13. Hillary is running a fifty state plus territories campaign.

Sanders bet on winning Nevada, spent lots of money, did not get a returnand does not have enough money to make the rest of the states.

[Cha]

15. Main thing.. he had to give one!

Thanks Satch!

[72DejaVu]

20. Interesting thing

They love to talk about how he will still pick up some delegates in the states Hillary wins, but seem to have not noticed that she will pick up at least as many in states he might win.

[Treant]

25. There was just a DailyKos article about this.

Looking at it, the weakness in the argument is that Sanders is giving up on far more states than Clinton (Clinton has mostly abandoned MA, but that may change here yet).

So Clinton is running up the counts in more states than Sanders is...which is not a win for him.

Sure, our primaries are proportionate, and getting a large percentage of delegates requires a very high percentage win. That's something Clinton is on track to do in a few states on Tuesday...Bernie has one (small) state.

That's no reason not to fight for every last delegate if you have the time, energy, and money. At this point, the energy level in the Sanders campaign seems to be waning a bit, and money's clearly a problem even with the PAC spending Bernie has going for him.