Campaigns Prepare for Contested Convention

[RandySF]

LAS VEGAS — The final question at Wednesday's candidate debate in Nevada provided a telling summary of the state of the Democratic nomination contest. It's now Bernie Sanders against the field.

The question for the six candidates onstage was straightforward. Should the person who wins the most pledged delegates during the primaries, even if he or she does not have a majority, be nominated at the national convention in Milwaukee to become the party’s challenger to President Trump?

Sanders, alone, said yes. The five other candidates said that, in that scenario, the decision of who becomes the nominee should be left to all the delegates at the convention, including the roughly 770 superdelegates — the party committee members, lawmakers and other high-ranking Democrats who can only vote if the contest goes to a second ballot.

But if there is agreement that Sanders will lead the delegate race, there is similar agreement that he is not likely to be able to win a majority. If that turns out to be the case, Democrats could he headed for a chaotic national convention, one that could split the party and weaken Democrats in the general election, regardless of who ends up as the nominee.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-democratic-race-is-now-sanders-against-the-field-and-a-contested-convention-possibly-awaits-the-party/2020/02/20/93972616-540d-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html

[msongs]

1. the ones with persecution complexes who think they are always cheated will not like having to

make their case(s) at a deadlocked convention

[VarryOn]

2. They should all prepare, but...

I don't think it'll happen. Someone will win this thing, and it'll happen well before Milwaukee.