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Democratic Primaries

TwilightZone

(25,467 posts)

5. "He may well still lose but he will smile "

Reply to pampango (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 06:20 PM

Mar 2020

No. Staying in office may be the only thing that keeps him out of prison. He quite certainly won't be smiling if he loses. In addition, if he does lose, it would appear that the decision made at the convention would have been the correct one.

That's pretty much the whole point of the process - choose the candidate best suited to defeat Trump in November.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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The daily 538 cratering of Sanders continues unabated, on the verge of going sub 20% for 1991 [View all] Celerity Mar 2020 OP

saving the nation from an autocratic demogogue is worth the price. I mean trump of course :-) nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

Sanders just dropped to 17% with their 4:49 pm ET update. highplainsdem Mar 2020 #2

"having the nomination ripped away from him" TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

IF (and it is highly, highly unlikely) Sanders rolls in with 45% to 48% of pledged delegates Celerity Mar 2020 #7

IF he came in with 48% Codeine Mar 2020 #10

agreed! Celerity Mar 2020 #11

That means other candidates would get 14%. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #13

Oh, I totally agree. Codeine Mar 2020 #14

With all the dropouts, it's highly unlikely to be 45/35 or similar. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #12

Great post. But a contested convention? A Trump/GOP dream come true. pampango Mar 2020 #4

"He may well still lose but he will smile " TwilightZone Mar 2020 #5

I meant he (and the rest of the GOP) will smile at the sight of a contested Democratic convention. pampango Mar 2020 #6

They don't care. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #8

If you feel that any candidate who arrives at the convention with 48% of the pledged delegates pampango Mar 2020 #9

Not happening. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #15