The daily 538 cratering of Sanders continues unabated, on the verge of going sub 20% for 1991

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

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

I believe that for most liberals, the process by which our party chooses a candidate still matters. Technically, a candidate with 48% of the pledged delegates is not guaranteed anything.

In practical political terms, if Biden or Bloomberg or anyone else shows up with 48% and does not get the nomination, it is quite likely that there will be hard feelings from some of their supporters. If either of them or Sanders, fizzle on Tuesday or later in the primary season, they will never get to 48% anyway. Let's hope it does not come to a contested convention.