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- As of today, Hillary Clinton has 596 delegates to Bernie Sanders’ 407 (not including Super Delegates, because fuck them they don’t count). That is a 59.4 to 40.5 percent split. Over the next two weeks, By March 15, nearly half the delegates will have been2635 comments 762 Recs
- If that is enough to get me banned by Kos, so be it. This place has changed. Kos always had free speech. He never did this with Clinton v. Obama. Not this early. This is not democracy. If supporting Bernie Sanders gets me banned, so be it.1549 comments 712 Recs
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- I'm grateful for the Colorado Springs Dems who were at the Tuesday caucus. I was a first-time caucus-goer, and it was very memorable. I would like to say more, but I feel as if it would be breaking confidences with the people who were there. Furtherm2 comments 5 Recs
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