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VIEWING THE ELECTIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PREDICTION MARKETS
In my previous HERE COMES BERNIE articles, I anticipated the effect Sanders five consecutive caucus wins would have on the perception and the media narrative regarding the Democratic...
by aMountainClimber
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 10:08 PM PDT
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In recent days, it has become apparent that superdelegates are a hot topic surrounding the eventual democratic nominee. This is a fair debate — before a single vote had been cast, Hillary Clinton had a huge delegate lead owing to these free agents. Suppor
by Greenwich
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 06:59 PM PDT
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They NBC Survey Monkey internet poll is pure monkey business! PPP is out with a new national poll and it is not even close between Hillary and Birdie.
John Harwood had an interesting article in NY Times this morning why Sa
by Zeta Retuculi
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 06:16 PM PDT
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I am uncertain what to make of this strife over Bernie and Hillary supporters but I will add my two cents because that is what we do here.
I come from a union family and was a member of the union myself, Local 798. I cast my first national vote fo
by kpadawe
9 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 04:55 PM PDT
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WHAT IS A FLOWER?
The question arises "What is a flower?"
The most common answer would be along the lines of " a colorful set of petals on the end of a stem which are very nice to look at." This is not at all incorrect yet is quite a narrow vi
by Paramorpheus
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 01:48 PM PDT
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DONATE TODAY: Don't Let Reid, DC Elites Decide Who You Can Vote For.
Help Us Win in Nevada’s Third Congressional District.
Over fifty years ago they lobbed similar attacks at John F. Kennedy. The Washington elites said Kennedy should not run be
by Jesseforcongress
58 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 01:42 PM PDT
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Anyone who has studied mass movements and revolutions will tell you that the longer it takes to achieve effective reforms and to redress the legitimate grievances of the people the more radical and revolutionary the movement will become. What we liberals
by Steve McKeand
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 02:30 PM PDT
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I am in America for Easter (slightly longer than everyone else’s as I am here until the 3rd of April for a bit of a nice break) but I am not just here for some good old fries and laughs with my family and friends. I was very keen to see my campaign favori
by GoodOldSocialBill
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 01:50 PM PDT
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I’ve never attended a Hillary rally and probably never will. However, I’m extremely enthusiastic about her candidacy; have sent money and participated in GOTV events.
Gallup found that there are many others like me:
“On the Democratic side,
by mzjones
297 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Today, Nate Cohn from The Upshot blog of the NY Times released an article that attempts to estimate the percentage Clinton and Sanders will get in each remaining contest for the democratic nomination. It factors in everything — caucus vs primary, demograp
by Greenwich
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 12:34 PM PDT
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I’ve been a lifelong Democrat. My history supporting the parties starts with McGovern, and I still have the McGovern 72 t-shirt I wore when I was four years old. The garbage that I have heard around here lately have finally convinced me that the party has
by OldBird
817 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 10:22 AM PDT
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Earthquakes are a natural hazard — except when they're man-made. The oil and gas industry has aggressively adopted the technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to shatter subsurface shale rock and liberate the oil and gas lurking there. But t
by igualdad
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 09:18 AM PDT
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Specifically:
Neither Bernie nor Hillary will win a majority of the pledged delegates before June 7, and some simple math proves it.
Here’s where we are now:
Pledged delegate counts
Total: 4051
Total available: 1747
Needed
by VTGenie
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 05:47 PM PDT
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For most of the morning before lunch, I was for Hillary. Then I was for Bernie when I saw the 1% had taken all the cookies from the cafeteria!
Cookie Monster hates the oligarchy!
Last month, while brushing my teeth I flirted with O’Malley. And
by subir
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 10:59 AM PDT
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If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee.
Lately, I hear more than enough of the same thing, whether it’s from Hillary supporters who are off their nut, or good Democratic people who are genuinely scared of what will happen with a Republica
by IceypopCS
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 08:15 AM PDT
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I am an African-American who supports Bernie Sanders but would support Hillary Clinton should she become the Democratic nominee. I support Bernie Sanders because I think he is positioned to forge an actual American consensus on the economic progressive is
by JPSander
61 comments
on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 07:28 AM PDT
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As Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continue to duke it out for the Democratic party's nomination, we're getting closer and closer to the July 15th start of the Democratic National Convention. As such, people are starting to look ahead towards the gener
by Nicole Mathias
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 08:02 AM PDT
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Do you remember when DSW asked MSM to not include the superdelegates in the count? Did they listen? You bet, they did not. And because they didn’t, they forgot about the basics of 6th grade math. Yes, I mean percentages.
This is what the mass media s
by Demosten
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 04:14 AM PDT
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The math doesn’t add up. The lead is too great. He can’t win with minorities. Alaska and Hawaii are largely white states. The narrative is beginning to fall apart.
Bernie Sanders has historically been a late surging candidate. That’s because, as peop
by charlieg
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on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 06:16 AM PDT
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Well they have now pulled the Primary Schedule of state elections and delegates for the Democratic side off of the Wikipedia site because some folks just can’t agree on which place counts them better. I have been using this site to follow the Election th
by Uberknot
24 comments
on Mon Mar 28, 2016 at 11:37 PM PDT
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- I’ve been a lifelong Democrat. My history supporting the parties starts with McGovern, and I still have the McGovern 72 t-shirt I wore when I was four years old. The garbage that I have heard around here lately have finally convinced me that the party has817 comments 467 Recs
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- In what appears to be a Daily Theme, Kos has another post about Tad Devine and super delegates. Don’t be distracted. Rather than all the yelling and fighting, I propose donations to Bernie. Don’t get all caught up in flame wars. What matters is help410 comments 540 Recs
- The purpose of this diary is not to comment on the voter suppression in Arizona. (It is my opinion that this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed, possibly by allowing late voting). I just wanted to point out that in the days since the AZ...72 comments 99 Recs
- After a long election cycle of championing Bernie’s cause….. Rachel took to her show to combat the two newest strategies the Sanders campaign has turned to in order to try and remain relevant in the overall competitive discussion. It is definitel205 comments 169 Recs
- As some of you may know, I was recently banned for a satirical piece I wrote in which I argued that we must all rally to Saruman’s side as soon as possible because doing so was our only hope to defeat the dark lord Sauron. To all those who had a sens400 comments 478 Recs
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