{"id":111515,"date":"2016-03-03T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/03\/odinsblog-as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate\/"},"modified":"2018-09-03T05:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T05:18:10","slug":"odinsblog-as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/03\/odinsblog-as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-111515 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/03\/odinsblog-as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate\/attachment\/111516\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tumblr_o3g9tdrfDP1qzd2blo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tumblr_o3g9tdrfDP1qzd2blo1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tumblr_o3g9tdrfDP1qzd2blo1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/odinsblog.tumblr.com\/post\/140386634767\/as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate-count-is\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">odinsblog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/2016-primaries-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">As of March 2nd the \u201cearned\u201d delegate count is Clinton 595, Sanders 405<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Where I come from, we call that a close race, especially this early on when we\u2019re not even at the halfway point. Obviously in the coming weeks, things may change, but for <i>now<\/i>, it\u2019s still close.<\/p>\n<p>The South is virtually the Clinton\u2019s backyard, and no one at all should be surprised that Hillary did well there. But, many of the upcoming primary states will be more favorable for Sanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And while I\u2019m on the subject, nothing beats going outside and actually voting, or getting face-to-face commitments to vote from family and friends, but anyone who wants to help make the next round of primary states more favorable for Sanders can phone bank here: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.berniesanders.com\/page\/content\/phonebank%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.berniesanders.com\/page\/content\/phonebank\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>AGAIN, for clarity<\/b>: Super delegates do not actually cast their votes until this summer in Philadelphia, at the Democratic National Convention, in JULY. And unlike \u201cearned\u201d delegates (that\u2019s regular people like you and me) who have <i>already<\/i> voted in the primaries, THEIR \u201cvotes\u201d (the ones they that haven\u2019t made yet) can still change from the candidate they pledged, to the candidate who has popular support.<\/p>\n<p>Until very recently, most reputable media outlets did not include super delegates in their overall delegate vote counts, or at least they made it a point to clarify the difference between unalterable \u201cearned\u201d delegates who have already cast a ballot, and \u201cpledged\u201d super delegates who haven\u2019t even voted, and who may yet change their pledge to vote with the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(If you still think that a <i>promise<\/i> to vote is the same thing as an <i>actual<\/i> vote, then consider this analogy: an acquaintance asks you PayPal them $500 today, and they \u201cpromise\u201d to pay you back. But they quietly add the condition that they\u2019ll pay you back IF things go well for them. Only <i>then<\/i> will they repay you. Later on. In July. Probably. Suddenly that promise doesn\u2019t seem quite as secure, does it?)<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO<\/b>: Please note that on Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton largely won the reliably <i>red<\/i> states, the same states where Democrats don\u2019t have a prayer of winning in the general election. On the other hand, Bernie Sanders won in traditionally Democratic states. More importantly though, he won in some hotly contested <i>swing<\/i> states. This is an extremely salient (and under reported) point, because it punches truck sized holes in the false, but popular media narrative that Sanders is somehow a\u00a0\u201crisky\u201d vote for women and\/or Black people; or that Sanders is somehow unelectable, despite the fact that Hillary has much higher unfavorability rates than does Sanders, and despite the fact that in poll after poll, Sanders repeatedly does better than Clinton against Trump, Cruz and Rubio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the Clinton campaign\u2019s slick political messaging, the fact is that Bernie Sanders is the candidate who has a better chance of beating the Republican nominee in November.<\/p>\n<p><b>Finally<\/b>: Yes, Hillary won Massachusetts, a traditionally blue state, by razor thin margins. But the impact of Bill Clinton illegally campaigning for Hillary <a href=\"http:\/\/usuncut.com\/politics\/bill-clinton-may-have-violated-massachusetts-election-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">INSIDE<\/a> of polling places cannot be over-emphasized, especially in close races. His Secret Service detail caused voters additional wait times, and <i>may<\/i> have turned some voters away for security reasons. I have no doubt Sanders would have won the state if not for Bill Clinton\u2019s \u201caccidental\u201d tampering.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a no-brainer that he intentionally used his Secret Service entourage to manipulate the outcome, beyond simple pro-Hillary campaigning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>odinsblog: As of March 2nd the \u201cearned\u201d delegate count is Clinton 595, Sanders 405 Where I come from, we call that a close race, especially this early on when we\u2019re not even at the halfway point. Obviously in the coming weeks, things may change, but for now, it\u2019s still close. The South is virtually the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/03\/odinsblog-as-of-march-2nd-the-earned-delegate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111517,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111515\/revisions\/111517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}