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Probably not a bad time to note the pledged delegates are not bound to their vote in the Dem primaries - ty97 Mar 3, 21:09 6
- IIRC, delegates are bound to their pledged candidate for the first round, then its a free for all...so Bloomberg could still buy the nomination -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 22:47
- Explain super delegates please -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 21:12 4
  - Yes. Are they all or none? -- nm - David Mar 3, 21:14 2
    - How do you level up from regular delegate to super delegate? -- nm - Jovian Mar 3, 21:16 1
      - party official, etc -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 21:16
  - They shouldn't exist. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 21:13
You know how in every movie the defendant wants to represent himself but he’s cautioned against it, but then he turns out to be clever and cunning? - Mop Mar 3, 21:06 2
- in reality they go up against a badass prosecutor like Jack Dawson and get life without parole. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 21:14 1
  - But, your honor, it was only a parking ticket! -- nm - znufrii Mar 3, 21:14
One of the squad just took a subtle shot at Warren -- (link) - eag Mar 3, 21:02 6
- and the candle mystic -- (edited) - Jovian Mar 3, 21:15
- Wow the top reply to her though is money. "Bernie dropped out in July 2016 Let's not...." -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 21:11
- I'm actually very curious about where the Warren votes would go. Some to Sanders for certain, but I think it would be more split than some folks think -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 21:09
- That's subtle? -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 21:05 2
  - Slight sarcasm -- nm* - eag Mar 3, 21:06 1
    - Gotcha. This Moderate vs. Progressive bs won't help in the general - Bacon Mar 3, 21:08
Cnn has 55% Texas counted Biden Sanders both at 28.6% dead heat -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:58
Is it 11:05pm ET yet? -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:56 4
- To be fair, you didn't know you were going to be wrong. -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:59 3
  - It's not going to be close from what I can see of exits so I'm surprised they are being conservative -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 21:02 2
    - AP called it right after 8:00 PT fwiw -- nm - mud Mar 3, 21:06
    - People still being allowed to vote might scare people to call it now. -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 21:04
My 11-year-old daughter, who slammed 30 seasons of the Simpsons since Disney+ launched, has started over from the beginning. - Mop Mar 3, 20:47 1
- Sunday's Chinos episode was hysterical. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:50
So how long until Sanders flips back to “plurality doesn’t matter, let the convention decide!” -- nm - mafic Mar 3, 20:47 6
- Whenever it best suits him. I dislike him a lot for this reason. - TWuG Mar 3, 20:50
- The real question is whether Bernie Sanders would drop out of this race. The writing's on the wall. - David Mar 3, 20:50 3
  - 2016 the sequel -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 21:02
  - He won’t drop out. He doesn’t care about the party. -- nm - pmb Mar 3, 20:52 1
    - That's how change happens! -- nm - Ralph Nader Mar 3, 21:03
- tomorrow? -- nm - mud Mar 3, 20:49
Texas under 30 voters are 16pct of turnout. 20pct in 2016. Where’s the sanders latino and youth surge? - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:46 3
- There's a second half to that. A lot more people like Biden and other candidates than Hilary. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:49
- Don't the numbers back the narrative that they like him? It's just that the existing narrative that youth don't vote remained unchanged. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 20:47 1
  - Yup, the young people are voting for Bernie huge. They're still a minority of voters, so he has not expanded the electorate at all. -- nm - Tim Mar 3, 20:49
Wait, Dawson, where are you seeing a delegate for Tulsi? -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:43 4
- American Samoa (not a joke!) -- nm - Max Mar 3, 20:45
- It was suggested she gets one from American Samoa. -- nm - Tim Mar 3, 20:44
- CNN and NYT -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:44 1
  - I meant which state. I guess not exactly a 'state' in this case. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:54
I'm rewatching Warehouse 13. I loved it during its TV run. I apparently remember none of it. - TWuG Mar 3, 20:36 1
- oh yes for sure - Jovian Mar 3, 20:40
So Bernie has filed an injunction to keep the polls open later in California -- (edited) - eag Mar 3, 20:36
Only 9% of California but Sanders winning Biden third behind Bloomberg. -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:36 1
- Early votes. That will change when election day votes start coming in. (Sanders will win for sure, but Biden will beat Bloomberg and come in 2nd) -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:39
So Tulsi drops out tomorrow and endorses Biden? - Jovian Mar 3, 20:36 1
- Trump -- nm - eag Mar 3, 20:37
Ahh, there it is. Subject to change as votes come in, but NYT has delegates as 141 Bloomberg, 111 Warren, 27 Pete, 8 Amy after tonight - ty97 Mar 3, 20:33 8
- So, assuming Bloomberg does what’s wise, Biden will have more in his back pocket as well. Suspend to control the delegates. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:36 6
  - Secretary of the Treasury Michael Bloomberg? -- nm - Jovian Mar 3, 20:42 3
    - Fuck no. Keep his ass OUT of government. Put a damn economist (a good one, not some supply side hack) in Treasury -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 20:44
    - Given his return on investment, I’m not sure I want him thinking about our economy. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:43
    - Make him Surgeon General and let him have his sugary drink tax. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:43
  - Warren's quite the wild card to me. I would think if she was going to give her delegates to Bernie she'd just drop out. - ty97 Mar 3, 20:37 1
    - Yup yup -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:39
- So, a delegate counts about a million dollars by #BloombergMath. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:35
BTW in other news. I not only sell toilet paper as you know. We sell hand sanitizer. In the past 48 hours we have sold more than we typically sell -- (edited) - Bacon Mar 3, 20:28 4
- I Shipt Shop in Target and actually found 6 2oz. Purell bottles. I hadn't seen any brand in any size since Friday. - zunk, man of means by no means Mar 3, 20:33
- Should have used demand pricing -- nm - psilotum Mar 3, 20:30 2
  - Like this? -- (link) - Bacon Mar 3, 20:32
  - err, surge pricing -- nm - psilotum Mar 3, 20:31
How many times will we hear Comeback Kid remarks tomorrow? Over Under 1,000 -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:23
There will be a runoff in the Alabama GOP Senate primary race between Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 20:22 13
- Fare thee well Roy Moore - Jovian Mar 3, 20:32 6
  - Also, Doug Jones can start writing his farewell speech. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:33 5
    - most likely true. -- nm - Jovian Mar 3, 20:35
    - We'll see. He was never supposed to have a chance in the first place. And Sessions seems like someone Trump would happily throw under the bus. - David Mar 3, 20:35 3
      - He might but there’s a line between you know me and I’m a decent politician the president don’t like vs you know me and I’m a pedo. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:38 2
        
        It's a fair point. The fact that Roy Moore got 48.4% of the vote tells me a lot of people will happily tattoo the number of the Beast on their faces. -- nm* - David Mar 3, 20:41 1
        
        In an off year election! Like only the committed people vote, so nearly half of the true voter believers are cool with a pedo. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:42
- There's an actual person named Tommy Tuberville? -- nm - . Mar 3, 20:24 1
  - Formerly a yam salesman. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 20:32
- Quick, someone check Tuberville's overtime record! -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:23 3
  - Nick Saban is going to run for Governor. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:27 2
    - He'll lose because of Tua. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:28 1
      - Mea? -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 20:29
TULSI GOT A DELEGATE -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:22
It's FAR from over and Sanders has clear path to nomination--from NYTimes MATH - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:21 13
- I don’t get how really unless there are truly no others delegates. Warren and Mike don’t have enough to tie up the system and will drop out - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:25 1
  - The race has shifted dramatically at least 4 times since October so yes I do -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:26
- those are just part of the state winner delegates - there's close to 1000 more to add tonight. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 20:24 3
  - tonight, your such an optimist. California, when counting is working *well*, makes Iowa looks quick -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:25
  - yup. They're estimating Biden at 650 at end and Bernie at 570. So, very close not over -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:24 1
    - Yes, but the difference is Sanders was counting on a big lead from these states. I don’t think it gets more favorable for him. - pmb Mar 3, 20:33
- Very far from over. I think "no one gets majority" is still the 'candidate' in the lead -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:23 6
  - I don't think Bloomberg or Warren get a big enough chunk of delegates to act as a blocker, and they're both done after tonight - znufrii Mar 3, 20:26 5
    - Which is a really annoying win for Trump: the actual NYC billionaire failed to beat him. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 20:48
    - Going into tonight, Pete had 26 and Warren had 8` delegates -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 3, 20:29 3
      - sounds about right to me, I just don't see that taking enough delegates off the table to make a contested convention the most likely outcome - znufrii Mar 3, 20:32 2
        
        One of them would have to start consistently winning 60-40 (at least, possibly more) to get over the threshold -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:35 1
        
        Mathematically impossible? Not at all! Going to happen? Seems not highly likely, but we shall see -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:36
Dammit. I just realized that my 5-day workweek is the one with the first round of the NCAA tournament. There goes the dream of sitting at Double - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:19 4
- Dude, take Thursday or Friday off that week. Kim and I will happily join you for a while. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:21 3
  - Can’t. I have a huge deadline project due end of that week and I doubt I hit the target. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:22 2
    - Welcome... to Adulting. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 20:42 1
      - It’s a rare event but this one has been delayed for months and my big boss in corporate noted our demo and how impressed she was and my local boss - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:56
This is so gross -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 20:16 3
- It's just really dumb in this day and age. WTF United States? -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:19
- Tangent: I just found out Wendy Davis is running for Congress in 2020. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:19 1
  - against Chip Roy in a R+10 district, so it's a suicide mission. -- nm - Tim Mar 3, 20:25
The Establishment Strikes Back -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 20:16
amanda, I left an example of how delegate math works on B2 -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:15 15
- hold on, so *no* winner take all states? - Reagen Mar 3, 20:18 14
  - Wait, are there any winner take all states? -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:20 13
    - I think maybe one or two. There'd have to be. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 20:20 12
      - My understanding is no. All are using the same system. -- nm - pmb Mar 3, 20:24 1
        
        I feel like someone would have told me prior to this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 20:25
      - Poor ty is the most helpful, innately kind person, and the universe just *crushes* him for it. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:21 1
        
        Not his fault he’s so old -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:25
      - I used to live in California and I am 100% certain that it's a winner take all state. -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:21 7
        
        That's a negative (although the Republican primary might be) -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 20:27
        
        How much money will your wife let you lose? Let’s bet that. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:23 5
        
        Ty, tell Will how right I am please. -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:24 4
        
        The California *GOP* primary is Winner take all where a candidate exceeds 50% statewide. Otherwise, proportional to candidates receiving 20% or more. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:25 3
        
        Okay okay, I worded my joke wrong and ruined the thread David started. THERE!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:30 2
        
        Haha, I knew you were messing around, and I gave you an informative answer anyway, so take that! -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:40 1
        
        Meanie Head! -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:42
I am sad to tell you all that liberal Massachusetts women are horribly sexist. I take no pleasure in reporting this. -- (link) - ML Mar 3, 20:14 11
- What college did these college+ voters attend? Because, ye gods... -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:17 4
  - University of Tennessee -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 20:18 [Backboard] 3
    - Ah, the ButtChug vote. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:22
    - Nah, that can’t be right. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:21
    - *laughing* -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 20:20
- College+. Wow. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:16 4
  - The narrative from the earliest beginnings of the election cycle was voters want someone who can beat Trump. - Tim Mar 3, 20:23 1
    - I think the reality is that the moderates wanted a moderate. When Joe looked shakey they looked elsewhere, but after SC it became clear he was the - pmb Mar 3, 20:28
  - Strategic voting I'm guessing -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:17
  - He's not the candidate they deserve, but he is the candidate they need right now. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 20:17
- Missing from my post: the words "all" and "most". -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 20:16
Texas is gonna be a near dead heat, both vote wise, and how many delegates each Biden and Sanders get -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 3, 20:13
Bery had a hysterical post lost in the roll. -- (link) - David Mar 3, 20:12 [Backboard] 6
- It's his fault, rolls should happen at 200 and his funny won't be lost -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 20:15 5
  - I recently considered randomizing the roll point. It had been my original plan way back when. - Beryllium Mar 3, 20:16 4
    - "don't roll if Bery has posted within the last 10 posts" -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:17 3
      - The board finally rolled tonight -- nm - The Year 2047 Mar 3, 20:17 1
        
        "Turd." -- Word Ferguson -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 20:18
      - Yes, exactly, a randomizer. -- nm - Bery Mulaney Mar 3, 20:17
Elizabeth Warren was a once in a generation candidate. -- nm - Tim Mar 3, 20:12 4
- It reminds me of how Mike Trout went 25th in the draft. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:13
- I’ll send Bernie money if he ends up the nominee. Biden’s getting my vote but not a dime. -- nm - Tim Mar 3, 20:13 2
  - I'll likely max (not a lump sum probably, but max still) to whoever is the Dem nominee -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:14 1
    - I've never done that, or even close, before -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 20:14
You need more time to vote in California? You can mail or drop off your ballot for weeks!! Now they get 2 more hours. - Bacon Mar 3, 20:11 2
- Hey, things are slower out west. - Beryllium Mar 3, 20:13 1
  - They need to wait for the horses to clop clop the right number of times and since Santa Anita is there, they keep having to restart the count. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 20:58
and go Vols who are going to upset Kentucky at Kentucky -- nm - JD Mar 3, 20:09 5
- Keep hope alive! -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:10 4
  - ROCKY TOP - Volnelk Mar 3, 20:15 3
    - We caught a terrible break when our best player had surgery. The two kids we added in January have made us more interesting. - David Mar 3, 20:16 2
      - I just can’t get into Fulkerson as ‘the man’. Can’t. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 3, 20:28 1
        
        Pons is the player I adore, but I'm double-covered this year since ETSU is 27-4. -- nm - David Mar 3, 20:30

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