Damn, there sure were a sh*tload of people in line today…
(There are 15 early voting locations in my county, and you can vote any one of four days. I got through the line in about two hours, but the line as I was leaving the building was about twice as long. I heard that lineson the first day were 3 1/2 to 4 hours long)
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The workers at the polls were talking about this. They were pretty emphatic that they did not think it was true, but we shall see. They seemed pretty organized today. They only let me vote once…
The workers at the polls were talking about this. They were pretty emphatic that they did not think it was true, but we shall see. They seemed pretty organized today. They only let me vote once…
Vote once. *snort*
I have to admit that "this is planted fake news designed to embarrass the Dems" was my first thought, but it seemed too easy to debunk.
It's gonna be a rocky election season, no matter what.
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"In interviews, three caucus volunteers described serious concerns about rushed preparations for the Feb. 22 election, including insufficient training for a newly-adopted electronic vote-tally system and confusing instructions on how to administer the caucuses."
From Daniel's politico article: “He’s going to win with 28 percent of the vote. We’re not talking about him getting 50 percent of the vote,” said Andres Ramirez, a Nevada-based Democratic strategist and former vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee’s Hispanic Caucus. “But the rest of the field is so fragmented, and he has his base locked, that he can continue winning just by holding onto his base.”
(my bold) Some of these folks need to drop out.
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Originally posted by Nina: Stay tuned for Super Tuesday....
From Daniel's politico article: “He’s going to win with 28 percent of the vote. We’re not talking about him getting 50 percent of the vote,” said Andres Ramirez, a Nevada-based Democratic strategist and former vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee’s Hispanic Caucus. “But the rest of the field is so fragmented, and he has his base locked, that he can continue winning just by holding onto his base.”
(my bold) Some of these folks need to drop out.
There are reasons they don't. The reasons have to do with personal agendas, usually; they think they have future prospects, they want to build a national profile, or they want to hold onto their delegates to trade for something (a platform plank, a Cabinet post, whatever).
The point is, as long as a majority doesn't belong to Bernie, they can (eventually) coalesce behind one non-Bernie candidate.
And then watch the Bernie supporters go apesh!t, even though they were never more than a minority.
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