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We have to face facts, put all the bullshit aside

Journal by fustakrakich

You know who is the only person on the list that has a chance, right? This has nothing to do with opinion, mine or yours.

But we do know now that Hillary doesn't need to run, so no need to bring her up anymore. Even a bunch (over 20%) of Bernie supporters will go for it

It's probably the only peaceable way out of this

 

Reply to: Re:Yes, Let's put all the bullshit aside...

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 23 2020, @04:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 23 2020, @04:44AM (#961296)

    You're buggin'!

    I hate to break it to you, but it's *way* too late for new folks to get into the Democratic primaries. Filing deadlines for state primaries/caucuses have all passed except for those in Montana (9 March 2020), Nebraska (12 March 2020), New Mexico (30 March 2020) and Oregon (10 March 2020) (Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates). [ballotpedia.org]

    The four states where the deadline for inclusion on the primary ballot has not already passed have a total of 178 delegates combined, out of a total of 4,750 delegates. As such, if *anyone* attempted to file in those four states, the most delegates they could receive (assuming they *win* all the delegates in all four states) is 178+all 771 "superdelegates" (source: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_delegate_rules,_2020). [ballotpedia.org] Which would be absurd in the extreme.

    But just for giggles let's posit that a candidate could sweep Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oregon *and* get support from all 771 "superdelegates." That's a total of 949 delegates, or ~20% of the total delegates. Which wouldn't be nearly enough to get the nomination.

    And, since sweeping all four states *and* getting *all* the superdelegates is an outcome so unlikely as to be absurd, there's no way that anyone could enter the campaign for Democratic presidential nominee at this late date and have *any* chance to succeed.

    So. You're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too. Damn, that stinks!

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