MSNBC calls Washington state for Bernie

[oberliner]

Source: MSBC

Just saw it called on MSNBC.

Read more: TV

[jillan]

1. "All the way to the White House... Feel the Bern"

[forest444]

8. Like a bird!

A green finch, the new (unofficial) mascot of the Sanders campaign.

[zentrum]

18. What a smartie!

[Chicago1980]

30. Doubtful

[onehandle]

2. Caucus. nt

[LiberalArkie]

3. So was Iowa.

[Scootaloo]

7. Sour grapes n/t

[Gore1FL]

10. Running out of excuses? n/t

[840high]

12. shut up

[ornotna]

19. May I mambo dogface to the banana patch

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. You are so impressed with Bernie's wins that you can't contain yourself. You've posted this

several places today. Well done.

[Plucketeer]

4. It was that Sparrow!

Feel the Berd!

[appalachiablue]

6. Love it- Feel the Bird! :)

[zentrum]

16. OG! I love this^^^^^

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. I put that on the fridge last night.

[Powdered Toast Man]

5. Washington State doesn't count...

Or Hawaii or Alaska or any other states that vote for Bernie. Didn't you know?

[mahina]

48. Yeah, Hawaii is too white to count.

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

[WishfulThinker]

9. This is why I live in Washington!!!

So proud of the people in my beautiful state!

[ejbr]

13. Yes Washington!

[litlbilly]

17. I feel the same way about Oregon, Way to go my northern friend:)

[sulphurdunn]

20. Congratulations to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Washington State

[Capt.Rocky300]

23. I resemble that remark!

[Zira]

34. yes, Washington here. My caucus was a Bernie rally. I thought there would be hillary supporters

but there were so few and they left quickly. I'm so proud of my state. We are informed.

Got a nice Bernie Pin to wear!

[strategery blunder]

37. About 40% of the Hillary supporters in my precinct were surrogate affidavit voters.

Bernie had not a single one in my precinct. We actually came out of the woodwork.

(Sadly the deluge of surrogates did put Hillary over the top, 4-3 in my precinct, but my precinct looked like the most pro-Hillary of the six or so precincts at our caucus location; the others were more in line with the state results as a whole.)

[Zira]

38. Are you in the Eastern part of the state?

My Caucus was in Everett - 1/2 hour north of Seattle.

[strategery blunder]

40. Nope, Tacoma.

I'm stuck in the section thereof represented by Steve O'Ban.

I figured that was probably a rational explanation for what I saw today.

[Zira]

41. Sorry.

[strategery blunder]

42. Look on the bright side, I'm an alternate delegate for Bernie.

And the results from the other precincts made me feel a lot better, and I felt better still when I got home and watched the results come in.

[Zira]

43. Good!

I just wanted him to get all our delgates and now they're divided. I can hope for the rest of the state.

[clg311]

11. That's why I'm glad I moved here. NT

[Missn-Hitch]

15. I will second that. Washingtonian for 7 years now.

[Auggie]

14. Yeah!!!

[OnlinePoker]

21. 10 of 17 supers have declared for Hillary.

Perhaps, given the massive support for Bernie, they should reconsider.

[Nyan]

22. Yes they should. nt

[Roland99]

26. Ridiculous...what do these 10 have to gain? What have they offered up to get that gain?

[kennetha]

31. Massive Support?

In 2012, 3 million people from Washington State voted in the presidential election. Roughly 1.7M for Obama and 1.3M for Mittens. Supposedly about 200,000 participated in the caucuses today. I wouldn't call winning a caucus in which about 1/10 of the potential democratic voters participated a "massive" show of support. And I were a super delegate I sure wouldn't let that alone decide who I thought deserved the nomination and my support.

[joealexander]

32. Serious Question...

If you were a superdelegate, would it, at least, influence your decision?

[kennetha]

33. as one factor among others

and not the most weighty factor. If I were a super delegate that would mean that I was an office holder, a party official, etc. It would mean that I had been working in the trenches, possibly along side of these candidates, possibly for many years. I wouldn't regard myself as a mere weather vane, but as an interested and well-placed stakeholder in the party, given the authority and responsibility to exercise independent judgment. And I would do just that -- exercise independent judgment.

[freepotter]

36. Seems that turnout may reach or break a record

"Drawing throngs of voters with his calls to reclaim political power from the billionaire class, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won a landslide victory over Hillary Clinton Saturday in Washington’s Democratic caucuses.

With heavy turnout overwhelming some caucus locations, sending participants into parking lots and parks to complete voting on the sunny spring day, state Democratic Party officials said the caucuses may reach 2008’s record turnout of 250,000." (See link in post # 24.) How do you think people would view your judgement if you ignored 73% of the caucus votes?

[kennetha]

44. Big deal

If i ignored 10% of the voting population.

Let them "threaten" all they want.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Seattle Times link:

Bernie Sanders wins big in Washington caucuses
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/bernie-sanders-headed-for-big-win-in-washington-caucuses/

[BeanMusical]

25. Kick and R

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. Other LBN threads on Sander's win locked as "off topic" ??

Sad

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1392520

[Chicago1980]

29. Wasn't this pretty much predicted two weeks ago?

Didn't the Clinton campaign say they expected Bernie to win these particular states?

So really, no surprise.

[strategery blunder]

39. Not by 45 points, it wasn't.

And after Hillary mailed surrogate ballots to her mailing lists, but Bernie did not, quite honestly I was a bit nervous. I was afraid that Bernie might only win by 10 or 15 after that, when I knew he needed a margin more of the magnitude he received today.

About 40% of Hillary support in my precinct came from those surrogate ballots, while every Bernie supporter in my caucus showed up in person. And yes the deluge of Hillary surrogates did flip my precinct. :/

(Then again, I'm in one of the more conservative precincts in my legislative district, I think.)

The results from the other precincts caucusing at my location were more in line with state results.

[Dont call me Shirley]

45. Feel the Bern!

[Optimism]

46. Fellow Washingtonians !

Such a satisfying win! Like Obama's in '08.

Now let's all contact the "Super"delegates and convince them to actually REPRESENT their constituents. A radical idea, I know...

[abakan]

47. I bet it broke their hearts to do so.

Since the only two people they recognize as being in the race are trump, and the clinton.