Bernie CRUSHES Clinton in Maine.

[RoccoR5955]

64% Sanders, 34.8% Clinton.
from: https://www.google.com/search?q=maine+primary+results&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#eob=m.050ks/D/2/short/m.050ks/

GAME OVER FOR CLINTON!

[MrMickeysMom]

1. Wow!

[AzDar]

2. Go, Bernie GO!!

[madokie]

3. the pendulum is swinging the other way as we knew it would

once we got out of the bible belt.

[brooklynite]

60. ...and on Tuesday it's going to swing back.

[DhhD]

88. Bernie is going to use paid Ads to tell the truth and remind workers of NAFTA.

[brooklynite]

96. In the next 6 hours?

[vdogg]

106. They're very powerful ads

Almost as powerful as those Twitter hashtags that "broke the Internet"...

[morningfog]

4. Out of the south, she struggles. Ekes out wins or gets clobbered.

[SMC22307]

14. New Englanders, Midwesterners, and Westerners...

see through the Clinton bullshit. Why don't Southerners?

[Feeling the Bern]

61. These are the same people that fought and died to rich white people could continuing

owning slaves. I still believe Lincoln should have let them go.

[Lordquinton]

69. He did

then they attacked him for it.

[Feeling the Bern]

72. The South in one obnoxiously mind numbing video

[bvar22]

92. You seem to believe that The South is monolithic.

It is not.
I can find that guy in the video in every state of the Union.

We moved from a Big Blue Northern City to the old South in 2006,
and love it here.
We can drink the water that bubbles up from the Ozark Spring in our back yard.
We've also found many educated Liberal Democrats living here, enjoying their life, growing their own food, and raising chickens and other critters.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1182456

The South is beautiful, and belongs to us all.
Why just give it away to the "necks"?

More people will be moving here in the near future as LA runs out of water, the cost of heating during the Winter rises, and people wise up that almost all the water "up North" has been poisoned.

I'll save you a spot, but better hurry.

---bvar22 and Starkraven
Living well on a LOW taxable income
and stuff we learned in the 60s.


In 2008, 1/3 of the people up in these old mountains voted for "the black guy".
Due to the low population density, it wouldn't take very many people to flip that the Blue. Our votes here weigh MUCH more than they did in Minneapolis.

[INdemo]

86. Bernie can win Michigan..I think he will win Michigan unless

DWS finds a way to steal it for Hillary. I put her in the same class as Karl Rove and expect anything

[dana_b]

5. very good news

so good!

[itsrobert]

6. Good for Bernie

But not enough to stop Hillary's nomination.

MATH!

[chervilant]

66. "Math" is not why

Hi11ary might still get the Democratic nomination, and MOST of us understand that. With each of Bernie's victories, her "nomination" looks less and less likely.

That being said, I think Bernie has quite a bit more support than the Oligarchs are willing to admit. Consequently, if Hi11ary does get the nomination, hers will be a Pyrrhic victory, at best.

Go BERNIE!!!

#NotMeUs

[Spitfire of ATJ]

77. I saw the numbers at MSNBC. They include California for Hillary....

California hasn't voted yet.

They were counting "super-delegates" as if they were a lock.

[jwirr]

105. I think many of the super-delegates will understand the

danger of nominating a candidate that so many do not want to vote for.

While they are still hanging on to Hillary hoping they can continue politics as usual I think they would much rather have a candidate that can win for their party.

By the time the primary voting is done and Hillary and the DNC have angered some more voters she is not going to look like such a sure thing.

I fully expect the super-delegates to do what is best for the country and for their own political careers.

I have five SDs still hanging onto her in a state that voted heavily for Bernie. Shouldn't take much longer for them to realize that we are not following them anymore. "I need to go for there they go and I am their leader."

[laruemtt]

7. Woot! n/t

[quantumjunkie]

34. x2

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Those of us who are more neutral

know this is a close race. It has been a close race... but this is still a race.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

18. Those of us who are more neutral

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. My gut is telling me that we are seeing momentum shift

but until the 15 I do not expect to see definite, signs of this, well this weekend might.


But we will soon know for sure.

I need to once again look at the numbers

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

24. The current is under the surface but runs deep.

I hope we see heads explode all over TV.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. I think we will

please do check my math for the weekend, data is from real clear politics... first column is Clinton, second is sanders. If my math is correct, Sanders took this by two delegates. I removed the supers from this. This is just raw data from earned delegates

Louisiana March 5 35 12 Primary Closed
Nebraska March 5 10 14 Caucus Closed
Kansas March 5 10 23 Caucus Closed
Maine March 6 6 14 Caucus C

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_delegate_count.html

[Land of Enchantment]

9. Three out of four states

this weekend. Momentum is building and Hillary is losing her base and has no new voters.

[RichGirl]

23. Three our of four...

But no delegate gains.

[Le Taz Hot]

65. Wrong.

He's +3 this weekend. Super delegates don't count until the convention.

[quantumjunkie]

10. K&R

[Major Hogwash]

11. Bernie just passed Hillary in the delegate count.

It's all downhill for Hillary now.

[RoccoR5955]

13. Cllinton should just give up

because she has already lost!
It was a good fight, but Bernie did a better job.
Now on to the General Election, and in January we shall have PRESIDENT BERNIE SANDERS!

[pangaia]

39. +1000000000000000000

[Lucinda]

17. No he didn't. n/t

[stevenleser]

21. Yeah, not even close. She still leads by close to 200 pledged delegates.

Have no idea what that person is talking about.

[Lucinda]

25. Exactly.

Maybe for the day...? but it's still almost a wash for the weekend.

[magical thyme]

27. in the WEEKEND delegate count. nt

[TexasTowelie]

30. For this weekend, but not in total.

For this weekend Sanders 66 to Clinton 63 according to the New York Times.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Ok what delegate I am missing?

I just added them and yes he is ahead, but only by two not three, and this is what shifting momentum starts to look like

MATH... at times it drives me nuts. It might be my eyesight.

[TexasTowelie]

38. I was referring to the data from March 5-6 on this site:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/primary-calendar-and-results.html?ref=politics

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. I kmow exactly what you are talking about

I am looking at the raw data from Real Clear Politics

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_delegate_count.html

Ok, one of them has an extra delegate somewhere.

[TexasTowelie]

43. So RCP lost a delegate (or did they throw that one under the bus)?

Oh my!

Every delegate is important.

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. Well I am thinking this is the story for the weekend

and the media black out for the Maine returns.

[nadinbrzezinski]

64. By the way, here it is

http://reportingsandiego.com/2016/03/06/are-we-starting-to-see-changing-momentum/

And it is a valid question.

[tblue37]

93. And every sperm is beautiful. (/Monty Python) nt

[aaaaaa5a]

35. Sanders is +3 for the weekend.

And Hillary will erase this Tuesday with one victory in Michigan.


Sanders has to stop winning small rural caucus states and get a real win in a big primary state to truly turn this race around.

[TexasTowelie]

42. I think that Clinton will erase that deficit with Mississippi alone.

She will pad that lead with Michigan if the polls are correct. I agree with you that Sanders needs to win (and win big) in a larger primary state in order to erase the deficit. Winning the Maine caucus 2,200 - 1,214 is almost significant.

[aaaaaa5a]

44. Your'e right, Mississippi will erase a +3 weekend deficit.

I think Sanders has to win Michigan. People have really soured on caucases. They are undemocratic and are disproportionately held in small, rural, non-momentum building states. Sanders needs a big, important PRIMARY win soon.

Until that happens, Clinton remains the presumptive nominee and Sanders an outside protest candidate.

[totodeinhere]

62. It is the real tragedy that Bernie has not been able to break through to African American voters.

n/t

[aaaaaa5a]

63. That's the story of the primary. Most expected Clinton

to win AA voters. But by 85-15 margins? Clinton is scoring higher margins in this group than Obama did in '08. Shocking!

[bvar22]

97. It is especially shocking...

...since nobody named Clinton ever did a damned thing the help PoC beyond making their lives much harder.
I don't understand it.

[JDPriestly]

48. Sanders will win big in California. Unfortnately, we do not get to vote until June 7.

Most of the early caucus and primary states are conservative. And that is how the system is rigged to make Americans appear more conservative than we are.

[aaaaaa5a]

52. A win in CA is not likely, unless he greatly

improves his standing with Hispanics.

[RoccoR5955]

54. And Bernie will win big in NY.

I have not seen one Clinton sign, bumper sticker, yard sign, or other signs of support.
That will do her in. Especially since NY is her current home state.

[TexasTowelie]

70. There is a fallacy in believing that signs, bumper stickers or large crowds

equates to votes. There were large rallies for Bernie in Texas, but he still lost by almost a 2-1 margin.

I've never put out a sign in my yard or a bumper sticker on my vehicles because doing so makes the property a likely target for vandalism. There are plenty of benefits to not indicating which candidate your support and keeping the decision about which candidate you support relegated to the voting booth. Indicating that you support a Democrat is usually okay in the metro areas of Texas, but it is not a smart move to advertise the same in the suburbs or rural areas.

[Joe the Revelator]

12. What was his target in Maine?

[Sienna86]

15. Wonderful. Watching the debate now.

Bernie Sanders makes me proud. He is our future.

[kgnu_fan]

16. kick

[Arazi]

20. Yeah, not game over yet for Clinton (and I support Sanders)

We can't afford to get cocky and must continue to fight for every vote

Carry on

[RoccoR5955]

22. I am just

parroting the opposition.
I believe it is VERY close, and we must work, work, work, and work some more, to make Bernie President.

[Arazi]

26. Whoops!

2 drinks into the night



Carry on

[noretreatnosurrender]

55. Game Not Over

for either candidate.

[leveymg]

31. She wins in states Dems will lose but depresses the vote in Dem states. A crappy candidate

If there ever was one.

[putitinD]

32. I predict Bernnie wil crush Hillary in Michigan on Tues.

[Agschmid]

37. ...

[Gore1FL]

82. Does "..." mean I'd lock this if I could? n/t

[Agschmid]

95. Nope.

[Ivan Kaputski]

99. ^^^yep^^^

[pangaia]

41. IF that happens...... Ooohh BOY !!!!!

[obamanut2012]

91. lolz

[braddy]

36. Crushed!

[marew]

46. What is really grossly unfair-

This entire super delegate thing is to subvert the will of the voters. Super delegates have no responsibility to reflect the popular vote in their states! How can this be called a democracy when one super delegate vote can cancel out a number of popular votes.
Today the Tampa Bay Times Politifact process evaluated Wasserman Schultz claim that she scheduled the Democratic debates on weekends so more people could see them. The Tampa Bay Times did all kinds of research, contacted media specialists, etc., and came to the conclusion that Wasserman Schultz reasoning is false. People are LESS likely to view the debates on weekends but then most of us had figured that out already. We knew EXACTLY was Wasserman Schultz was trying to do!

Below are two petitions if anyone is interested:

Petition: Remove Wasserman Schultz
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman

Petition: Superdelegates: Let the voters decide
http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-democratic-superdel

[nashville_brook]

49. nice - will have to check out the TBT article.

[JDPriestly]

47. K&R.

[TIME TO PANIC]

50. K & R!

[amborin]

51. Go Bernie!

[0rganism]

53. everyone benefits from Sen. Sanders staying in to the convention

as long as Hillary's campaigning against Sen. Sanders, she doesn't have to constantly explain the email thing. that changes when she goes up against the Republicans, at this point.

HRC supporters should be glad that someone as direct and respectful as Sen. Sanders is sticking it out to run against her. if he takes it to the convention and loses there, she can start in on the Republicans, who should be up to their eyebrows in problems of their own by then. if Sen. Sanders wins outright, or indictments develop for the situations around the email server or the Clinton Foundation, Democrats will be overjoyed that another candidate, a worthy opponent, is right there ready to pick up the banner.

after watching the debate, it looks to me like this situation is actually very win-win.

[quantumjunkie]

57. K&R

[SoapBox]

56. Cool!

On to the Convention.

[Duckfan]

58. HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK!!!

TWICE!

[brooklynite]

59. 2,000 votes...

[Lucinda]

68. She is still up about 90k votes for this weekend alone

Not that we use popular vote, but it was definitely a good weekend for Hillary!

[Beacool]

67. Congratulations to Sanders.

But it's no game changer. Less than 3,500 people voted in ME.

Sanders 2,231
Clinton 1,232

The total weekend delegate count:

Sanders 64

Clinton 62

[Kittycat]

94. More than 47k Maine Dems participated

There was one line over a mile long, where people waited 5 hours in 40 degree weather, only to have voter registration cut off early and were forced to change from a caucus to primary format to get the lines through. They were completely overwhelmed by the turnout. It even exceeded 2008. Great turnout.

https://bangordailynews.com/2016/03/06/politics/bernie-sanders-handily-defeats-hillary-clinton-in-maine-caucuses/

[Beacool]

102. Look at the chart on RCP.

What does it mean?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

[Kittycat]

104. State convention delegates

I wish they would update the numbers with the popular vote estimates, even on the low end. I think this is disingenuous


Eta:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/ME-D

[Beacool]

107. Thanks!!

[blondie58]

71. Yet the mainstream media is still being deceptive.

I just read something about Hillary having a strong less ad.

[Enthusiast]

73. Kicked and recommended!

[jmowreader]

74. You're declaring "game over" because of a thousand-vote margin in a New England state?

So...when Bernie loses two states on Tuesday by devastating margins, will it be GAME OVER FOR SANDERS!?

[RoccoR5955]

75. NO!

Because Bernie will win!

[GreatGazoo]

76. Nice win.

[Helen Borg]

78. Yes, I saw that on CNN. Front page!

[olddots]

79. the money wants it to be Hillary & Donald

[NurseJackie]

80. Well gang, I guess that's it. Let's pack up and go home ...

GAME OVER FOR CLINTON!

[BobTheSubgenius]

81. As I have said many times, in many different places,

HRC is not my ideal candidate, so I don't have an axe to grind, and especially not a partisan position on her side. She will sink or swim on the public's assessment of the candidates, and my input will not make even a scintilla of difference. However, I think perspective is sometimes lacking.

Specifically, at the moment, today's poll numbers.

Michigan - HRC +13 in one poll, +37 in the other. *

Ohio - HRC +21

NY _ HRC +21

Of course, there could be errors, or the questions not properly phrased, or an inadequate sample size, but these are not the numbers of a candidate that's already done, somewhat sloppy polling or no.

* Yes, I know. That outlier is from Fox, who could easily be working against Sanders.

[Gamecock Lefty]

83. Hillary CRUSHES Bernie EVEN WORSE in Louisiana!!!

Game Over for Grandpa Bernie!!!

[bigwillq]

85. Yes, it was a nice win for Grandma Hillary in LA

Congrats to her.

[edbermac]

89. Jury results.

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service
On Mon Mar 7, 2016, 03:32 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Yes, it was a nice win for Grandma Hillary in LA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1437803

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Wow, age-ist much? What does her being a grandmother have to do with this conversation. No one brought up Bernie's status as a grandfather.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Mar 7, 2016, 03:39 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Well, she is a grandma and this is GDP so grow a thicker skin, alerter.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: "Wow, age-ist much?"

Wow, stupid-ist much?
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: it's immature but not worthy of a hide. nothing wrong with being a grandma, according to my grandchildren. and i'm for Bernie!
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I'll vote to leave it, but this is pretty close to the line.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I am generally reluctant to hide posts in this forum since so much of it is over the top but, in this case, I do think this comment was ageist.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[bigwillq]

90. Yes, someone did bring up Bernie's grandpa status: the poster I replied to.

Thanks.

[arcane1]

101. "No one brought up Bernie's status as a grandfather." Um, WTF?

Sometimes I think one needs to pass a thinking test before submitting an alert

[Beacool]

103. Grandpa Sanders is 6 years older than Hillary, in case you missed that fact.

[INdemo]

84. and it was barely mentioned by Comcast(msnbc) CNN or any corporate network

A 29% crushing defeat and not one network responds.

[Android3.14]

87. I participated and voted for Bernie

He didn't win in my location in the far northern part of the state, but Aroostook County is very traditional Catholic, has one of the densest populations of seniors and is consequently conservative. Still the vote was 35 Bernie to 42 Clinton. When I saw that in my conservative locale, I knew he was going to win the state.

[Ivan Kaputski]

98. Shredded, Pulverized, Stomped, Raked over the coals, KO'd, DOA, Dirt knapped, etc!

[Dont call me Shirley]

100. WooHoo...