NBC reporter embedded in Sanders campaign just now said:

[grasswire]

"If Hillary can't engender the kind of enthusiasm in Democrats that Bernie is stirring in his campaigns, she is going to be in trouble in the fall."

The enthusiasm gap Hillary holds will lose the election to Trump.

[Renew Deal]

1. 2.5 million more votes is a lot of enthusiasm

It's not online polls, but still pretty good.

[snowy owl]

23. So you're saying it's not name recognition but informed voters for Hillary?

and you really believe most Americans are informed voters?

[brooklynite]

77. Those that bother to vote in the Primary? Yes.

[wendylaroux]

28. for now,that'll be gone in no time.

[Renew Deal]

33. You're going with the "it's only but a flesh wound" argument?

[wendylaroux]

44. no,I'm going with the wait awhile and see who has more votes argument.

you will see.it will be amazing.

[Bubzer]

94. Still got about 50% of the delegates to be awarded

She only has about a quarter of the delegates won...and the coming states or not in her favor like most of the previous ones were. It's still a race.

[Renew Deal]

119. Good

Get back to me when Bernie passes her.

[tularetom]

112. Actually it's more of a "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system o

of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony" argument.

[Loudestlib]

78. She beat Obama in the popular vote too.

[pdsimdars]

80. Do you realize that the Democrats are only 30% of the voters

And all the others get to vote in the GE?

It makes a difference when Hillary does very poorly among the other 70% and Bernie does Great!

[Renew Deal]

117. Yep. I understand

[basselope]

85. not even close.

[Renew Deal]

116. I agree

Hillary: 8,682,604
Bernie: 6,157,757

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D

[basselope]

122. Kinda sad for Hillary at this point

Given that it went through all her strongest states and she only managed to get 8.6MM votes, despite spending over 110MM

[Renew Deal]

127. Winning is so sad

[basselope]

129. Yeah, #winning

[dchill]

87. Ohh, ooh! Look at the bubbles before they...

Aw, damn!

[SomeBlueDevil]

96. 2.5 million mostly RED State votes

2.5 million votes, most of which won't matter come November because the respective states they were cast in are RED and lost to the GOP anyway.

[Renew Deal]

115. The red state of Massachusetts, Illinois, and Nevada

Somebody tell Elizabeth Warren.

Don't worry. NY is voting soon.

[spooky3]

130. And OH and FL. Don't the pundits say these states

Determine the outcomes of close elections?

She also won VA, which is increasingly purple as the metro areas outpace the growth of rural areas.

[workinclasszero]

128. 2.5 million american voters

disagree.

To bad bernie isnt as popular as Hillary.

It is what it is.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. And yet she leads Bernie by 2.5 million votes.

So that begs the question....what's wrong with Bernie?

[reformist2]

9. Nothing. Most people don't know him very well, even a lot of the ones who already voted!

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Or maybe people know him, they just prefer Hillary over him. nt

[ecstatic]

49. The more I hear from him, the less I'm impressed

Be careful what you wish for.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

114. This ^^^^^^^^

[Autumn]

118. I'm feel same about Hillary and I supported her over Obama in 08

[NWCorona]

12. The better question is what's wrong with Hillary

Bernie's started from zero and Hillary has the whole system behind her. It should even be a contest.

[superkona]

18. exactly

people forget obama entered the race at 20% in national polls. bernie has closed the gap in half the time, rising from 2-4%. people are still voting name/brand recognition. the more they see and hear bernie, the better he does. hillary... not so much.

[NWCorona]

24. Obama also didn't have the media blackout

Bernie has done very well considering.

[jillan]

19. ^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

[vintx]

21. +1

[grasswire]

25. great point

apparently there are some excellent polls for Bernie tonight that they kept referencing. I haven't seen those polls.

[CoffeeCat]

56. Yes, a national poll shows Bernie within 5 points of Hillary. He's closing in!!!

That poll shows the best he's ever done in a national poll up against Hillary.

His message is resonating. He's only 5 points behind her.

Truly amazing.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-leads-bernie-sanders-in-national-cbsnyt-poll/

[wendylaroux]

39. yea,no kidding!

imagine if Bernie would have had all the support hillry has/had? would not have been good for her.

[MrMickeysMom]

59. Absolutely Right...

What's wrong is front and center of everyone's face. too bad the face of corporatism can't seem to focus on what's clearly in front of them.

[uponit7771]

72. 2.5 million more votes = "something wrong"!?!? REALLY!? Only in Unicornia

[NWCorona]

74. Yes. Something wrong

[nashville_brook]

90. started on third base. should have tagged home w/o breaking a sweat.

[wendylaroux]

30. see post 28

[snowy owl]

38. You draw odd conclusions. That was illogical response.

But then, voting for Hillary - the status quo - is illogical.

[ThePhilosopher04]

42. Bernie will overtake her once all 50 states are counted. You can book it.

[Land of Enchantment]

52. Yeah, in the deep south and Ohio. Whoopee. Broken record, all those votes--Ca has around 8 million

registered Democrats? The winds are shifting and your 2.5 will vanish. Know why? Because Hillary started out at her peak. 90% to 3-4% for Bernie. She can't GROW her base. Practically every point she has lost has been to Bernie's gain and it is still in flux. She can't manipulate the indies and millennials. She has NOWHERE to go and cannot attract new voters.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

58. Oh come on now

Don't hold back. Say what you really mean. THE CONFEDERACY!!!!!!!!

[still_one]

102. Gee, Ohio went double digit for Hillary, and I after April 27th if Hillary does the same thing she

has done in March, what excuse will they come up with then.

I guess the millions of people who voted for Hillary mean nothing to them

[darkwing]

132. Hillary can attract Republicans who hate Trump.

[IdaBriggs]

62. I look forward to the vote count at the end of primary season.

Don't you?

If only every sporting event ended at half-time....but that isn't how it is done.

[bkkyosemite]

3. On MSNBC they showed Bernie's rally then had two shills putting him down

[grasswire]

6. yeah one of those was Jonathan Alter, sadly.

I didn't get the name of the other guy, but he was flat out lying about Bernie's positions.

[dogman]

14. Josh Barro

Chris Hayes' neoliberal Republican friend.

[grasswire]

15. thanks very much for the ID.

Really.

That guy was a putz.

[snowy owl]

43. He's puzzling. Given his topics, he fits profile of Bernie supporter...

it must be the money or Comcast/MSNBC muzzles them. Bernie interviewed by Cooper and I thought good interview.

[snowy owl]

13. Yes-totally! Actually there were four weren't there?

Smiling Lawrence giving Bernie lots of time and even some kind remarks then sets it up so that it can all be punched back. I used to really like Jonathan Alter but never again. So sick of them. Everything thing they do has a sick ulterior motive.

Another shot at negative ads before the west votes. So cute and fancy. They are disgusting

[dogman]

17. Alter is best friend of Franken.

I'm sure they resent Minnesota.

[snowy owl]

37. Franken - where's he been. No progressive Franken.

They get there and make best friends of the establishment and we lose them.

[dogman]

40. Just thinking about having attended his Air America Show.

Studs Terkel was a guest. I was just thinking what their conversation would be now. It seems he felt it necessary to be a well established man about town and lose his comedic self.

[snowy owl]

46. Studs would be pro-bernie and out there campaigning!

I miss Terkel and Zinn. Has anybody replaced them?

[dogman]

48. No, but I think they would be impressed by Bernie.

I'm impressed by the people actually making something happen. It seems like the Occupy movement may be finding it's political legs.

[panader0]

89. Studs would definately be pro-Bernie.

I read 'Working'.

[jwirr]

91. Sending us emails asking for donations for Hillary. I sent it

back to him with a note saying that I wanted to know what he was doing but I was not interested in any news about Hillary.

If he is really supporting Hillary I want to know what happened to the author of the Lairs book. That is they guy I voted for.

[grasswire]

20. yes, I used to respect Alter.

I will never forget how he walked on the NBC set on the night of the 2000 election when Bush-Gore was spinning out of control. He just walked on. And he made some sense of things.

[jillan]

27. Maria Theresa Kumar was very positive about the support Bernie has from the Latino community in Az

I was so happy to hear someone finally bring that up.

That and the Native American Community - he has that vote locked up in Az.

But it is a closed primary so if he even comes close, that will be fantastic.
I cannot wait to vote for him tomorrow

[marions ghost]

75. I saw the larry setup and knockdown

...threw Bernie under the bus. Grossly unfair.

No more Larry for me.

[jwirr]

92. Lawrence O'Donnell?

[marions ghost]

99. yeah

cleverly done Bernie trashing.

[jwirr]

103. I am very glad I have stopped watching MSNBC.

[marions ghost]

104. I've been watching again lately because of the primaries

Otherwise I depend on the internet.

MSNBC Disappointing. But what really can we expect from big media.

[jwirr]

107. I wish that Direct TV and other providers would put together

a package that would include the left leaning channels that would allow us to watch those channels that we see here on DU and JPR.

[marions ghost]

110. I know I feel the same

--whoever does that would be pioneering but it would be successful.

I hate screaming TV.

[Agschmid]

4. She's got more votes than Trump so far.

[grasswire]

8. won't help her in the GE

...if she can't inspire independents and Bernie supporters to turn out for her.

[Agschmid]

32. Well to get to the GE one must win the primary...

[pdsimdars]

81. And how imprtant is that when the candidate you choose will lose the GE?

[Ed Suspicious]

88. 3 candidate race vs 2. Come on, man. Stop playing dumb.

[bkkyosemite]

5. I'm from CA do you know how many millions live there.

[KittyWampus]

7. people going to huge rallies is spectable/enterntainment.... not enthusiasm

Furthermore, I am voting for a candidate not picking a spouse.

[truedelphi]

54. Are you kidding me? Really?

In an effort to diss all things Bernie, some folks have gotten so lame.

[CalvinballPro]

10. It's hard to tell; does this count as Denial, Anger, or Bargaining? nt

[jillan]

16. That came out of the mouth of Kasie Hunt, I almost fell over.

She has not been able to hide that she is not happy covering Bernie. Wow!

Did you hear Maria Theresa Kumar about the support Bernie has in Az from the Latino community? That was great too.

[notadmblnd]

22. People here have been saying that for how long?

[MADem]

26. Those unenthusiastic voters, who go, by the millions, to the polls, to vote...

Ho hum.

There's a reason she's winning. Her "unenthusiastic voters" do something that Sanders enthusiastic ones aren't doing--they go to the polls and they VOTE.

[grasswire]

34. won't help her at all

She can't inspire independents, and she dare not count on Bernie supporters.

[R B Garr]

53. Yet the Bernie group has only been here a few months.

Why wasn't one started sooner? Where was the bandwagon hanging out before Bernie?

[MADem]

61. We'll see. I'm not worried. At all.

There will be a period of whining and adjustment, a period of hurt feelings and anger, and then there will be resignation and acceptance, made easier by the vanquished candidate himself endorsing his opponent and asking his supporters to join in and help her.

And, if he wants to be Secretary of Labor, we'll know by how much campaigning he does after he concedes.

[jimlup]

29. This is a serious concern

I will vote for Hillary but my enthusiasm will be that of a dead fish...

[grasswire]

36. that brings up a good point

Who will do the GOTV for her? Who will do all the grunt work that needs doing for the GE?

[JonLeibowitz]

50. Super PAC Employees paid with Wall St. $$$$

[MineralMan]

64. I've been doing GOTV for decades. I've never seen any

paid GOTV workers out there. It's not something paid people can do, really. GOTV is a one-on-one effort. Would you like to help? Just let me know where you are and I'll direct you to somewhere you can volunteer to work on GOTV for the November election.

[JonLeibowitz]

66. No thanks. I don't plan to support the presumptive nominee.

She may call herself a progressive but I know her record.

She may get my vote, if she earns it.

[MineralMan]

68. OK. Then we'll just have to do GOTV without you.

Too bad, really.

[JonLeibowitz]

70. If things change (she shows a willingness to do more than pay lip service to progressive

values), then I will support her, and you'll be the first one I contact about GOTV. I have no hard feelings, I just do not feel she represents what I believe at all.

[MineralMan]

71. GOTV is not just about one office.

It never has been. It's about getting Democrats to the polls to vote on the entire ballot. That's why we do it. It's important, for far more reasons than electing a President.

Legislative offices, in many ways, are far more important than what person is in the White House. That's why effective GOTV is so important in mid-term elections. I wish people understood that better.

The power of any President is inflated in many people's minds. Too bad. We suffer because of that.

[JonLeibowitz]

73. Oh, that's what you mean -- Sure that is something I would do.

Probably not in my district (my congresswoman, Rep. Chu, is useless and one of the most ineffective members of congress precisely because she is never going to lose an election). But Nevada looks like a battleground I could help out with.

I'll see how much time I have and probably give a few weekends.

[MineralMan]

63. The same people who have done it, election after election,

for years. I'll be one of them, just as I have been in every election since 1968. GOTV is what I do. Granted, I'm only one person, and I work only in my own Precinct in St. Paul, MN, but there are people like me everywhere.

Frankly, I would work just as hard for either candidate who became the nominee. For me, it is not about individual candidates. It is about getting Democrats elected to as many offices as possible.

That's who will be doing the GOTV work. People who believe that we need to elect Democrats. Its a party thing, really.

Some years, we get additional people who are supporting a particular candidate to help. Other years, not so much. But the GOTV activism continues.

I encourage you to join the effort. There are more races on the ballot than the presidency. They all need high voter turnout. I recommend GOTV activism for everyone who cares about the outcome.

Thanks for the opportunity to spread the word.

[mythology]

76. If the Sanders GOTV operation is so great?

Why isn't it working in the primary? You're making arguments that Clinton's operation isn't good enough, but it's beating Sanders, which would logically suggest that the Sanders operation is worse.

[Berniemagic]

133. Whatever Clinton wants me to do, I'm busy to do it.

Washing my hair.
Shaping my toenails.
Adjusting my collection of used shavers.
Rearranging my clothes in my armoire
Binge-watch some good shows on Netflix
Looking at cat videos
Looking at dog videos
Looking at goldfish videos
Looking at worm videos
Looking at amoeba videos

Only so much to do, so little time to do it.

All I got time is to throw in my ballot in the mail, and I'm done. Then I go back to the above.

[snowy owl]

31. I wonder if Hillary knows the unemployment rate in Gaza?

Anybody that says Bernie doesn't know foreign policy doesn't ever listen to him - ever.

[grasswire]

35. that was cool. nt

[truedelphi]

41. Yep, it really was. I am sure, though, that Ms Clinton knows down to the last dollar,

how much money her policies on Gaza have made for her and her family.

[grasswire]

51. sigh. yes, probably. nt

[Depaysement]

126. Funny you say that

A close friend is an expert on ME policy and he called Bernie's speech on the ME the best speech any Presidential candidate has ever given. He's right.

[flamingdem]

47. The reporter is seeing the enthusiasm daily and knows what's up

She should be taken very seriously as an objective source on this.

[CoffeeCat]

55. Do you think that is why she is not campaigning a great deal right now?

Is she afraid of the optics of her anemic crowds?

I know she's had to stop most activities, to do fundraisers. That's essential when she's running the kind of campaign she is--heavily reliant on corporate donations from millionaires.

It will be interesting to see what she does in the coming days.

[highprincipleswork]

60. Numbers versus enthusiasm. Interesting argument, but check out military history and ...

you will find some colossal defeats that the "NUMBERS" would never have predicted.

[mythology]

84. It's also full of the opposite

It's just less newsworthy.

[Fawke Em]

65. Haven't we been saying this for months?

Nice that the reporter finally realized that.

[BeanMusical]

67. Kick and R

[TBF]

69. We knew this in 2008 and

Chose Obama instead. Nothing has changed except that she has additionally gotten in some hot water for her email activity. She wasn't our best candidate then and she's not our best candidate now.

[Kip Humphrey]

79. She won't make it to the fall but only if we rid the Sanders campaign of Hillary operatives

who are sabotaging Bernie's ground game, state by state.

[CorkySt.Clair]

106. Oh my

I've officially heard it all!

[WheelWalker]

82. When it gets down to it, I think

many groups dissed by Trump will be willing to crawl over broken glass to vote to deny him the presidency, whomever the alternative might eventually be. Where an enthusiasm gap exists it will be overwhelmed by the demographics Trump has put in play against himself.

[MisterP]

83. who needs enthusiasm when you have "if I lose it'll be all YOUR fault," "I'm not responsible

for any of my problems," and of course "who else ya gonna vote for?"

[grasswire]

113. don't forget 9/11

[MisterP]

120. of course! her reason for the IWR!

[rock]

86. Well then, Bernie's got nothing to be worried about

I slay me.

[jalan48]

93. I have to admit, it's hard to get excited about Goldman Sachs.

[rhett o rick]

97. I heard that since Corps are people, at least to the Clinton crowd, she will pick Goldman-Sachs

the corporation as her VP.

[firebrand80]

95. Corporate media shilling for Bernie nt

[oberliner]

98. Unenthusiastic votes count the same as enthusiastic votes

In Ohio there seemed to be a lot more enthusiasm at Bernie's events than at Hillary's but the result was Hillary Clinton winning by a sizable margin.

[kgnu_fan]

100. kick

[sibelian]

101. Trump's barely started. All he has to do is start at her record. HE doesn't really have one.

He's only weak according to media types. He's new and sparkly and his supporters don't give a shit whether or not the TV thinks they're funny.

It's going to be a problem.

[Tarc]

105. So what happens to them? Do they get distracted and forget to vote?

Seriously, this "enthusiasm gap" should correlate into more votes, if it actually exists, shouldn't it?

Have you considered other possibilities, e.g. that more Hillary supporters have 9-5 jobs (and 2nd & graveyard shifts as well) and don't have time to wave signs at a rally?

[marions ghost]

108. Have you considered that many well off Hillary supporters

do NOT have 9-5 jobs? The number may be larger than you think.

[JoePhilly]

109. Oh welll ... if some unnamed reporter said it!!!!!!

[2banon]

111. Big Kick and Rec!

[Betty Karlson]

121. K&R for truth!

[senz]

123. I don't see how she can ever get that degree of enthusiasm

no matter how many ways she tries to remake herself.

They might be able to force her in on technicalities and underhanded operations, but it will be Nixon redux if they do.

Not that that matters to them.

[Bill USA]

124. here's a measure of enthusiasm: delegate count, Clinton: 1,630; Sanders: 870

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-delegate-tracker/

without superdelegates: Clinton: 1,163, Sanders: 844.

[grasswire]

125. how many states does that represent?

Hmmm?

[Hekate]

131. Hillary voters SHOW UP and VOTE. She has more votes on record now than either Bernie or Trump.

She's earned every one of those votes with a lifetime's hard work. How's that for enthusiasm?

[Karma13612]

134. Painfully aware of this. How to avoid this happening is the hard part.

There are so many obstacles to go.

I am going all the way to the convention (figuratively speaking of course) with Bernie.

[seabeyond]

135. Nah....

[Equinox Moon]

137. This worries me too

[uppityperson]

139. Hey, hi. Where have you been?

[Equinox Moon]

142. Hi, back at ya

What do you mean? Where have I been?

[uppityperson]

143. I haven't noticed you around, was worried something had happened to you.

[Babel_17]

138. With the name recognition Secretary Clinton enjoys,

and the support of the party establishment, and DWS, the friendly landscape of the early states, her advantage in the early debates of getting the most time, yes; many observers aren't all that impressed by the enthusiasm the Clinton campaign has generated.

On the positive side, many of her people aren't inept. Nice call going on Broad City. Just the audience that needs to see her in a positive light.

[newfie11]

140. That's been said from day one

She will never beat Drumpf.

[johnp3907]

141. Well if "NBC reporter" said it it MUST be true.