Washington for Sanders!!!

[angrychair]

As a citizen of Washington and a person that has worked as hard as they could (others I know have put in hours I cannot imagine and I know they are in tears of joy right now) to win Washington for Bernie tonight and it came to pass.

BERNIE SANDERS WINS WASHINGTON STATE is the sweetest words I've heard since we won Virginia for an amazing man who became an amazing president.

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. What was the spread? ( I just tuned in.)

K and R anyway.

[angrychair]

3. 76 to 24 so far

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. Holy jeepers.

If they ever throw me out of here.... and it's not that far-fetched... I'm relocating to greater Seattle area.

Other parts of the state are cool too. It's not very sunny.... a minus; but I had a melanoma about 20 years ago.

So..... maybe I'll move there for my health.

[angrychair]

17. To be honest

Summer's here, on the west side of the state, are amazing and I've lived a lot of different places.
At least for the 4 summers I've been here, it barely rains in the summer. Most of you rainy weather is November through March and most of those days are cloudy but little to no rain. At least here in Thurston county (Olympia area). Forks, on the coast, gets a lot more rain than we do.
Beautiful state and beautiful people.

[pdsimdars]

25. Move to the Olympic peninsula, the Sequim area (pronounced Squim)

it's in the Olympic rain shadow.

[Sparky 1]

23. MSNBC is broadcasting totals live right now

Washington (118 delegates) 18% in
Bernie 76%
Hillary 24%

Alaska (20 delegates) 74% of vote in
Bernie 78%
Hillary 21%

[Sparky 1]

2. I caucused for Bernie in WA today and

. . . we had a tremendous, unbelievable crowd. We were at a high school and they'd had to open up an additional floor to hold us all. Parking was a real problem (I had to leave my car in a "No Parking At Any Time" space if I wanted to stay, and I did). The crowd was there overwhelmingly for Bernie. Record turnout. Oh yeah, forgot to say I'm now a Bernie delegate. K&R

[daleanime]

29. Thank you....

for the good work.

[Ferd Berfel]

4. Thank You Washington for the Land Slide

Looks like Bernie has a mandate from WA.

[SylviaD]

5. Bernie has no real path to the nomination.

These small state wins don't mean he can close the gap.

I feel it's better we focus on the general election and Donald Trump, dragging out this process doesn't benefit our side.

Now someone will say I am against democratic process. No, I just feel it's impossible for Bernie to win 67% of the remaining delegates, as he would have to do to catch HRC.

It's not realistic.

We need to unite behind the nominee, and mathematics says the nominee will be Hillary Clinton.

[SMC22307]

8. #SmallStateWinsMatter

I feel it's better that we see this thing -- democracy -- through to the end.

And Washington isn't exactly a "small state."

[roguevalley]

38. Sylvia you made me laugh. thx

[EvolveOrConvolve]

9. Since when is Washington a "small state"?

I'm not sure that you know WTF you're talking about.

[warrprayer]

11. ...

[pdsimdars]

33. I do love the creative art work. . . . pictures say it all. Good job.

[Sparky 1]

13. WA is not small and polls show Bernie doing better than Hillary against the GOP. Google it. Plus

. . . Bernie supporters are super enthusiastic, and that is what is needed to get Dems out not only for the presidency, but also for the House and the Senate. We do NOT want to see Bernie's supporters disappointed.

[strategery blunder]

14. WA is the 13th most populous state in the Union

and we've voted for every Democratic presidential nominee since, and including, 1988.

Nevertheless,










Please proceed.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Some people think the western edge of the United States is the Lincoln Tunnel.

[smiley]

15. Unite behind Hillary?

No thanks. But if you are happy with the direction this company is moving and are fine with it getting worse. Then feel free to vote for the establishment candidate.

I'm voting for Bernie. That's the only viable candidate the Democratic party has.

[Live Bait]

16. Go ahead and focus on Trump

We'll focus on securing the nomination as Clinton's path to the nomination is narrowing very rapidly.

Washington and Alaska made it clear that Clinton isn't what they want to represent their interests for the United States. Hopefully Hawai'i will follow suit.

By then, Republicans will have a new problem to face: Bernie Sanders. They got nothing that hasn't been used already.

[SylviaD]

18. This is only my personal opinion but

if you think Bernie would do better against Trump than HRC, you're wrong. She has the experience to turn him inside out in a debate.

[JackInGreen]

28. To be fair

Hill can, indeed, turn him inside out. Of that, I've no doubt.
Bernie would make Drumpf turn HIMSELF inside out, far more entertaining and effective.

[pdsimdars]

31. boo hoo hoo

In EVERY poll for MONTHS Bernie beats Trump. In some recent polls Hillary beats Trump.

But Bernie beats Trump by MUCH BIGGER MARGINS than Hillary.

Your idea that Hillary will beat Trump is just your fantasy pipe dream.

And BTW. Cheney and Kissinger have "experience", but, just like Hillary, they have shown themselves to have a complete LACK OF JUDGMENT!

[strategery blunder]

35. "You negotiated the TPP before you were against it."

Hillary CANNOT credibly refute that. And that risks losing states like MI, which 1) were devastated by bad trade deals, 2) have seen Rs run riot at the state level for some years now, and 3) we need to win in the GE. At best, she can respond with a counterattack (because let's face it, Trump has baggage of his own). But some of her weaknesses are, how shall we put this, self-inflicted.

The first primary election I was old enough to vote was 2004, and I remember well how devastating "You were for the Iraq war before you were against it" was to John Kerry (fair or not, millions of voters don't understand the nuances of congressional votes).

[SMC22307]

39. Brooklyn v. Queens would be interesting.

And Sanders would make mincemeat of that silver-spoon loudmouth.

[Lizzie Poppet]

40. Even if the debates mattered all that much...

...Bernie would hand Trump his ass.

But much more importantly to GE results, Bernie polls overwhelmingly better among independent voters. That's what will matter more than any other factor in swing states.

[SylviaD]

43. Bernie would hand Trump his ass, yes, but....

...it doesn't matter, because Bernie is not going to be the nominee.

[Lizzie Poppet]

45. I don't dispute that's where the smart money is. Still the clear favorite.

But we'll see...

[TrueDemVA]

42. Experience

The experience she has is awful. Just because someone has more experience doesn't mean they are a better choice.

[jeff47]

19. There's only 5 states that have voted so far with more delegates than Washington.

Your definition of "small state" could use some work.

In addition, those states were either won by Sanders (MI) or Clinton won by a smaller margin than Sanders just won WA (65% in TX and FL).

[Kittycat]

20. It's saturday, have some wine

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Washington state? Who ever heard of it? Millennials? Who are they?

Why i just did a poll of all the sixtysomething ladies in my midtown manahattan condo book club, and not one of them thinks millennials are important--- or has even BEEN to Seattle!

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. 101 delegates at stake is not precisely a small state

did you know FL only had 99?

Good

[pdsimdars]

27. poo, poo, poo

sore loser
She can't win the GE and Bernie can
Get over that tired, stale lie and start supporting the REAL Democratic candidate who stands up for REAL Democratic values and who CAN win the GE and stop whining

[SylviaD]

44. Bernie can't win the nomination, it's simple math...

...he needs 67% of remaining delegates. Do you think he get those margins?

[SamKnause]

30. Go right ahead and focus on Trump.

I will keep focusing on the best candidate since JFK.

[daleanime]

32. We need a candidate...

that we can unite behind. Not one who's on record as "never, ever" addressing our concerns.

[liberal_at_heart]

36. You will not take our right to vote away. We will vote and have our say.

[pdsimdars]

37. Man, and look how BAD he beat her. . . . that must really sting those Hillary supporters

You know, the ones who keep telling us we HAVE to vote for Hillary and then mocking us all the time. . . . .

WA: (25% in) Bernie 77% | Hillary 23%
√ ALASKA: (37.5% in) Bernie 79% | Hillary 22%



OUCH!!! LOOK AT THOSE MARGINS!!!!

[marions ghost]

6. Knew you could do it Washington!!

Never doubted it.

WASHINGTON AND ALASKA

[AtomicKitten]

10. Hooray!!! The West Coast weighs in

[cilla4progress]

12. Woo hoo checking in from reddish central WA here

Our tiny area went 4 for Bernie, 3 for Hillary. I'm a delegate for Bernie going on to the county convention!

[angrychair]

22. Congrats!

Thank you and good luck

[LWolf]

34. That's GREAT news.

I hope the rest of the West Coast, including my state, joins them when it's our turn.

[quantumjunkie]

41. +1

[Arugula Latte]

46. The Northwest loves Bernie. We're gonna go for him too here in Oregon.

I see very little enthusiasm for Hillary here. In fact, next to none.