Tad Devine says Bernie chose not to compete...

[JaneyVee]

Tad Devine says Sanders campaign chose not to compete in TX, AL, VA, LA, TN, MS, GA, AR.

https://mobile.twitter.com/rickklein/status/714506008207433728

[LexVegas]

1. Tad...still gettin' paid.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. spam

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

2. They had to use their resources where it most matters. This is a delegate race not a states won race

[DFab420]

5. Yea but it's only smart when the Clinton campaign does it

If Sanders does is it's clearly racism wrapped in sexism with a dash of heteronormativity

[JaneyVee]

7. Then why dump so much into...

Kansas and Nebraska?

[orpupilofnature57]

27. He Doesn't have PAC $$$$$$ and Speakers loot to throw around, being honest is expensive .

[geek tragedy]

3. Tad Devine is all about the 37 state strategy nt

[CalvinballPro]

8. "Let (some of) the people vote!" nt

[CalvinballPro]

4. Tad Devine is the Mark Penn of 2016. He's more concerned with his consulting fees than the campaign

Otherwise he wouldn't be running it so poorly. I mean, he helped craft and implement the super-delegate system. How did he screw up his candidate's approach to winning them so badly?

[floriduck]

6. That's called pragmatism

Bernie knew the ends wouldn't justify the means. So he focused his means on states he thought he could win in. Contrary to the Twitter posters, there was nothing racial about it. So please don't go there.

[JaneyVee]

15. I dont think he put anything about race in there.

?

[floriduck]

16. No but his Twitter followers did in their comments. nm

[thesquanderer]

9. Not sure what the actual source for this is...

...but on seeing all the time and money poured into SC with so little to show for it, it probably made tactical sense to focus resources where they could likely do more good. Though I know he did put some effort into Texas, at least.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. smart move

According to recent polls

[KingFlorez]

11. Which helped give Clinton even more delegates

lol, what a brilliant strategy. So happy that they chose not to compete in those states.

[Gwhittey]

17. Too much money spent in SC

And it was shown that Black voters bought into the lie spread about Sanders being racist etc. So why go to states with large black vote is they have proven to just believe in lies because they don't get news from any other source than TV. I live in SC and I can tell you many other POC down here thought he was a racist and that he kicked BLM protesters off his state, because news media lied. And in SC the young black population is a lot smaller than in north and if look at his numbers there it give a good hint.

[geek tragedy]

21. I'm sure Sanders supporters such as yourself

are great ambassadors to the black community

[Nanjeanne]

13. Don't all campaigns have to put their resources where they think they will do

the most good?

I keep seeing scenes in movies or tv's West Wing where money is moved from state to state - pulling out of some areas and into others.

Maybe Bernie should have done fundraisers with high rollers so he could compete in every state in exactly the same way.

Nah . . . he's doing great. What I don't get is why Hillary Clinton - with all her money and political machinery - name recognition - wife of a two-term President - Secretary of State - Clinton Foundation - why is she losing states to Sanders - and allowing Sanders to come close in many others. That's a bigger question to me.

[LiberalFighter]

23. That only applies when you can't get anything out of it.

Like in the general where it is winner gets all electoral votes in every state except for two.

[Nanjeanne]

24. But he did get something out of all those states. He won delegates in all of them

and he won bigger in states where he put more of his resources.

[LiberalFighter]

25. That is the point.

How much more could he have gotten if he had done more?

[Nanjeanne]

26. I guess I'm confused as to why you were replying to me. I don't think he could or should have spent

any more time or money there.

[livetohike]

14. LOL. Keep that money coming. n/t

[msongs]

18. for bernie and red states, the demographics is what they care about nt

[Karmadillo]

19. Weren't Hillary supporters on DU saying exactly that during the run up to Super Tuesday?

[Gothmog]

20. Sanders spent a great deal of money in these states and still lost

[Tarc]

22. Same as Hillary chose not to compete in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, etc...

They pick and choose which states they feel are the most important to winning the nomination. This is all normal.

Once difference is that Sanders dumped piles of cash into North Carolina and Arizona ad buys, all for nothing.

[Kittycat]

29. I'm surprised Hillary didn't really Try to compete in 3 of the most diverse

States in the country. Hawaii, Alaska & Washington.