After Hillary Beats Bernie, She’ll Need Him
By William A. Galston
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, and there is nothing that Sen. Bernie Sanders can do about it.
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As of today, Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Sanders by 250 among delegates won in primaries and caucuses. She has received 2.4 million more popular votes than he has. A recent synthesis of exit polls shows that of 27 demographic categories, Mr. Sanders has the edge in three. Despite his recent winning streak, she has prevailed in more states, and his string of victories has narrowed her edge by only 79 delegates. That’s the good news for Mr. Sanders, and it is about to end. Between now and the end of April, Democrats will hold primaries in six states—New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Unless a late Sanders surge reverses Mrs. Clinton’s lead, she will win the majority—perhaps all—of these states, and her lead among delegates and in the popular vote will expand significantly. By the end of April, she will have upward of 90% of the delegates she needs to claim the nomination.
The pace of the campaign slows significantly in May, with fewer than 200 delegates at stake. Unless Mr. Sanders wipes her out on June 7 in California and New Jersey—and there is no evidence that he will—she will end the nominating contest with more than enough delegates to claim victory, including a majority of delegates earned in primaries and caucuses as well as a margin of millions in the popular vote. So how exactly will the Sanders forces make the case that Mrs. Clinton’s nomination would violate the people’s will?
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Democrats who have been around the track a few times understand that while Mrs. Clinton has been subjected to unrelenting scrutiny for a quarter of a century, Mr. Sanders’s record has been left virtually untouched. The Clinton campaign has been reluctant to antagonize voters whose support they will need in the general election, and Republicans are holding their fire in the vain hope that they will have the opportunity to run against Mr. Sanders in the fall.
The real question is how well Mrs. Clinton will do in November. The answer depends on a few things she can control and many more that she cannot. She can try—within limits—to placate Mr. Sanders’s backers at the nominating convention. She could decide to choose a populist-tinged figure—Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, for example—as her running mate. If the Democrats emerge from their convention unified and energized, Mrs. Clinton’s fall prospects will rise—all the more so if Mr. Sanders campaigns vigorously on her behalf.
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In most democracies, the head of government is separate from the head of state. In the U.S., they are fused in a single office. Our presidents are called on to perform both as prime ministers and as symbols of the nation. Rarely are they equally skilled at both tasks. Hillary Clinton has the qualities of a first-rate prime minister. At a time when the American people are yearning for an end to political dysfunction and a return to government that works effectively on their behalf, what she offers will probably be enough to prevail in November.
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Going behind Obama's back? Is that when? Hillary is only in this for herself. She used NY to get into place for President. Then she used Obama for SoS. And now she leaves his legacy in limbo over her scandals. A real team player she is. 
He can support her till the cows come home. He HAS to say nice things, we don't. She still won't win. Bernie is only doing what is expected if you lose, that's all. I really doubt he'll do anything much for her. If he does, that's his business. I hope he helps put her behind bars. Him and Elizabeth Warren. Heads will explode, just like Scanners. 
I LOVE this thread primarily because if pisses off the BernieBros!!! 
Yeah, that's the ticket... 
