Devastating Newsweek article re: Hillary's chances .... link

[Altair]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/119010

Especially this line:

I've asked several prominent uncommitted superdelegates if there's any chance they would reverse the will of Democratic voters. They all say no. It would shatter young people and destroy the party.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Keep in mind, this is Jonathan Alter.

He hates Hillary. He's the anti-Taylor-Marsh. And I have never seen him smirk so much as he has in this winter of Hillary's discontent.

The guy is insightful in most cases, but he has such strong agendas pro and contra particular individuals that it's impossible to take his word about people without independent corroboration.

--p!

[grantcart]

2. Keep in mind Jonathan Alter hates math

and that when he says that super delegates are afraid of ripping the nomination from the front runner - he's making it up.

[karynnj]

43. I have heard both Durbin and Kerry say almost exactly that

Kerry was quoted in the NYT in mid February saying it would be a disaster for the party - either way. (It wasn't as clear then that Obama would be highest. If I heard, two I bet there were more. Also, I think both these men are speaking to superdelegates - it is pretty likely some have accepted that position as their own.

[washingdem]

3. So is his math wrong?

[speedoo]

17. No, his math is correct.

Same thing others like Chuck Todd have been saying for weeks.

[TeamJordan23]

19. You can do the math yourself on the Slate Calculator. No way Hillary can catch up. nm

[BearSquirrel2]

34. Except ...

Except the nominee needs a majority of the votes and the delgates are no longer bound after the first ballot. After that, they are free to vote as they please. This is why Hillary does NOT want revotes in Michigan and Florida. If Obama got his proportion, even from losses, that could put him over the top and guarantee the nomination. That would stop the brokered convention.

Hillary is playing chicken with all our fates right now. I think this needs to become a campaign issue. Numerically, Hillary cannot win without blowing out Obama in the coming contests. Hopefully, this can keep Hillary voters home.

Hillary is content with going to the convention in the minority and trying to bully her way to the nomination. This is BAD news for Democrats. I'm doubling down on Obama!!! Stop Hillary NOW!!!!

[AllexxisF1]

40. Math just has this tremendous knack of always getting in the way...

[Hutzpa]

4. He loves his country,

this guy is probably tired of all the crap being created by the Bush administration and
knows fully that with Hillary in the WH, you get Bush 3.0

I don't see anything wrong with showing concern, do you....:shrug:

[tridim]

12. He loves Democracy.

And I also don't think he hates Hillary (got any proof of that?), he just doesn't like that her campaign is trying to change the rules halfway through the game.

[FogerRox]

5. It was over super tuesday, I'm waiting for the grieving period to be over.

[Lucinda]

6. Several? "more than two but fewer than many " <---definition

from m-w.com
Not too devestating to me.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Thanks for posting this reassuring article.

[David Zephyr]

8. Welcome to the DU, Altair.

:hi: Solid article, too.

[Renew Deal]

9. This is what I've been telling people.

After next Tuesday, Hillary will probably need at least 63% in every election here on out. And if she doesn't get at least 63% in PA, she will fall further behind.

[washingdem]

10. She's done, thankfully, now she just...

... needs to accept it and drop out.

[greyghost]

25. LOL! Dream on!

[RiverStone]

32. Me too - but I also recognize it is damn tough to let go of...

...a candidate you have worked so hard for.

In polite (non-gloating) ways I have referred Hillary supporters to the math, some get it - others have called it Obama math.

I really don't understand what Hillary hopes to gain at this point? What is her end game? I can't fathom she would want the party to have a very bloody floor fight at the convention in Denver.

[roguevalley]

38. expect the percentages to be the story from now on out. the sooner

she is gone, the better. After Ken Starr-Canada and all the rest, the sooner the better.

[SeaLyons]

11. I wouldn't waste my time

reading an article written by this Hillary hating idiot.

[washingdem]

14. Does math hate Hillary too?

[jgraz]

18. "Bad math is the new black"

[greyghost]

27. Math means very little when the out come has been preordained.

[greyghost]

28. self deleted

[Tesha]

24. Well, 3, 5, and 8 don't.

> Does math hate Hillary too?

Well, 3, 5, and 8 don't, but 0, 1, 2, 7, and 9
do and 4 and 6 are undecided.

And pi, e, and log₂ absolutely can't stand
even being on the same number line with her.

Tesha

[SteppingRazor]

29. "pi, e, and log2 absolutely can't stand even being on the same number line with her."

That's because those numbers are irrational. :P

[BearSquirrel2]

35. I'll take the irrational numbers ...

I'll be glad to take all the irrational numbers for Barak Obama. There are uncountably infinite more of them!!!!

[SteppingRazor]

36. Hey, I wasn't making an endorsement of one candidate or another...

I just saw the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a math joke, and I couldn't pass it up. :silly:

[Tesha]

37. And I'm glad you took the opportunity; glad to be of service! (NT)

[BearSquirrel2]

44. Yes and ...

Yes and I made a math joke as well.

[Jim Lane]

42. OTOH, Alter would probably say that she's been endorsed by i

Because, according to him, her chance of winning is wholly imaginary.

For my part, I think she's the underdog but that her chance of winning isn't imaginary. Nevertheless, I was subjected to the same irresistible temptation to make a math joke. :)

[blocker]

16. SNIF SNIF...

cry babies again!

LEAVE HILLARY ALONE!!!!!!!!!!

[otohara]

21. Tell it all to the calculator

And though every voter in Texas and Ohio and Rhode Island are important, they aren't more important than voters in other states.

[speedoo]

13. K&R, and welcome to DU.

Thanks for posting this.

[rosetta627]

15. Keep in mind that Jonathan Alter is not on Hillary's staff

So he'll tell the inconvenient truth about Hillary's hopeless situation.

[speedoo]

22. Heh.

Yeah, according to some here we should believe clowns like Penn and Wolfson instead of Alter.

[greyghost]

23. This is America, when has the person with the most votes ever won?

[rosetta627]

31. Let's set a precedent with the president

:bounce:

[thereismore]

20. If there is a re-do primary in Michigan, would Obama win? nt

Jesse Jackson won there in 1988 (per article).

[workinclasszero]

26. From here on out Hillary is working for the McCain for President campaign. (nt)

[greyghost]

30. Math means very little when the out come has been preordained.

[Raine]

33. THANKS for this info

makes me feel really good about Obama. :-)

[question everything]

39. "Newsweek" and "attack on Clinton" are two redundant terms

Or have you not seen these guys on MSNBC? Or the post-IA Obama coronation issue, or Jonathan Alter confession that he has always lusted after Obama after going through life full of frustration that he was born in 1957 and not part of the older baby boomes like... the Clintons?

[Eurobabe]

41. K & R