MSNBC: Obama 49.5 away Clinton 212 away

[eleny]

[RichGirl]

1. The distance doesn't really matter....

if your not at the finish line.

[helderheid]

4. "you're" and you're right. However, that line... is ... right... there!

[PseudoIntellect]

6. ah delete

[tridim]

7. For foot races, yes.

This is a nomination process taking place in a Democracy.

[roguevalley]

16. since he would have all the delegates he needs and since he

followed the rules to do it, then yes, he won in a democracy. thank you very much.

[Crazy Dave]

8. He's past the finish line and already in victory lane

But you guys said declaring it or celebrating was disrespectful :sarcasm:

[cali]

14. What? Think before you tap out nonsense.

Here's some food for thought, richgirl: Obama will pick up another 15+ delegates on Tuesday. He will then be all of 34 delegates from "the finish line". Jim Clyburn will endorse him on Tuesday morning. And he has the SDs to cross the finish line. That's hardly in doubt.

Hilly is done. She lost.

[RichGirl]

2. The distance doesn't really matter....

if your not at the finish line.

[PseudoIntellect]

9. So when Person A and Person B are running an 800 meter race, and

Person A is 50 meters from the finish line, and Person B is 200 meters from the finish line.

will you be betting on Person B?

[roguevalley]

17. either you are nuts or you are saying that he is going to get hurt.

either way, go. now.

[RichGirl]

3. The distance doesn't really matter....

if your not at the finish line.

[Bensthename]

5. Sounds like Tuesday night is going to be rough for you..

[george_maniakes]

10. tell me about it. instead of coming together, some people insist on putting their heads in the sand.

n/t

[virgdem]

11. OK, Ms. broken record..

welcome to the ever expanding number of Hilbots to my ignore list.

[movonne]

13. Was that hillary's new propaganda message for the day..if so you

did your job...now go and tell all the rest to come on du and say there message for hillary...

[Turn CO Blue]

15. Are you kidding? This is an election, not a distance contest.

And the whole "no winner until the race is over" meme is an idiotic talking point that needs to be shown for the childish and "wishful" idiocy that it is. It's a stupid comparison anyway. If we're going to talk about "elections" then let's talk about elections! Not footraces or car races or horse races or any other ill-fitting allusion to distance contests!

We're adults here, who do adult things like analytical thinking and living in the land of reality. And those are related to a little thing folks like to call "mathematics" and "statistical probability". But I'll explain it so even you can understand it.

Imagine you're watching local election returns in your hometown one night, and 92.8% of the precincts have reported...
and Candidate O leads Candidate C by over 8%, which is A BLOWOUT!

And...THE ELECTION WAS CALLED ages ago on your local news. In fact, most news agencies report a winner much earlier than 92.8% of precincts -- sometimes when only fraction of the precincts have reported. Because they use analysis and statistic. Hello?


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Number of total delegates - 4,233
Number of delegates pledged or endorsed - 3,929.5

RESULT - 92.8% of the Democratic Delegates are accounted for.


Senator Clinton - 1,876.5 = 88.64% = 89%
Senator Obama - 2,053 = 96.98% = 97%

RESULT - difference of 8.38%. She's not just been defeated, she has been soundly, resoundingly defeated. He scores an A+ with 97% accumulated score at this point, and she scores a high B of 89%. End of contest.

[roguevalley]

18. you are advocating him being harmed, right? If he's not there ...

what else can it be that you are saying, you horrible troll.

[Ian David]

12. If Hillary argues that Texas was never admitted to The United States Constitutionally...

and she strips them of their caucus delegates, can she win?

Of course, she'll want to argue to keep the Texas Primary votes, which doesn't make sense, but Hillary Being Hillary, that won't stop her.