Bernie Sanders Takes New Hampshire, . . . sorta, . . .

Sort of the point I was making in the other thread. I think it is a possibility that Trump will continue to do well in the remaining contests, but because there are still so many candidates Trump needs to win those by roughly 45% to have enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. Even if Trump puts up big margins like last night, it is very possible that Bush, Rubio and Kasich stay in the race just to keep Trump from getting the nomination forcing a so called brokered convention which is what the Republican establishment wants.

Talk about a coup.

This is much more likely on Republican side because there are only two candidates on the Democratic side to split the delegates.

We could also see a Brokered Democrat convention if Hillary is indicted sometime after April once she has garnered a majority of the delegates ---- but that would be a coup in the best interest of the Democrat party!

Okay folks, it's time to get bipartisan on this issue:

Any Democrat who feigns outrage that Trump may be cheated by superdelegates is a two-faced, phony "concern troll" who is utterly insincere, and just wants to find a way to criticize the other party.

Any Republican who feigns outrage that Bernie may be cheated by superdelegates is a two-faced, phony "concern troll" who is utterly insincere, and just wants to find a way to criticize the other party.

There, I think that covers it.

Superdelegates are part of the system that each party as agreed upon. If this system is utilized such that it changes the primary election outcome(s), there will be ramifications during the general election. This is true for both parties.

It doesn't quite cover it. There are also independent voters who belong to no political party. Those voters can look at both Democrat and Republican parties and comment on how both use 'superdelegate' concepts to empower the party elite to negate the votes of their members. We don't even have to be two-faced, phony, concern trolls to see which way the wind is blow'n....just observant.

No outrage here.....I am just stating the obvious. Hillary could "win" the nomination, only to "lose" it at the convention IF she is indicted.

Forky, do you disagree?

Or IF she is hit by a meteorite. Both true.

The difference is that republican SDs are required to vote as their state voted. If trump secures 50.1% of the vote he wins. If sanders gets 50.1% of the popular vote he could lose if the SDs vote for Clinton. It is looking like he may need 55+% to win the nomination.

DonDiego would prefer the meteorite resolution to her candidacy; it's cleaner and more certain.
And not subject to appeal.

Shouldn't sanders be a member of the democratic party in order to get their nomination?