C'mon Oregon and Kentucky!
"I would recommend that we stop wringing our hands on cue and take the Bernie or Bust movement for what it really is. Not the ideological purity of dreamers, or the bad sportsmanship of losers, but a struggle to do something responsible with our faith in politics now that we’ve found it again."
Bernie or Bust
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With 99 % reporting, HRC ahead in Kentucky by half a percent. We really must wait for the certified results. Hope Bernie will say that.
ReplyDeleteNice quote, listener; who said it?
Alan, it's in the Bernie or Bust article. Click on "Bernie or Bust" out front.
ReplyDeleteOops--now 98% reporting HRC ahead by almost one percent; one county (Pike) changed to 0% reporting. Some confusion, evidently. I hope, and expect, that Bernie will not pull an Al Gore and concede while the result is still unclear.
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99.8% reporting in Kentucky, HRC ahead 0.4% in preliminary count. Too close to call IMO. I don't see anything about absentee or provisional ballots.
ReplyDeleteOn to Oregon--8 minutes to first results.
Alan
Clinton is ahead by .4% in Kentucky. Only Jefferson County 99%, and Kenton County 96% have yet to complete reporting, but both of those are going for Clinton. I imagine she will win by a half-precent, which is really a tie. Any word on any Bill Clinton shenanigans there?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of "virtual ties," Huffington Post currently shows Hillary and Bernie each with 25 of Kentucky's 55 delegates. It's not clear to me how the 8 precincts not yet in could decide 5 delegates.
ReplyDeleteOops, I am evidently mistake. People can vote until 8PM in Oregon.
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Jefferson County is on the border of Indiana and Kenton County is on the border of Ohio. They will each probably get 25 delegates and, of course, Hillary gets 3 super delegates while Bernie gets none. One appears to be uncommitted. Hmmm, I guess there are 5 more delegates too?
ReplyDeleteYes, Kentucky gets 55 pledged delegates. I ignore superdelegates entirely.
DeleteOregon starting to come in, and Alan starting to go home. With 20% reporting it's Bernie 58% to HRC 42%. Bernie ahead in all counties reporting.
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May 1761 delegates
ReplyDelete60% reporting Votes
Sanders (won)
53.0%
219,459
Clinton
47.0%
194,359
Source: AP
CNN has called Oregon for Bernie!
ReplyDeleteWith 66% reporting it's still
ReplyDeleteSanders 53%
Clinton 47%
This is the most full article I've come across, and it's from the BBC.
ReplyDeleteWhat the NV lawyer wrote is slanderous! Absurd!! Small wonder Bernie isn't kowtowing. Go, Bernie!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36291939
One text message read: "We know where you live... where your kids go to school/grandkids. We have everything on you."
ReplyDeleteSorry--this needs to be explicitly condemned. Pronto.
Just took another look at Kentucky. With only 4 precincts not reporting, each candidate has 27 pledged delegates. I wonder if the remaining pledged delegate may be going to whoever got the other 7% of the vote.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Bernie is now ahead by 6.8% with 69% counted!
ReplyDeletepuddle, I completely agree that such actions need to be condemned. What I don't yet know is WHO made the threats. Were they Bernie supporters or people posing as such? I have this feeling in my gut that there's something very fishy here. It isn't like Bernie people to make threats. If these are rogue Bernie people, that is NOT Bernie's fault. I heard an accusation that a Bernie STAFFER started the fray. I want this confirmed before it's on every stupid parroting media outlet. I miss Jon Stewart.
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