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Old 04-22-2016, 08:59 AM
 
Location: Hartford County, CT
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A Q poll from the other day had him within 9 points of Clinton in Connecticut. It's close to his home state of Vermont and CT has a history of picking underdogs - Ned Lamont, Gary Hart, Weicker as an independent, etc. He's been running ads in Connecticut for a few weeks now as well. I don't even watch much local TV and I've seen them. (I have not seen ads for Clinton, Trump, Kasich or Cruz...)

Sanders, though, was virtually eliminated way back on Super Tuesday, not even counting Super Delegates. The math of proportional allocation of pledged delegates made it almost impossible for him to come back from those losses.
Oh, sure I don't disagree, but what's the cost of running so hard here in Connecticut? All the ads, trips, ect. If if he wins, what will he get out of it? 2-8 extra delegates than if he did not run here? I think he is too far in the hole to be trying to win our small number of delegates, when he could probably make the gain up elsewhere.

On the other hand, it does show he's pretty serious about running and winning, and I think a lot of people appreciate that. He's committed, delusional, but committed. He hasn't a snowball's chance in hell to pull through. Just giving Trump ammo at this point.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:05 AM
 
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In the end he'll probably trail Clinton by 400
It depends. If the polls for next week equate to the actual results and Clinton wins PA, MD, CT, RI and DE by decent margins and Sanders loses a net 40 or so delegates, Sanders may scale back his campaign and focus entirely on California or maybe CA and a few other states. If he loses a few more after next week, he may essentially give up & stop campaigning. Maybe he'll meet with Clinton and ask for a prime time speech at the convention in exchange for him dropping out & endorsing Clinton.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:13 AM
 
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I am hoping a Clinton Sanders ticket...though I think Sanders can do more in the Senate as a VP.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:15 AM
 
Location: New Canaan, CT
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I think Sanders can do more in the Senate as a VP.
The VP only votes in the Senate when it is necessary to break a tie.

Joe Biden has not had occasion to do so. Dick Cheney did it eight times. Al Gore did it four times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:31 AM
 
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I am hoping a Clinton Sanders ticket...though I think Sanders can do more in the Senate as a VP.
I'm guessing Julian Castro (former mayor of San Antonio and current HUD secretary) may get the nod as Democratic VP nominee - he's young & charismatic, so partially offsets Clinton's age and lack of charisma. And, if Trump is the Republican nominee, it would lock up the Hispanic vote for the Democrats.
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Old 04-24-2016, 08:10 AM
 
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Think New Haven will be larger in number then the Hartford one
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Old 04-24-2016, 06:48 PM
 
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Think New Haven will be larger in number then the Hartford one

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