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Gothmog

(159,785 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:04 AM Feb 2016

Iowa was a must win for Sanders [View all]

Sanders is only polling well in four states where the voting population is 90+% and if Sanders can not win in Iowa then he is in trouble in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/02/01/iowa_caucus_stakes_for_hillary_clinton_and_bernie_sanders.html

For Bernie, meanwhile, a Hillary victory would be an undeniable blow. With the exception of New Hampshire and his home state of Vermont, the Hawkeye State—with a Democratic electorate that skews white and liberal—represents the friendliest terrain on the map for Sanders. If Bernie can’t win in Iowa, Clinton and her allies will have no problem brushing off a Sanders win in New Hampshire next week as little more than the result of the senator being a near-native son in the Granite State. Sanders, then, would be in need of a win elsewhere to reset the race—and soon—but won’t have any obvious place to turn.

South Carolina and Super Tuesday will be fun
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Yep. Iowa as a *must win* for Bernie - and the numbers don't look all too good for him, BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #1
ssssssssssh~ sheshe2 Feb 2016 #3
ssssssssssssshesssssssssssshe! BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #4
love sheshe2 Feb 2016 #5
Welcome back Gothmog Feb 2016 #9
Whispering..... sheshe2 Feb 2016 #24
I expect Treant Feb 2016 #2
Yup ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #8
K&R sheshe2 Feb 2016 #6
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2016 #7
According to the Cook Report, Sanders needed to win 70% of the Iowa delegates to be competitive Gothmog Feb 2016 #10
So how many delegates did he win in Iowa then? Cha Feb 2016 #11
He fell far short pandr32 Feb 2016 #15
Good analysis mcar Feb 2016 #16
"Bernie's coalition - so far - is more narrow." Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #20
iowa was a must win for bernie beachbum bob Feb 2016 #12
Rove's super-pac went all in to help Bernie comradebillyboy Feb 2016 #13
Was there ever any definitive report on the data breach? NurseJackie Feb 2016 #14
I don't really know. From the standpoint of campaign comradebillyboy Feb 2016 #17
Bernie Sanders Needs More Than The Tie He Got In Iowa Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #18
Thank you Starry. This piece shows just how "narrow" the BS coalition is. Starry eyed college coeds Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #21
Me too! Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #22
Sounds like he's made the misguided calculation to run against Pres. Obama as a way to take down.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #23
Kick & recommended. William769 Feb 2016 #19
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