To beat out Obama’s 168 pledged delegate lead, Clinton would have to win the remaining contests at nearly 80% (nearly 70% if you include revotes for both Florida and Michigan).
This is not realistically possible. Not without a truckload more kitchen sinks, ruinous lies and other deceit at least.
Despite what the MSM says, Obama’s 168 delegate lead is not “fragile.” It’s a lead in pledged delegates - support from voters, and it’s 13.5% of Hillary’s entire pledged delegate count. This is no razor thin margin.
And even if it was a thin margin - since when does coming second, no matter by how much, mean that you should be crowned victorious? What was that old quote about how an election won by just one vote should be cherished as much as one won unanimously?
So, given the lack of realistic chances of Clinton winning with the numbers she needs to to reverse Obama’s lead, and the very realistic likelihood that she will bring out more of the bad stuff and attempt to ruin Obama, if the superdels want to wrap this up early, feel free. It can end as soon as this week if they want it to, Florida and Michigan can save a bunch of money, and work can start to unite the Democratic party now and get started preparing for the November general. Every day this mess drags on, the uphill climb to the general will be all the steeper.
Oh and this idea that caucuses should be made to count less by considering the “popular vote” as equivalent in importance to delegate count is stupid. If you’re going to sanction a particular type of election and use it to accumulate delegates - the standard of success as defined by the rules - then don’t change those rules in the middle and say that since the voting system was less representative that those delegates don’t count as much. Either use caucuses and back their results fully, or don’t use them at all.
