Well, the New Hampshire primary has come and gone, and on the side of team D, it turned out about the way we all thought it would. Bernie Sanders won big.
Putting aside the question of what will happen in the next couple of weeks in Nevada and South Carolina (for the record, I support Hillary, and think she will win SC convincingly. Nevada is another story, since it is a caucus and I haven’t seen any recent polls) my question is this:
We all know that HRC has a huge lead in superdelegates. If I recall correctly, she has already racked up 300+. We saw in the 2008 run-up just how important those superdelegates were. I remember sitting at my computer at my job, watching the trickle become a flood in the summer of 2008, until then-Senator Obama was finally pushed over the top and we KNEW he would have enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
What happens with those SDs? Can they change their commit? If so, when do you think it would happen? Is NH a game-changer, or does the conventional wisdom (where HRC is still the favorite, due to a structural advantage in the demographics?).
Please keep it polite. I support Hillary, but i have nothing but praise for the way Bernie has run his campaign. Please, no name-calling or bashing. I think we can all agree the first two states went about as well for Bernie as they possibly could. Now it gets much harder for him.
Later,
Glaze