Hillary Clinton may win all five primaries
Tuesday, four of them are closed. Only Democrats can vote.
Sen. Bernie Sanders hasn’t won one primary
in which only Democrats can vote.
As many as 2 million people could vote in Pennsylvania,
the most populous state. Clinton beat President Obama in 2008.
In 2012, when Obama had no real competition
only 600,000 voted.
Primaries
also are being held in Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island.
Clinton leads in polls in most.
Clinton already has nearly a 3 million lead
in the popular vote. Sanders declined to withdraw.
Media outlets are undecided whether Sanders
wants to use his popularity to influence the party’s platform, or whether he
will fight all the way to the competition.
Doing both will be difficult. His supporters
are making it even harder with snide remarks, bringing up former President Bill
Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Many pundits think that will
backfire.
It also is hypocritical for Sanders to
complain that closed primaries are preventing him from winning. On one of his
websites he said closed primaries are needed to prevent “political sabotage.”
Why should Republicans or Democrats be allowed to disrupt the vote of the other
party?
As for Millennials being wedded to Sanders,
Politico reports Clinton has a 36-point advantage when asked to choose between
her and Trump.
Former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin, who thrashed
Sanders in the gubernatorial race 30 years ago told USA Today her former
competitor will endorse Clinton.
Clinton reportedly is already looking for a
vice president, and created a buzz during the weekend when she said it could be
another woman.
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