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  2. 2.

    Mike J

    If Bernie were to win, which of Hillary’s policies would he be willing to adopt to get her voters on board?

  7. 7.

    Mike J

    The Baltimore SunVerified account
    ‏@baltimoresun
    4 polling locations open an extra hour:
    John Eager Howard Elementary
    Beth Am Synagogue
    Oliver Multipurpose Center
    Pimlico Elementary

  8. 8.

    Technocrat

    My 19-year old is voting for the first time. That’s impressive, given the response of her age cohort. I’m so proud of her!

    Unfortunately, I’m also going to have to talk her through her first electoral defeat (assuming polls hold). That’s a bummer.

  15. 15.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT.

    Exit Poll:

    99% of poor, dumb voters cast vote for Clinton

    Must of been something Sanders said.

  17. 17.

    Capri

    Hugh Hewitt on MSNBC. Just threw up in my mouth a little bit. He’s dead wrong about Indiana – just saying.

  21. 21.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT.

    Exit Poll:

    72% of Conspiracy Theorists voting for Tim Robbins

  25. 25.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT.

    Sanders campaign managers said campaign has clear path to never, never land.

  27. 27.

    gene108

    In First World problems solved, I got my new washer today. Old one failed, with a problem that could not be fixed. Something, something to do with electronics, as the repairman said the mechanical stuff – motor, door seal, etc. – was working just fine.

    Now I’m getting all the laundry I’d been putting off for a few weeks finished.

    What we need to invent are self folding clothes. Having to sort through and put away all the clothes is going is not something I’m look forward to.

  31. 31.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Sanders doesn’t sound like reality has intruded. He’s talking about winning against Republicans because he’s getting the most votes. Now he’s talking about truth telling, and the corporate media…[crowd.. booooooo]

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    I find it stupid and crazy that California, the most populous state in the whole damn country, doesn’t get to vote until June when it’s all over.

  35. 35.

    ? Martin

    @Capri:

    Hugh Hewitt on MSNBC. Just threw up in my mouth a little bit. He’s dead wrong about Indiana – just saying.

    He was nearly chosen to sit on our local school board. I think there would have been violence had that happened.

  36. 36.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT.

    Clinton wins Maryland by 32% landslide or what MSNBC would call a “virtual tie”

  37. 37.

    MomSense

    @gene108:

    I will happily do your laundry if you will do my vacuuming. I find laundry to be the most pleasant household chore.

  38. 38.

    gene108

    Neighbor, who moved away a few months back, had a black pug. Black fur, black nose, black eyes, black ears…I mean completely monotone…friendly enough dog, but sometimes it felt like a little shadow was staring at at you, with black on black eyes..

  42. 42.

    gene108

    @MomSense:

    I find laundry to be the most pleasant household chore.

    How have you achieved this advanced state of enlightenment?

  43. 43.

    TheMainGaucheofMildReason

    @Mnemosyne:

    Regarding CA voting so late…

    CA elections are sort of a shitshow though. Expensive to campaign, and races often aren’t called until the next day due to long times counting votes.

  44. 44.

    NotMax

    Brian Williams is absolutely awful at his new job. The Wonder bread of election analysts.

  45. 45.

    starscream

    Actual, racist, state-sponsored voter suppression happening in this country, but let’s all die on the closed primary hill.

  49. 49.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT

    Sanders says tonight’s rout is just a flesh wound (photo)

  50. 50.

    Origuy

    A lot of the early states have two primaries; the first one for president and a later one for other offices. California gets it all over at once.

  51. 51.

    ? Martin

    @Mnemosyne: We changed after 2008 to save money. The 2008 super tuesday election cost $100M. That’s a fuckton of money for taxpayers to spend so two private organizations can pick a leader.

  54. 54.

    Emma

    Well, my uber-Republican father just told me that if Trump is the candidate, he’s sitting out the election.

  58. 58.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @starscream:

    exactly. If Sanders wanted to leave a legacy, focusing his energy on voter suppression would be a good one.

  59. 59.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @CNN BREAKING NEWS ALERT

    Fox TV announces new cast of X-Files – new Scully and Mulder (photo)

  60. 60.

    MomSense

    @Betty Cracker:

    They work with dog hair and clutter? I swear my kid walks in the door after school and leaves a trail of stuff on the floor.

    @gene108:

    It’s very soothing. Clothes go in dirty and come out clean, warm, and smelling nice. There’s a bit of zen to the folding.

  61. 61.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol

    We are ready to make a call. Clinton will win Delaware, potentially by LARGE margins. Margin call to come when precincts reporting are 15%.

    2 retweets 1 like

    Hitlary’s panzers units sweeping across Acela corridor

  62. 62.

    NotMax

    @raven

    Never saw him on the big network, so can’t opine about his performance there.

    Tonight he looks like someone desperately eyeing the open bar at the other side of the room.

  66. 66.

    gogol's wife

    @Baud:

    Me too. Makes me kind of nauseated.

    I just saw a nanosecond of Trump, he looks really sick. Much worse than earlier in the campaign.

  68. 68.

    gogol's wife

    There’s a kickass movie on TCm right now, with all kinds of great 1950s rock acts, and Tuesday Weld rocking out.

  69. 69.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol

    Final margin call projected for Delaware: Clinton 60% – Sanders 40%.

    3 retweets 5 likes

    Perhaps it wasn’t a good idea to say Black Southern voters “distort” the primaries.

  70. 70.

    Mnemosyne

    OT, but am I encouraging a 16-year-old to form bad habits if I complain she doesn’t text me back fast enough? I swear, I check my phone more than she does and I’m an old woman.

  71. 71.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Benchmark Politics
    ‏@benchmarkpol

    61% “Continue obama’s policies” in MD.

  80. 80.

    NotMax

    @gogol’s wife

    Loved her portrayal of Thalia Menninger on the old Dobie Gillis program. She came as close to orgasm whenever the subject of money came up as was permissible to show back then.

  82. 82.

    Mike in NC

    Chuck Todd just said Drumpf will seal the GOP nomination tonight. Bring on the popcorn.

  84. 84.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: The late polling was very close in Connecticut. A Sanders win there isn’t outside of the realm of possibility.

  87. 87.

    Schlemazel Khan

    @dollared:
    Just curious, What type of lube do you use on that poor chicken? The dear little things cloaca must be pretty badly damaged by now.

  89. 89.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Leah Wright Rigueur
    ‏@LeahRigueur

    Wow, 73% of black voters went for Hillary Clinton in Maryland tonight, 25% for Bernie Sanders. #democraticprimary

  91. 91.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Obama to Zbigniew Brzezinski

    — “are you sure Mika is your daughter?!?” (photo)

  93. 93.

    gf120581

    I’d say after his speech tonight that the whole “Bernie Sanders is the lone truth teller” thing is not only dead and buried, but dug up, cremated, and scattered to the winds.

    Will Tad Devine please sit that ranting old egomaniac down and explain a little thing called math to him? Or at least get him to stop taking his cues from Tim Robbins?

  95. 95.

    smith

    @Betty Cracker: Seconded on the Roomba. I also always hated vacuuming, and arthritis finally gave me an excuse to leave it all to my lil robot. It’s not perfect, but better than nothing, which is what I was otherwise inclined to do. I follow up with a cordless hand vac to get stuff it can’t reach in the nooks and crannies, it’s done with hardly any effort, and my back thanks me profusely.

  97. 97.

    Betty Cracker

    @MomSense: Dog hair, yes! Ironically, it’s my hair that fouls the poor Roomba, not the dogs’ — I have really long hair and apparently shed like a golden retriever because every few weeks or so, I have to take the brushes out of the Roomba and clean them as if they were my hairbrush.

    A Roomba won’t help with clutter (e.g., shoes and backpacks strewn across the floor, etc. — all common in my house too), but it’ll work around it. I got one for Christmas (soooo romantic!), and I love it. I just have to remember to clear the phone charging cords off the floor; they are small enough to get sucked into the roller.

  99. 99.

    MomSense

    @Mnemosyne:

    Oh the suffering of trying to understand teenagers. Is it a subject that she wants to discuss? When love interests text, the responses are instant but some of mine can linger unanswered for awhile.

  101. 101.

    SectionH

    @MomSense: We have a Neato – like a Roomba, but cheaper (half the price of the then-new Roomba) and possibly stupider. But when we bought it ~2 of years ago, it was the top rated model for pet hair. It’s scary how much crap it gets up from what looks to me is a fairly clean floor.

  102. 102.

    PsiFighter37

    Trump won all 5 states tonight, and Tailgunner Ted and Kasich think that colluding in 3 states would help them out.

    Idiots.

  103. 103.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Patricia Kayden: Delaware? Looks like he’s getting walloped there. He’ll probably win Rhode Island and he might pull off a squeaker win in Connecticut.

  104. 104.

    MomSense

    @Betty Cracker:

    I know what is on my Christmas list next year.

    I recently cut my hair pretty short. At least your hair is blond. Long, black hair on the floor is noticeable!

  107. 107.

    raven

    @NotMax:

    George Axelrod’s unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest Hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. For some it’s an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties America, for others it’s a sloppily made, undisciplined mess (with more boom mikes visible in full frame than even Play It Again Sam). However, nothing can dim the luster of the incredibly perverse scene where Tuesday Weld’s horny dad (Max Showalter) practically ejaculates while watching his sexy daughter try on sweaters.


    John Landis on the film

    and the sweater scene
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXdUNZUP_os

  114. 114.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @gf120581:

    If you imagine him as the Black Knight from the Holy Grail, it’s much easier to watch his shtick.

  115. 115.

    Mike J

    Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol 6m6 minutes ago
    We are ready to make a call. We are calling Pennsylvania for Clinton. Margin call for Pennsylvania to come at 15-30% precincts reporting.

  116. 116.

    eemom

    Well, since it IS a sexually explicit photo, I note that the pug doggie has what’s called a “hooded vulva”, which I know because the vet explained it to me when we first got our dog Roxy and I asked what the hell THAT was. #TMI

  117. 117.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @NotMax:

    sick burn

    ETA: I really wanted O’Malley to get traction, but Garcetti queered that deal.

  118. 118.

    Mnemosyne

    @MomSense:

    I’m trying to see if she wants to come see “A Chorus Line” at the Hollywood Bowl in July. The last time we tried to plan something, her mom put the kibosh on it at the last minute, so that may be the hold-up. I just IMed her mom, too, so hopefully that will move things along.

  121. 121.

    gf120581

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: “Look, you stupid bastard, you’ve lost the nomination!”

    “No I haven’t!”

    “Look! Hillary’s giving her acceptance speech at the convention right now!”

    “I’M INVINCIBLE!!!”

    “You’re a loonie!”

  122. 122.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Poor Jeff Merkley having to defend Sanders, all alone, like a deer in the headlights.

  123. 123.

    Germy Shoemangler

    TV news said Trump may have to testify in court this October because of the Trump University scam.

    Bad timing…

  129. 129.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    Sanders: I Am Losing Because “Poor People Don’t Vote… That’s The Sad Reality”

    In political and economic theory and practice, it’s not good for a Socialist (the self proclaimed leader of “The People’s Revolution”) to take a big crap on the proletariat.

  131. 131.

    Mnemosyne

    @MomSense:

    Different niece/mom combination, fortunately. This one is merely occasionally annoying. I think last time I ran into a beef between her and my brother (her ex-husband) without realizing it. And, technically, last time would have been a school night since it was on a Sunday.

  132. 132.

    Miss Bianca

    @MomSense: I’ve become a Pomeranian fan, which I never imagined. However, a friend of mine who grew up with them has turned me. When I am an old woman, I will be surrounded by little dogs like my grandmother was. Hers were Yorkies, mine will be Poms. Oh, and possibly a Jack Russell Terrorist, just to spice things up. ; )

    @Elliott: Now that’s some funny!

  133. 133.

    aimai

    @Technocrat: My 19 year old, who was so organized that she managed to vote in the previous election for city council or something, managed to forget to get her absentee ballot request in on time and didn’t vote in the primary. I think she probably would have voted for Bernie, maybe, but she is determined to vote for Hillary in the general.

  136. 136.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: …The returns so far from Connecticut are disproportionately from the less-populated eastern and northern parts of the state; not quite as many precincts reporting from Clinton’s favorable territory around Hartford and the NYC suburbs. And it’s basically tied up now. That suggests that Clinton is more likely to take it. But it’s really close.

  137. 137.

    Amaranthine RBG

    just wanted to let the evening crew know that I finally got my test results back and it is just psoriasis.

  142. 142.

    MomSense

    @Miss Bianca:

    I like the big, drooly dogs best but I can see the appeal of having small dogs when I’m older. My parents can’t have pets so they have both become obsessive about feeding birds. They’ve been divorced for decades but soooo much alike in their senior years. Of course I’ll never tell them.

  143. 143.

    aimai

    @Baud: Right? Does anyone have any good sense of the map of urban/rural areas in CT and why the race is so close there? Or is it some kind of bizarre reaction to Bernie being, for all intents and purposes, the pro-gun Democrat in the race? Because to me the looming issue for CT is Bernie’s refusal to stand with the Newtowne families against the NRA and the gun lobby. But in America every action brings and equal and opposite reaction.

  144. 144.

    gf120581

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: I don’t have a clue why Merkley endorsed Sanders, especially at such a late stage in the game. It’s like boarding the Titanic when it’s already half-submerged.

    Rachel Maddow apparently declared the race done tonight too.

  146. 146.

    raven

    @NotMax: I never had any interest in her singing but I do think she was a much better actress than she got credit for being. She was quite good in Mr Goodbar and Who’ll Stop the Rain.

  148. 148.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @raven:

    Merkley’s a real mensch for trying hard to justify keep going, and he did well. He’s a real earnest honest progressive, and I hope Sanders does him a solid when he’s up for re-election. We could use 100 Merkleys.

  149. 149.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Iowa Old Lady: I’m looking at the RI Board of Elections site, and there’s still 0% reporting from Providence, North Providence and East Providence, so I wouldn’t jump to conclusions.

  151. 151.

    Juju

    @Betty Cracker: I used to have long hair somewhere between 14″ and 20″, and also shed like one of my golden retrievers. We never had a roomba, but my hair stopped full blown eureka and dirt devil vacuum cleaners. Once we got an oreck my hair posed no problems. I got an actual haircut and style last year, and have kept up with it since I get carded when buying alcohol. I’m in my 50s, so it’s a nice ego boost and I am more vain than I would have guessed. Oh, vacuuming does suck in so many ways.

  152. 152.

    Schlemazel Khan

    @dollared:
    I assume you would know given the amount of time you spend fucking the poor chicken, but you just keep at it, I’m sure you’ll convinces us all by this time next year.

  156. 156.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @gf120581:

    Rachel Maddow apparently declared the race done tonight too.

    She must LOVE Sanders. This has been over since he lost Iowa. Ever since it’s been a long process of watching everything play out as the polls always said it would.

  159. 159.

    Matt McIrvin

    @aimai: The more urban areas in CT are around Hartford, and the strip from New Haven down toward NYC at the southwest corner. All currently trending toward Clinton.

  160. 160.

    NotMax

    @raven

    No disagreement whatsoever on her acting chops. She did get stifled career-wise early on by being pigeonholed as a sex kitten.

  161. 161.

    Germy Shoemangler

    @Baud:

    I’ll need to prepare a concession speech.

    Don’t! It’ll be more dramatic if you do the Mitt Romney thing and act surprised you didn’t win in a landslide.
    The rest of us can do the Karl Rove thing and have a meltdown over it.

  163. 163.

    Baud

    Please let me know if either Clinton or Sanders is giving a speech. I’m not watching the election results, but would like to watch the speeches.

  168. 168.

    FlyingToaster

    @Amaranthine RBG: Not _just_, mind you. You’re looking at a lifetime of what they now call “biologics” and are, frankly, fairly screwy meds. And, unmedicated, you’re likely to develop (eventually) psoriatic arthritis, which is no picnic at all.

    You’ll likely spend the next 6 months or so trying the various options to see which one keeps things under control. Best of luck.

  173. 173.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @Baud: apparently sanders gave a speech at 8 pm eastern. the network covered a couple of minutes. it was his usual detached from reality bromides

  175. 175.

    Miss Bianca

    @gf120581: OK, I wish I wasn’t giggling quite so hard over this…but it sure beats the hell out of the images of BS as Gandalf or Dumbledore or Obi-Wan Kenobi, FFS…

  176. 176.

    Germy Shoemangler

    @trollhattan: Ruth Gordon! She goes way back. She was friends with Harpo Marx and Alexander Woollcott in the 1930s. She was a great writer and wit and an excellent actress.

  179. 179.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Baud: Just shout an obscenity and then drop the mic. Great way to generate publicity for your post-campaign stint on Fox News.

  183. 183.

    SectionH

    @MomSense: Done that. *shudder*

    Looks likely that the Cleveland convention will be somewhat less “interesting” than we’d hoped… Oh well.

  186. 186.

    PsiFighter37

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: What’d he say – still has a path to victory?

    Who cares – I hope he enjoys being treated like a pariah at the weekly Democratic caucus lunches. Merkley BTW was a fool for endorsing him…talk about jumping on a sinking ship when it’s 3/4 of the way underwater.

  195. 195.

    japa21

    Looks like Clinton will get at least 70 more delegates than Sanders tonight. I have no problem with Sanders continuing to campaign but I hope he does what Clinton did in 2008. Once it became clear she wasn’t going to catch Obama she changed the tone of her campaign. All personal attacks on Obama stopped. Of late, all Sanders has done is take personal shots at Clinton. This is what has to stop.

  196. 196.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Dan Diamond
    ‏@ddiamond

    Total votes so far

    Clinton ——— 10.4 million
    Trump ——– 8.7 mill
    Bernie —— 7.7 mill
    Cruz —— 6.4 mill
    Rubio — 3.4 mill
    Ksich — 3.2 mill

  198. 198.

    Elie

    @Amaranthine RBG:

    My best to you… Lots of treatment options. That said, I haven’t followed your comments on this so don’t want to understate anything that you are going through. I know that even with new therapies, things aren’t always so easy. I wish you all the best and look forward to lending what support I can —

  199. 199.

    Miss Bianca

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: you know, I made this very point in this yere very forum and was accused of…classism? Crapping on poor people myself? I dunno, it’s all a blur…I’m drinking home-made mead and baking a cornmeal crust pizza to go along with my horrible, horrible, Hillz happies. : )

  201. 201.

    trollhattan

    @NotMax:
    Cole will be driving down a rural road (redundant, I know) and he’ll be wandering down the middle. Cole will stop and Bernie will just climb in. I think you know the rest. Mustard may be involved.

  203. 203.

    Botsplainer, Cryptofascist Tool of the Oppressor Class

    John Cornyn is publicly ragging on Failgunner Ted, and the dork managed to actually call the “Hoosiers” basketball goal a basketball ring during an appearance in Indiana.

    Texas Christian conservatives need to realize that their Chosen One is a national laughingstock.

  204. 204.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    With Clinton winning 4 states big and Sanders squeezing by in 1 state, MSNBC declares Virtual Tie #SandersMath

  206. 206.

    Matt McIrvin

    @dr. bloor: Republican-wise, the Mid-Atlantic East Coast is Trumpland. Of course, he won’t win any of these states in the general, but being surrounded by a majority of incorrigibly liberal and brown people tends to turn white non-liberals into Trumpists.

  207. 207.

    Elie

    @japa21:

    And did you see that Jane, Bernie’s wife said that they will release their tax returns when HIllary releases the transcripts from her speeches? Sheesh!! These folks are not class acts — like her speeches are equivalent to their tax returns…. (this was on Josh Marshall’s site)

  212. 212.

    Germy Shoemangler

    Sara Murray ✔‎@SaraMurray
    Trump at the Time 100 gala tonight on whether a tamer Trump is in the works: “I don’t think I want to change.”

  213. 213.

    jim parente

    @gene108: I agree! I don’t have a washer/Dryer but my local Laundromat has an Icercream Parlor as part of their service! Big Olaf’s Icecream Rocks!

  221. 221.

    mdblanche

    @Baud: What demands will you be making of Hillary in exchange for your support?

    @starscream: Don’t know about CT, but RI was tonight’s only open primary.

  222. 222.

    Jim, Foolish Literlist

    @divF: and Pat and Mike, and I thought Desk Set, but I checked and that was Ephron and Eprhon, Nora’s parents

  223. 223.

    rikyrah

    Nashville juror’s objection on race leads to new trial
    Stacey Barchenger
    1:24 p.m. CDT April 26, 2016

    He stood up and told the judge he did not think it was right for two black men to face a jury with no black members on it.

    The juror’s words to Criminal Court Judge Cheryl Blackburn earlier this month — confirmed by attorneys and others present in the courtroom — led to the delay of a trial and brought Nashville into a growing national discussion about the diversity of juries.

    The action followed a day of jury selection in which defense lawyers accused prosecutors of eliminating potential jurors because of their race, a claim the state denied.

    Under precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys cannot excuse potential jurors only because of their race. The formative 1986 case also said people accused of crimes do not have a right to a jury with members of the defendant’s own race.

    But some question whether it is a true jury of peers if a person’s race is not represented.

    Ludye Wallace, president of the Nashville branch of the NAACP, was not aware of the case until contacted by The Tennessean. But he said race representation on juries was a concern and the NAACP would look into how juries are chosen in Nashville.

    “We may need to see if we can raise this issue to make sure that you don’t just remove somebody from the jury selection process based on their race, creed or religion,” he said. “You can’t do that.”

  226. 226.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Germy Shoemangler: How could he pretend to be someone he’s not after we’ve seen his douchiness for the last year? This will make it easier for Secretary Clinton.

  227. 227.

    Matt McIrvin

    The close race in Connecticut does not really surprise me. What surprises me is that Sanders isn’t doing better in Pennsylvania. I kind of expected it to be Sanders land in between Pittsburgh and Philly, but Clinton is doing well in the northeast too, around Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and the Poconos.

  228. 228.

    Amaranthine RBG

    @Elie: Thank you. Only thing I’d ever heard about it before was what I saw in TV commercials. My Dr. said that’s actually pretty common nowadays. You never know what life will throw at you next, I guess.

    (and to the other poster who took this news as an opportunity to make a crass comment, I am sorry that your journey through the world has left you so damaged. Get help.)

  229. 229.

    Baud

    @mdblanche: That’s a tough one. My supporters aren’t going to sit at home watching fascism take over America, so what leverage do I have?

  231. 231.

    ? Martin

    @Mnemosyne: Yeah, I think so. We had another one here for a vacant seat. We had a primary/ballot/vacant seat election every month for half a year. It was absurd.

  233. 233.

    Amaranthine RBG

    I really hope that Clinton starts to take the high road to work on attracting Smithers supporters now.

  234. 234.

    Mike J

    @rikyrah: Personally I think attys get way too much latitude in picking jurors. If it were up to me, I’d let the two sides hammer out a questionnaire that checked for bias (employed by plaintiff? Once dated defendant? etc). Then kick the lawyers out and make them take the first dozen people with no conflict.

  235. 235.

    Elie

    @dr. bloor:

    Probably not. It was just the idea of her response and how it showed her/their resentment that got me. I could care less, though obviously something in them made them nervous and that made me curious…

  240. 240.

    NotMax

    @Matt McIrvin

    Poconos have changed significantly, with the moving in of contingents of people who commute to Manhattan. Scranton is Biden friendly, so Clinton doing well there somewhat expected.

  241. 241.

    Gin & Tonic

    @mdblanche: Only semi-open in RI. If you were a registered Republican, you could not vote in the Democratic primary, or vice-versa. If you were registered “unaffiliated” you could choose either ballot, which automatically registered you as a member of that party. Once “affiliated” you’d have to “disaffiliate” at least three months prior.

  243. 243.

    aimai

    @dr. bloor: Well, I think we should expect that anyone wanting to run for President should be willing to publish their tax returns and account for their fiscal history. Its pretty standard, by this point, though of course Romney dodged it. But that isn’t the model Bernie was pretending to want to follow.

  248. 248.

    Elie

    @Amaranthine RBG:

    Well I hope you have a mild and manageable version of it. It can be pretty awful in thankfully rare instances but the new immunotherapies have been pretty successful…

    I hope that we are all friends even though we sometimes oppose each other vehemently. There is a limit beyond which people need to get a life…

  254. 254.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    AlGiordano
    ‏@AlGiordano

    AlGiordano Retweeted CT DE MD PA RI 4/26

    Acceptance! The final stage of grief. Rachel wins a prize.

    AlGiordano added,
    CT DE MD PA RI 4/26 @HalloweenBlogs
    @AlGiordano Another sign: Maddow just said tonight Clinton has “effectively put it out of reach for Bernie Sanders” https://twitter.com/dankennedy_nu/status/725132769194590210 …

  255. 255.

    different-church-lady

    Well, it’s certainly looking like Bernie will be increasing his lead by a negative number of delegates again tonight!

  257. 257.

    rikyrah

    I’m telling you. I will have to see it to believe it. I know they say they’re gonna do it – take it away from Trump in Cleveland – but they really will just have to do it for me to believe it.

  261. 261.

    Anya

    Trump stole Ted Cruz’s “angry at the government” schtick & left him in the dust. Karma is an ass kicking bitch.

  264. 264.

    dmsilev

    @Mike J: 70 net delegates for Clinton? That would put the differential right back at ~300-310, just where it was after the March 15 primaries. And this last 6 weeks were probably the friendliest territory in aggregate to Sanders.

  270. 270.

    pseudonymous in nc

    @Mike J: The latitude available to toss jurors is essentially the counterbalance to a lack of sub judice on account of the First Amendment. In England, there’s no real ability for lawyers to remove jurors, but also heavy restrictions on what can be reported about ongoing cases. Trouble is, in the US you end up with something other than “juries of one’s peers”, especially for minority defendants (who have probably pissed off the DA already by not taking a plea).

    The US has (mostly) an system of criminal trials that reflects the 18th century English system, complicated by uniquely American constitutional protections. I’ve long believed it’s a terrible fit.

  271. 271.

    Elie

    @aimai:

    Its pretty standard, by this point, though of course Romney dodged it. But that isn’t the model Bernie was pretending to want to follow

    This. That is what just got me about the whole thing — the core — hypocrisy from someone who was such a purist… it almost didn’t matter what was in them. It showed a real character issue and would make me not trust him — particularly if there was nothing of any real issue in them (I am not convinced of this). This guy is not a straight up dude… He is not a trustworthy person. His other shtick with the attacks after he knows he can’t make the numbers, well — we will see truly who he is in the next few weeks/months.

  272. 272.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    John Dingell Verified account
    ‏@JohnDingell

    John Dingell Retweeted Gawker

    Holy hell. I’m not supposed to laugh this hard at my age. Basketball ring.

    John Dingell added,
    Gawker @Gawker
    Ted Cruz desecrates classic movie scene by calling hoop a “basketball ring” http://gaw.kr/KGpqIWw

  274. 274.

    Miss Bianca

    @Amaranthine RBG: Didn’t even know you were going in for tests. Afraid all I know about psoriasis comes from those weird commercials that used to come on during late night Creechur Features, and then it was invoked to hawk a skin cream and was lumped in with other stuff: “excema, seborrea, psoriasis!” Used to creep the crap out of me. Hope you fare well.

    @BillinGlendaleCA: How you like that cross? Sounds mad cute!

  277. 277.

    Elie

    @Matt McIrvin:

    But its “the end” for the party then — cause I can see a whole lot of ’em not supporting the candidate Trump in one way or the other… Republican Civil War…. and its base is — well scary and in another world. That presents a whole other story not just to the Republicans, but to our country as a whole.

  283. 283.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @patroclus: Apocryphal interview after that game:

    Writer: You had (receiver X) open for a TD, early in the first quarter, and he couldn’t make the catch. Would that have changed the game if he did?

    Baugh: Yeah, the final score.would.have been 73-7!

  284. 284.

    SuperHrefna

    @Amaranthine RBG: Where is it? I have a little bit on my elbows that usually stays put, but occasionally flares up, gets nasty, and worst case, goes traveling down my arm. Elbow psoriasis like mine is pretty common and I usually don’t have to think about it. Right now the only sign it gives me that is hasn’t gone away is a slight roughness. I’ve had it since I was a teen.

    I’m hoping your flare up will be similarly easy to live with! Fingers crossed, take good care of yourself: eating well, sleeping well and drinking enough water will help your body deal with whatever there is to come.

  285. 285.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Elie: I think they’ll bounce back. They can say “the people have spoken” and nominate Trump, then when he goes down, say he wasn’t a real conservative anyway and keep doing what they were doing all along. A big loss with a religious-right type like Cruz, or an allegedly sensible money Republican like any possible white knight, would hurt more.

  287. 287.

    Joel

    I don’t think he could have won Pennsylvania, but Sanders’ failure to acknowledge/endorse John Fetterman (who is pulling a substantial amount of the vote) cost him a significant opportunity in the western part of the state. Fetterman is also the kind of guy that Sanders should be recruiting as part of his “revolution”.

  288. 288.

    Francis

    @divF: And is now one of the 5 supervisors on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

    I knew her a little when I was in law school. Great person, really dynamic.

  289. 289.

    Miss Bianca

    @Joel: Yes, I really liked what I learned about Fetterman, and I think it would have done both campaigns good.

    ETA: How substantial?

  290. 290.

    Matt McIrvin

    I know relative primary turnout doesn’t mean anything, but I still think it’s amusing that while Donald Trump is wrecking the opposition everywhere, the Democratic loser currently has him outvoted in every state tonight except Delaware.

  291. 291.

    Gvg

    It occurs to me to speculate that what Sanders tax returns show is either he is really bad at math or bad at managing money.

  292. 292.

    Matt McIrvin

    Clinton’s total just passed Sanders in Connecticut; looks like she’s on a track to take it as more of Fairfield County and Hartford County comes in.

  293. 293.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @Amaranthine RBG: Spousal ThresherK has this pretty severely and I administer Humira injections for her. Hope yours isn’t that full-blown a case.

    I find it a lot easier to give her that than to use my epipen on myself for some reason.

  295. 295.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @raven:

    Who’ll Stop the Rain is a great little noir movie. Lot of great (and unexpected) performances in there.

  297. 297.

    Elie

    @Matt McIrvin:

    I dunno. I respect your analysis, but I am not sure where these people are coming from that support Trump. Maybe they will just disappear again or die off. I just don’t know. I think that the Congressional Republicans have been cut off from their base and are operating as some Vichy government. Sorry — their party is gonna be a mess. I hope we can flip the Congress or at lest the Senate. If that happens, and esp if there is flip in the House, you don’t anticipate chaos?

  298. 298.

    Joel

    @Miss Bianca: Fetterman is at ~20% statewide right now, and almost all of that is in Allegheny county (45%) and surrounding counties. Sanders is losing Allegheny county 45-55.

  301. 301.

    catclub

    @Elie:

    and its base is — well scary and in another world.

    They used to say that the limit on Trump was 30% of the GOP, then 40%, now it looks a lot more like 60%.

    He is who they are.

  302. 302.

    Elie

    Donald is spouting off about how “horrible” a President she will be — that she will be sleeping at the 3 am call and that she does not have the “strength or stamina” to deal with China or Russia …

    What a joke — “She will not be good at protecting our country” He said that Bernie said that she “was not qualified” He is encouraging Bernie to run as an independent….

  306. 306.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @Elie: The treatment lowers her immunity to infections, but the changes in her skin and the lessening of scratching and pain are immense.

  307. 307.

    Matt McIrvin

    The state primary polls were actually quite accurate, except in RI and Delaware where there were not many polls at all. Still, late polls called the Democratic winner correctly in both of those states.

  308. 308.

    Elie

    @ThresherK (GPad):

    I understand what a balancing act that can be with the exposure to infections. Still she must be pleased at the results on the skin appearance and discomfort…. Hang in there — both of you and thanks be to you — faithful partner that stands by and behind her…. People assume that is a given but it is not….

  311. 311.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @different-church-lady:

    Well, it’s certainly looking like Bernie will be increasing his lead by a negative number of delegates again tonight!

    I see you did well in the Bernie Math course.

  314. 314.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @Elie: Awww. I wasn’t gonna tell the internet, but yesterday was our anniversary. Eighteen married, 27 together.

  315. 315.

    Elie

    @ThresherK (GPad):

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Huge milestone and Lordy — from my own travails. Hubbie is bi-polar and we have been up and down between us and up and down with the meds and therapy…..We still hang but its at times very tough for us. I will never ever again assume that it is easy to stand by your partner/spouse or that its a given.

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