re: #381 NO SMOCKING GUN!

To win elections, you try to get the most votes. So its a bad idea to piss off a large bloc of voters inclined to vote for you when you need their votes to win. If Bernie has 33-40% of the delegates, and hundreds more than any other candidate, it would be a bad idea to deny him the nomination. Now if there are several candidates with about 20-25%, then have at it.

It’s pretty simple math: if Bernie arrives at the convention with that 33-40% of the delegates and the other remaining candidates have the other 60-67% between them, then Bernie does not have a majority of the delegates. If the other candidates negotiate between themselves and award that 60-67% to one candidate, then how is it then “fair” to say that Bernie must be named the nominee because he arrived at the convention with the most delegates?