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Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:23 PM
Subject: First Read: The Democratic Race Isn't as Close as You Think It Is
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Forward this email to a friend May 19, 2016 Tune in to Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, Sundays on NBC News The Democratic Race Isn't As Close As You Think It Is Thu, 19 May 2016 12:12:54 GMT From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann : Bernie Sanders just won Oregon and almost carried Kentucky. His campaign is "willing to do some harm" to Hillary Clinton to try to win California next month, the New York Times writes. And they're hoping to take their fight all of the way to July's Democratic convention in Philadelphia. But here's the one little problem with that strategy: The Clinton-vs.-Sanders race really isn't that close -- certainly not as close as it was in 2008 between Barack Obama and Clinton. Back then, after the primary season had concluded, Obama led Clinton by about 120 pledged delegates. But Clinton's current pledged-delegate lead over Sanders is more than TWICE that amount. What's more, while Obama and Clinton largely split the Democratic superdelegates in '08, Clinton has an enormous 527-39 advantage here, bringing her overall lead over Sanders to 765. (Note: The superdelegates have never changed the pledged-delegate outcome since their creation.) And in terms of popular vote, Clinton leads Sanders, 13.2 million votes to 10.2 million.  Click for more. First Read's Morning Clips: A Former Senator's Deathbed Wish A roundup of the most important political news stories of the day.  Click for more. Latest Stories Who Are the People on Trump's Supreme Court Short List? Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday released the names of 11 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees that he could nominate to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia.  Click for more. Is Sanders' Marriage of Convenience With Dems Over? Sanders has made it clear he will his lead his committed activists into battle against presumptive GOP nominee Trump, but will he do it as a Democrat?  Click for more. Rendell: 'What I Said Was Incredibly Stupid and Insensitive' Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said 'ugly' women will be what defeats Trump in the upcoming election.  Click for more. More News Who Are Trump's Potential Supreme Court Picks? Sanders Defiant in Face of Criticism From Democratic Establishment Biden: 'There's No Fundamental Split in the Democratic Party' The Lid: Donald Trump Plays it Safe (For Once) You_��re receiving First Read from NBC News Politics. Share this with your family and friends and keep them up to date. Share now Follow Us   Privacy  |   NBC NEWS, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112