Sestak: 'Cold, brutal facts of reality'

Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:54 AM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Former Admiral and Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak, an early and ardent supporter of Clinton’s, said on MSNBC he’d like to see the New York senator be the nominee, but he added, “There are the cold, brutal facts of reality.”

He then pivoted, however, in the same breath to Clinton’s electability argument on the popular vote and her leading McCain (by wider margins than Obama) in polling in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida (Obama does not lead in Florida, per recent Quinnipiac polls). He brought up Puerto Rico and that potentially 450,000 to 500,000 could come out to vote there. And that even though the race is about delegates, if Clinton could win the popular vote, then perhaps, superdelegates would get behind her as the nominee -- though, of course, that would have to be by overwhelming margins.

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OMG..all this wavering by Democrat leaders. They leave Obama out in the cold fending off Hillary, McCain and the whole GOP by himself. What a sniveling bunch of cowards. I'm begining to believe those crazy rumors about all the unexplained deaths surrounding the Clintons. What else could be scaring the Dem. leaders this bad?

Bonnie, Ut (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:32 AM)

even if our 3 million plus citizens voted. how can you consider us for your popular vote? in case you didn't know we ,in p.r. do not vote for the president.

ruben berrios carolina p.r. (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:32 AM)

MSNBC aren't you tired of propping up Hillary?

Wayne (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:32 AM)

Oh, please! Quit trying to steal this nomination for the Clinton empire. She has not earned it, doesn't deserve it, and should be given the boot on June 4th for how she has behaved and run this campaign. As it is, the popular vote argument is beyond stupid! This is not a democracy, it is a republic. Every vote doesn't actually count in a republic. Majority of votes elect delegates, which are supposed to represent the majority, but can vote however they want. Besides, popular vote is meaningless since actual numbers are unattainable (caucuses aren't counted accurately, and in states disqualified results may be off due to people staying home or as in MI, switching to vote in REP primary since it counted). Hillary "Custer" Clinton should concede on June 3rd after Primaries finish to avoid being slaughtered and embarassed by avalanche of Super Delegates to Obama to shore up his nomination (June 3rd will be embarassing enough when she loses SD & MT both).

BosnianSniper (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:32 AM)

ignore hillary. focus on mcbush.

JP, milltown, nj (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:34 AM)

Puerto Rico can't even vote in a Presidential election.

Obama does better in California than Clinton does against McCain. What good is Ohio if Clinton can't even secure California??

Ron, TX (Sent Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:35 AM)

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