Barry Norton 🌈 ♾ 📚: Still not true. He was 83.8%pt. above Dean Phillips. You might think I'm splitting hairs when the majority was of the same order (after correcting for your initial misstatement), but given the urge over the last few days to explain the primaries system to an international audience, this does matter.

The reason pundits like the contested convention thing is that it plays to their vanities: what if the smart people made a meritocratic decision about who’s best? This is driven, in part, by being mostly isolated from negative reactions to their opinions over the years.

I can’t imagine asserting with unwavering confidence that I knew who was or wasn’t the best candidate against Trump.

I see— important that the candidate has “the confidence of the party elite.” Not the base.

When asked to vote for Biden-Harris in the primaries, 90% of Dems said yes. That’s 90% more than anyone else being offered.

Not to quibble over maths, but it's over 800% more than anyone else.

Percent, percentage points, tomato, tomahto

Still not true. He was 83.8%pt. above Dean Phillips. You might think I'm splitting hairs when the majority was of the same order (after correcting for your initial misstatement), but given the urge over the last few days to explain the primaries system to an international audience, this does matter.

No one is discussing making Dean Phillips the nominee. The “being offered” qualifier excludes him.

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