The Electoral College: The Only Thing That Matters Center for Politics

Last week FiveThirtyEight issued a prospective Clinton-Trump presidential election electoral college map that was a blowout for Hillary. Today The University of Virginia Center for Politics revised their May 2015 electoral college projections with a new map today. It doesn't look very different from Nate Silver's.

Today's March 2016 map had Democrats: 347; Republicans: 191; Toss-ups 0

The May 2015 map had Democrats: 247; Republicans: 206: Toss-ups: 85

Chuck Todd is the latest MSNBC host to turn against 'cranky' Bernie Sanders Daily News Bin

MSNBC has been a media machine for the Bernie Sanders campaign. I don't watch Morning Joe anymore, because I just can't deal with the Hillary hate. Being a politics junkie, I do watch the evening shows, as I channel surf. Rachel was put in a state of high embarassment by top Sanders strategist Tad Devine, promising upsets that never happened. Ever hopeful for Bernie, Maddow suspended what used to be a more rational and solidly objective presence at her desk, and bought into the coming "surprise". Her scoop actually had her losing a lot of credibility with Clinton supporters.

Clearly annoyed by Tad Devine's claim that Sanders has won states where he competed and lost states where he didn't, Rachel tore the claim apart on-air, walking through the numbers to demonstrate that the Bernie Sanders campaign invested more time and resources than Hillary Clinton in states like Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia -- states where Clinton was victorious.

Last night Maddow spoke of what she believed was a "substantive difference" between Hillary Clinton, who considers women's rights to be a key issue in the campaign and Bernie Sanders, who appears to consider women's rights as secondary to his Wall Street and income-inequality platform. Bernie's rather dismissive attitude about the priority of Trump's comments about punishing women who would get illegal abortions caused quite major concerns among Democratic women.

Chuck Todd -- no friend to feminism -- suggested that "Sanders is getting cranky" whenever he's asked process questions. Then Todd and Maddow continued.

“Are his campaign and him on the same page?” Todd asked. “This happens a lot. Campaign says one thing, Rachel or myself or someone else presents it to Sanders, and he throws his aides under the bus. It’s just a pattern I’ve noticed with Sanders.” Maddow then suggested that the Sanders campaign message at this point is “I may not win with the people, but maybe I can get the superdelegates.”

Hillary Clinton Uses Trump's Abortion Comments to Hit Sanders CNN

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We're evaluating and talking to others about Bernie's comments about abortion and reproductive rights being a less serious issue -- even a distration -- from important topics like income inequaity. Rachel Maddow, one of Bernie's biggest supporters, was quite taken aback last night. As women, we know that controlling fertility is considered to be a higher impact factor on income inequality than minimum wage or bad trade deals.

Sometimes Bernie Sanders reminds us of the doctors who develop drugs and only test them on men, so as to avoid the 'variable' of testing them on women. The impact on women can be very negative.

There is a reason why the 'establishment' endorsed HIllary and not Bernie. It's over comments like these:

Quote: "Clinton, speaking at State University of New York at Purchase, said she knows the Vermont senator "supports a woman's right to choose." But she also questioned his approach to the controversy.

"I want you to hear this because last night, Senator Sanders agreed that Donald Trump's comments were shameful, but then he said they were a distraction from, and I quote, 'A serious discussion about the serious issues facing America,'" Clinton said to boos from the crowd. "To me, this is a serious issue and it is a very serious discussion. I know Senator Sanders supports a woman's right to choose and I also know that Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL endorsed me because I led on this issue."' (End quote)

The endorsements came for Hillary because Bernie failed to repeal the Hyde amendment in all nine versions of his health care plan, unintentionally eliminating not only all coverage for abortion, but morning after pills, IUDs and other forms of contraception. HIllary has called for the repeal of Hyde for a decade.

Search for info on Bernie Sanders positions on 'personhood legislation', and you will be lead to articles on corporations. Search Hillary and you will be taken on Google page 1 articles about Republican legislation wanting to equate the civil rights of women with those of a fertilized egg.

Quote: "Hillary Clinton derided “personhood” legislation as efforts to “outlaw common forms of birth control and ban abortions even in cases of rape or incest.” “Clinton also hit hard on raising the minimum wage, saying it’s a ‘pro-family’ issue — and offered a full-throated defense of legal abortion. ‘Women’s rights are the canary in the mine. If you don’t protect women’s rights here at home and around the world, everybody’s rights are lost,’ she said. ‘You have to ask yourself, do you want a senator who will always defend a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions and won’t ever shame or judge a woman for decisions that are complex and deeply personal, or do you want a senator who will push so-called ‘personhood’ laws that would outlaw common forms of birth control and ban abortions even in cases of rape or incest?’” [The Hill, 10/25/14]