>>>>>Hillary still enjoys a large lead nationwide, and she is leading Sanders in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. Any analyst will tell you that carrying the primary in all three of those states is significant.
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>>>>FWIW, I can't remember the last time the PA primary mattered. In the general, sure, PA is important, but the primary is so late as to make it generally meaningless.
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>In which U.S. city is the 2016 DNC convention being held?
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>>As Bill said, here in Philly. (We were supposed to have a trifecta in less than a year: the Pope, the Dalai Lama, and the DNC, but the Dalai Lama cancelled.)
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>>Answering what I assume is your question under that, as I said, PA is important in the general election. I can't remember the last time the Dems hadn't selected the candidate by the time of the PA primary, which is the last Tuesday in April. (In non-presidential years, it's the 3rd Tuesday in May.)
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>>Tamar
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>Actually, I think the nomination was still in play in 2008 when the PA primary took place. It certainly was in NJ.
I was volunteering for Obama by then, and I remember being disappointed about HIllary winning PA, but knowing that it wasn't going to matter.
For example, this was from March 4, after the last set of primaries before PA:
http://www.newsweek.com/hillarys-new-math-problem-83849Tamar
