Still a Democratic horse race

The establishment’s superdelegates are what Hillary Clinton is counting on to stay with her. That may not be her salvation. Many state primaries supported or are leaning toward Bernie Sanders. If he wins California, with its 440 delegates, it would be hard for the convention to ignore his argument that the superdelegates should support their state’s selection.

Donald Trump has become the nominee that the GOP does not want. Many of the party’s establishment are refusing to support him. Some are talking about a third-party candidate to run against their own nominee. It is a party divided.

Five national polls show that Sanders will win against Trump, by a 17.5 percentage points average. How can the Democrats not support him? Because the establishment does not want him.

Here in Kentucky, we just had a big horse race. Nyquist, the favorite, beat Exaggerator. Nyquist is Swedish for “new branch.” Nyquist won the race with Exaggerator coming on strong. I will leave it to you to draw your own conclusions of this allegory.

This story was originally published May 12, 2016 at 6:33 PM with the headline "Still a Democratic horse race."