The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board said Wednesday night that it sees a way for Sen. Bernie Sanders to steal the Democratic nomination away from Hillary Clinton.
Sanders is trailing Hillary Clinton and it is nearly mathematically impossible for him to overcome. But the paper said that if Sanders keeps up his momentum, he’ll have an argument to make.
“The 74-year-old socialist won West Virginia’s primary on Tuesday, his 19th victory and second in a row,” the paper said in an editorial Wednesday night. “He still trails Hillary Clinton 1,719 to 1,425 in bound delegates, by CNN’s count, but he’s won a majority of the delegates since March 1. If he sweeps the final 10 primaries and caucuses, he might take the lead among bound delegates heading into the Democratic convention in July.”
Sanders has said he will continue his campaign all the way to the Democratic convention in late July and the Journal endorsed that plan.
“Mrs. Clinton has proven to be a lousy candidate, unappealing even to millions of Democrats. [Donald] Trump is probably the weakest candidate Republicans could nominate, yet could Mrs. Clinton be the one Democrat who could lose to Mr. Trump? Maybe Democrats should consider a contested convention.”
