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06.14.16 | 12:05 pm

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class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="June 14, 2016">June 14, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Thank goodness.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for dave48" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/64.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-district-of-columbia-democratic-presidential-primary/39088" rel="external" class="url">dave48</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="June 14, 2016">June 14, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Let’s see if Clinton can get more than 80% of the vote tonight. That would be a good finish for her.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-district-of-columbia-democratic-presidential-primary/39088" rel="external" class="url">lestatdelc</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="June 14, 2016">June 14, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Yikes. Clinton <strong>leads</strong> by 57%.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for dave48" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/64.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-district-of-columbia-democratic-presidential-primary/39088" rel="external" class="url">dave48</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="June 14, 2016">June 14, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Yeah, HuffPost already called it for her. It was over before it started.</p></div> </article> </li> </ol> <div class="respond comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"> Continue the discussion at <a class="wpdc-discourse-topic-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-district-of-columbia-democratic-presidential-primary/39088">forums.talkingpointsmemo.com</a> </h3> <p class="more-replies">11 more replies</p> <div class="comment-reply-title"> <h4 class="discourse-participants">Participants</h4> <p> <img alt="Avatar for system1" src="https://d2i6rdlz7r9skx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/9/1/491ca6c9286ec6b25075d488ab9de51cff60bf85.jpeg" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for bdtex" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/bdtex/64/736530_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" 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