By far the most impressive candidate in the final field never got any serious traction in the race. Ain't that America.
Author: Paul Campos
The always-excellent Lili Loofbourow gets to the heart of the matter: Biden isn’t just a literal return to a Democratic status quo; he is, at this point in his life,.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn has had many productive conversations with Sen. Bernie Sanders during their shared years in Congress. But when it came to seeking the influential South Carolina.
People -- mostly black and Hispanic people -- had to wait in line for as long as seven hours yesterday to vote. This was because the Republicans who control the Texas state government are doing everything they can to stop people of color from voting:...
It's over. Look, I would prefer Sanders to Biden too, but it's all over now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4HW33SgZlM
A few thoughts: (1) Biden is going to be the nominee, barring a real health crisis (Which of course can't be ruled out at his age, especially with the death.
Word on the street is that Bloomberg is dropping out, probably tomorrow. This night is shaping up as pretty much a disaster for Sanders. Hard to see what rationale Warren can use to stay in the race, other than as a kingmaker, but you have...
A couple of videos: https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1234599053725491200 https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1234637358919770112 Many people have commented on Trump's pathological narcissism, which is on display here in its most florid form: If he didn't know something which.
Cropped Approved CFF A brief reminder that Elizabeth Warren is still in a race that is now in a tremendous amount of flux (How will Sanders handle going literally overnight.
These odds are from BetFair, but all the other big books now have similar odds: Bernie Sanders: +110 odds, 47.6% implied probabilityJoe Biden: +120 odds, 45.5% implied probabilityMichael Bloomberg: +600 odds, 12.4% implied probabilityHillary Clinton: +2500 odds, 3.3% implied probabilityElizabeth Warren: +4000 odds, 2.1% implied probabilityMichelle Obama: +10000 odds, 0.9% implied...
I think it's fair to say that a year ago at this time a substantial percentage of Democrats, or at least Democratic activists, would have subscribed to something like this.
Story here. I'm really surprised that both Buttigieg and Klobuchar didn't take what was by this point an essentially free roll on the Super Tuesday contests. This does seem to.