By Dave Andrusko
You could sense the screws tightening, even before Saturday’s big victory for former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina primary. The Democrat Party Establishment is desperate to prevent Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (like all of the presidential aspirants pro-abortion to the core )from becoming its presidential nominee.
The thinking is that the only way this could happen is if everybody dropped out, except former Biden who just carried the South Carolina primary in a convincing fashion
In rapid succession, out billionaire Tom Steyer, out former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and, just today, out Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is said to be flying to Dallas tonight to support Biden. (At right around 4:00pm, the New York Times said Buttigieg will be endorsing Biden as well.)
Tomorrow, of course, is “Super Tuesday.” More than a third of all delegates to the Democratic National Convention , July 13-16, in Milwaukee are at stake.
“Fourteen states and one U.S. territory will hold nominating contests on Super Tuesday, to award a total of 1,357 delegates,” writes the Washington Post’s Amber Phillips. “To put that in perspective, you need 1,991 delegates to win the nomination.”
The conspicuous holdouts to the let’s-rally-around-Joe campaign? Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Three quick thoughts.
One, a lot of people have voted ahead of time in these states. So it’s difficult to figure out how that will affect the allocation of delegates. We can’t even know how many people might still pull the lever tomorrow in Minnesota for Klobuchar.
Second, there seems to be some thought—probably more of a wish—that if Bloomberg doesn’t acquire unspecified allotment of delegates Tuesday, he will drop out. I find that impossible to believe. He’s dumped in hundreds of millions of dollars already with so slowing down in sight.
As for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, would she be tempted by the offer of running as Biden’s vice president, should it be made? Is that any more believable than Bloomberg dropping out?
Third, none of the candidates, still in or having exited, are “moderates.” The objective (dishonest as it clearly is) of portraying everyone other than Sanders as a “centrist” is to attempt to establish a narrative that Independents and genuinely moderate Democrats might buy, come this November.
Assuming Biden is not squashed on Super Tuesday, you can expect the “come-back” narrative to be splashed everywhere. Why?
Simple. The major media, fervid supporters of Democrats and even more opposed to pro-life President Trump, know perfectly well the enormous potential of Sanders to pull down many Democrats not only running for Congress but also far down ballot as well.