I don’t think Sanders is the right answer because I don’t think America is ready for that yet. This is a country that arguably has never been further left than centre-right in modern history. The political institutions aren’t sturdy enough for the change and they’re still too stacked with right wingers not to water down the changes. And that’s without even considering the individual state legislatures and the heavily decentralised way the US operates.

 

This is my thoughts on him too. He's great and I love what he stands for, but my gosh there is no way he's gonna stand a chance in a country like America. It's far too stuck in its ways to change to what he wants it to be and the media and his own party already have it in for him.

 

Obviously he'd still be my preferred option out of who's left, especially Bloomberg, though it's looking a pretty depressing outlook for the Dems either way.

Well, it's all over. Trump has won. The Supreme Court is lost for 30 years.

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Not a good sign at all.

 

 

 

Bloomberg wins American Samoa, with the only other viable candidate being... Tulsi Gabbard. Lol.

 

More importantly though Biden was instantly declared the winner in both Virginia and North Carolina. Both not at all surprising but still, the fact they weren't even remotely close is early confirmation that the huge Biden surge is real. Sigh.

 

Bernie instantly won Vermont. Obvz.

Wih the older voters out in force, the establishment candidates being brought into thr fold the day BEFORE Super Tuesday, and Warren bought and paid as a spoiler, it's over.

 

Had Bernie smashed Super Tuesday, as he would if they hadn't planned this perfectly behind the scenes, it would be different.

 

Now, he either gets a small plurality and loses at convention, or Biden gets a small plurality and wins at convention anyway. So! Enjoy 4 more years of Trump, everyone! 4 years of Trump and Bojo. Wow.

No independent has ever had the nomination stolen TWICE with massive support plus massive youth support. Bernie would win states, inckudinf Utah. No one would get to 270.

If Bernie doesn't get a plurality from the primaries this year then he is not having the nomination 'stolen' from him. He will have lost entirely legitimately and within the framework of the Democrat primaries.

NYC retracts North Carolina Biden call. The mainstrram media is calling them as early as possible for Sleepy Joe and as late as possible for Sanders to discourage Sanders voters in Western states where polls are still open.

 

Warren 3rd in Mass so far.

 

This is all academic to me now. I don't support establishment democrats and now that Bernie can't get an outright win, he cannot win the nomination with how corrupt and desperate the dnc is. They WILL keep Warren in the race, practically forcing her with the purse strings for her senate reelection and any future race.

If Bernie doesn't get a plurality from the primaries this year then he is not having the nomination 'stolen' from him. He will have lost entirely legitimately and within the framework of the Democrat primaries.

 

Oh no, no, no. It is just like vs Hillary. It gets stolen through DNC manipulation.

Oh no, no, no. It is just like vs Hillary. It gets stolen through DNC manipulation.

Maybe his inability to get enough people to vote for him is a factor.

Maybe his inability to get enough people to vote for him is a factor.

 

Latest reports going around are that Obama, on the behest of the DNC, phoned Pete and Amy and told them to drop out snd rally behind Biden. Pete refused. The dnc pulled all funding. He had to drop out and do as he was told.

 

The last time for starters, rhe number of debates were cut and shown at awkward times so as not to increase Bernie's name recognition. This happened even more once he started trouncing Hillary in the debates.

 

This is all manipulation.

Not sure where you’re reading that? I’ve read that Obama called Pete but didn’t say anything about endorsing Biden, and according to Amy’s team she hasn’t spoken to Obama.

I do think America can be ready for a left-wing president, but when the media acts like a blunt cudgel at manufacturing consent for a candidate that won't upset the status quo for rich oligarchs, it's going to be an uphill battle all the way.

 

Biden looking at winning Minnesota and Massachusetts is not good, Warren ended up being a complete negative on the progressive campaign given the latter. Still looking like Sanders is ahead in Texas though last I checked.

California's been called for Bernie but full results and delegate counts might not be available for a while. Which is bad for him, getting the narrative of a big victory in the biggest state was the only hope of a positive narrative from this night.

 

Biden's now even looking like he might be ahead in Texas (where apparently some voting lines are open HOURS after the polls closed, jesus christ) I do think the candidate that comes out on top in Texas is extremely likely to end up winning the nomination, rightly or wrongly, such a big state and what is now unbelievably a major Democratic target being a tossup is very significant.

And that is why the Democrats closed 100s of Texas polling stations in Latino areas the day before Super Tuesday without warning.

 

But oh look. Who won Utah? Sigh. Bullshit pollx Common Sense. Bernie is widlldly popular in Utah as I said.

CNN saying Biden's won Texas. Great night for him.

From CNN:

 

Time for Bloomberg (and Warren) to drop out, they are getting 15% in a number of places so their continued presence risks a brokered convention which could lead to long lasting bitterness within the party.

 

Clearly Biden is now the strong favourite to win the nomination. We don't see it as an enormous endorsement of Biden per se (except from black voters), a week ago it was Sanders who looked like he had a strong national lead. Voters are merely rallying around whichever candidate they feel is most likely to beat Trump at the time.

 

Our early prediction is that Trump beats Biden with a slightly bigger electoral college vote than he won in 2016 but not necessarily a landslide.

Edited March 4, 20205 yr by Crazy Chris

Ding dong Bloomberg’s gone

Ding dong Bloomberg’s gone

What a waste of time and money that was.

Ding dong Bloomberg’s gone

 

This is the worst-case scenario for Sanders.

As CNN are saying, it's not over til the fat lady sings folks. Biden doesn't have a huge delegate lead over Sanders, less than 100 without California. Still a lot of states to vote in the next few weeks.

 

Bloomberg urging his supporters to now support Biden though as he feels he's their best chance to defeat Trump and that's what matters this time.

 

If Biden does get the nomination it's best he does it by a majority rather than at a contested convention which can mean bad feeling in the party. A majority means he won fairly and Sanders lost, as a poster said above, simply because less people voted for him.

Edited March 4, 20205 yr by Crazy Chris