I’m kidding. Of course he will. I can’t imagine how, but he will. Covid-19 is here. It got away. What they can’t say on TV directly, though CNN came very close last night on their Town Hall on the subject, is that it will not be contained. It’s in the general public, it is contagious before symptoms present and we are looking at millions infected, tens of thousands dead, need for 65k respirators for this Read more…
Sanders supporters thought it was over a week ago. Some Biden supporters think Joe’s momentum is now unstoppable. Bloomberg was thought of as the Trump Slayer, and now he is seen as Trump Lite. Wait a week. I have a dear friend, a Bernie or Bust-er, that salivates at the prospect of burning down the DNC to make the point that corporate interests are the real puppet-masters and the party in power is irrelevant. There Read more…
Liz is out. The consolodation of the two competing wings of the Democratic party is complete. But where will the consolodation occur? Conventional wisdom would indicate that Liz would enthusiastically endorse her progressive cohort, a long time partner in the Senate. But the invective thrown around in the debates and the accusations that Bernie lied about Liz , leading to a very cold shoulder after one contest by Warren toward Sanders, leave Warren’s allegiance an Read more…
It’s over for the other mayor in the race. After being treated by the electorate like the interloper he always was into the Democratic primary process, it was very clear that Elizabeth Warren’s murder-suicide mission in the debates was effective. With the single exception of American Samoa who like Mike and Tulsi just fine. the rest of the country found the transparent effort to simply buy the presidency outright to be, to put it gently, Read more…
Remember that little Party get together in Dallas I mentioned the other day? Tonight the fruits ripened for Joe. No matter what happens at the end of the day (it’s10pm EST now) Bernie lost the night. States that did not seem to be in contention have unmercifully gone into the loss column. Polls were swept aside seemingly overnight. And there wasn’t anything he could do about it. Great theatre will beat great lectures every time, Read more…
Everything! For politicos March Madness has begun! I made it to the polls at about 11am and it was largely deserted, but after quizzing some of the election workers it seemed to them that the traffic was up and voter turnout looked robust. Great news! The Left is engaged and fired up. I added my voice to the Bern and we’ll see if his bounce from the early contests will hold up to the full Read more…
Last night a rally was held in Dallas, Texas by Joe Biden and it had the ambiance of a nomination celebration. There was a sense in the room that things had stabilized, been made right, the world had realigned to its proper place and that now all would be well. This seemed like a coronation of the proper next in line, in spite of the fact that the new king was in fact trailing in Read more…
Within 24 hours of the Mayor’s demise, Amy calls it a day, too. The timing is surprising to say the least. Or not. Both of the retiring hopefuls will endorse Uncle Joe tonight at a Texas rally for the moderate wing’s front runner. Klobuchar as recently as this weekend was crowing about how nobody thought she would ever get as far as Super Tuesday, and here on Monday they have been proven correct. So what Read more…
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has ended his candidacy and in a farewell address to his supporters he all but endorsed the moderate poster boy Joe Biden. After a typically lucid and asperational address, Pete and husband Chasten waved arm and arm to the now uncommitted crowd, setting up a consolidation behind the South Carolina victor. I have to admit, though, I was surprised by the timing of the move. Buttigieg losing in South Carolina was Read more…
Joe Biden has coasted to a big 20+ point win in the palmetto state, beating Bernie Sanders handily and giving him CPR after a dismal showing in the first three opportunities in primary season. This win was critical for the moderate standard bearer, as he has no money to invest in advertising or really any signiificant campaign activities leading up to Super Tuesday. While California, North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts are being pounded by Bloomberg Read more…