Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that it would be “irresponsible” for his loyalists not to support Joe Biden, warning that progressives who “sit on their hands” in the months ahead would simply enable President Donald Trump’s reelection.
https://apnews.com/a1bfb62e37fe34e09ff123a58a1329fa
Well then:
So, Steyer dropped out! The race competition narrows!
Yes, Steyer is a billionaire, but his thing is the environment. It is very possible a lot of his backers might now support Bernie because of that.
UPDATE: The latest Point Blank Political Poll for California shows Bernie above both Biden and Warren by 20 points. Very large sample size (more than 2,200).
FiveThirtyEight is now showing a significant bump in Bernie's chances to secure the nomination at the convention.
You may recall in an essay I wrote 12 days ago that FiveThirtyEight was predicting Sanders would win only 3 states--New Hampshire, California, and Vermont--during the entire 2020 primary/caucus elections.
As of now, that has changed quite dramatically.
Only focusing on the results through SuperTuesday (March 3), let's look at FiveThirtyEight's predictions now:
Circle the wagons, boys! Bernie Sanders and his rabble have sharpened their pitchforks and set fire to their torches! It's time to remind them who they are.
A new YouGov/Hofstra poll from Iowa has some very interesting numbers regarding Tulsi's candidacy.
I'm not seeing anyone else mentioning this, not much information available.
https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/bernie-sanders-cancels-events-after-cam...
May I doff my hat in admiration to one who so often wades in regardless of shark fins, who marches into the lions den, and who rips off his sunglasses to expose the whites of eyes to his adversaries? Bob Swern, there aren’t enough metaphors to honor you today.
The first question in the title isn’t all that difficult to suss out. The weft in both men’s narrative tapestry was that neither was beholden to Big Money, one because he was too rich to be bought off and the other because he was too ethical. One touted using his own money and the other touted using only small donor money.
