The poll-warping narrative that Biden can't win was just nuked.

[highplainsdem]

Thank you, South Carolina!

We finally got past Iowa, with its unrepresentative population and unrepresentative caucus.

We got past New Hampshire, with its unrepresentative population and its history of Bernie-love.

We got past Nevada, with its unrepresentative caucus.

Tonight we FINALLY saw a state that looked more like the Democraticc electorate, and that used a truly democratic method to decide who'd win its primary.

And Biden crushed his rivals.

Much of Sanders' rise in the polls, as well as Bloomberg's, had to do with the narrative that Biden can't win.

That's dead now, destroyed by South Carolina.

The primary race has been reset.

[DonaldsRump]

1. Am feeling the Burn....the Biden Burn! n/t

[DanTex]

2. LOL.

[PatSeg]

8. Seriously?

[DanTex]

11. Yes, seriously. Biden finally, after 32 years, three presidential runs, on the fourth contest

wins a primary. And suddenly that's the most important primary in the world. Enjoy the next three days!

[PatSeg]

14. You know it is a huge victory for Biden

and could hopefully give him both momentum and campaign donations to keep going.

That said, when Bernie supporters were celebrating his wins, I never laughed like it was some kind of joke. Why bother? If you don't have anything constructive to say, that's fine, but probably best to say nothing at all. It would be the civil thing to do. Many of us do our best to maintain civility here at DU.

[DanTex]

15. I'm laughing at the idea that the first three contests were unimportant and SC is the be-all-end-all

[PatSeg]

16. Well Iowa and New Hampshire

are very small states that are primarily white, so in a sense, they really are unimportant. Robert Gibbs said that South Carolina was the rocket that launched Obama's campaign. Granted, he had won Iowa, but he lost New Hampshire and Nevada to Hillary. From a lot of people's perspective, this very big South Carolina win is a pretty big deal.

Things will be getting really interesting, but whatever happens, I promise I will not be snarky to you or any other Bernie supporters if and when he wins.

[DanTex]

19. I was LOLing at the OP, not you. Dismissing the first three states and pretending SC is the

end-all is clearly laughable. So I laughed at it.

The reason that people are dismissing the first three states obviously has nothing to do with anything except the fact that Biden did poorly in them.

Yes, this is a big win for Joe. Iowa was big for Pete. NH and NV were big for Bernie. Here comes super Tuesday...

[PatSeg]

21. I'm sorry

When someone (the op) is happy because their candidate won big in a primary, just saying Lol comes across as very snarky. Explaining why you think it isn't a big deal might have been more appropriate, though still entirely unnecessary.

[DanTex]

23. The OP was clearly dismissive of the first three contests.

It's great to celebrate wins. But if someone is going to absurdly argue that the first three contests are somehow unimportant and that this one contest shatters the earth, then, yeah, that's laughable.

[ehrnst]

27. I see someone's had a change of heart...

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=601641

[DanTex]

28. Huh?

[ehrnst]

32. Nice try.

DanTex (20,279 posts)

60. Of course it counts! Who said it doesn't count?

[DanTex]

33. Of course it counts! Like I said, huh?

[ehrnst]

36. Oh, the "Whatever do you mean?" evasion.

Don't be silly. There's a search feature on DU.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=600785

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=601117

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=601308

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=600773

[DanTex]

37. Wow! Impressive! LOL

[ehrnst]

42. Yep, I nailed it.

Using your very own words.

[PatSeg]

35. Oh my goodness!!!

[TwilightZone]

29. You've been arguing that the race is over.

I wouldn't suggest casting aspersions on someone else's optimism when you've been acting like we should all just hand the nomination to Bernie.

Seriously, look in the mirror once in a while.

[DanTex]

31. What? No I haven't. Just that Bernie is the favorite. Which he is.

[ehrnst]

40. Again with the "Whatever do you mean?" evasion.

Lol. You can't really think that's convincing.

[PatSeg]

30. Well then

You could have said that, not "Lol". I don't entirely agree with you, but no one can agree or disagree with you if all you do is laugh at them.

Anyway, that's enough for tonight. I'm enjoying this win and don't want to argue anymore.

Have a good night, I'm sure we'll debate again.

[ehrnst]

38. A hit! A palpable hit!

[still_one]

34. There are some Sanders supporters here who have a lot of class, and congratulated Joe tonight

Then their are some others

I try not to engage with those others

[PatSeg]

39. Yes, we can be competitive

and still be good sports. That's how most DUers behave.

We can be combative again tomorrow, but tonight is Joe's night and he deserves it.

[still_one]

41. +++

[ehrnst]

43. I see we've switched gears yet again...

One could get carsick trying to keep up...

DanTex (20,283 posts)

33. Of course it counts! Like I said, huh?

[ehrnst]

44. Laughing...

Is that what it's called?

[ehrnst]

20. Devastatingly brutal takedown.

[DarthDem]

3. Agreed!

[PatSeg]

4. And thank you James Clyburn for helping

with your heart-felt endorsement!

[zackymilly]

5. Reading your post, I was waiting for the Dean scream at the end. LOL n/t

[highplainsdem]

24. LOL! But have you ever seen me post anything remotely like the Dean scream?

If we had a Snoopy happy dance emoji, though, I might be posting that.

[drray23]

6. Indeed. Imagine how different the race would have been

If South Carolina came first. It would have completely changed the narrative and the trajectory of the race. Biden would have had the momentum and taken off.

[Peacetrain]

7. Oh yeah baby... happy time

[TwilightZone]

9. I think those few polls that showed it close were just wrong.

Some looked like outliers, especially that Change Research/Post & Courier poll that had Biden +4.

Biden's going to end up getting basically what he was projected to get before the phantom Bernie "surge". In my opinion, he always was. A massive swing in SC never made any sense.

[PatSeg]

12. You could be right,

though I heard voters interviewed, who said they recently switched to Joe.

[Moderateguy]

10. But Biden won't get the votes of people who vote via twitter

[PatSeg]

17. Ah yes, there's always that!!!

[blue-wave]

13. It sure was nuked!!!

[Cha]

18. Well said, hpd! Reset!

dreary talking point

[LiberalFighter]

22. Unless I am mistaken it was decisively.

[TexasTowelie]

25. K&R! nt

[empedocles]

26. Great term, 'poll-warping narrative'