South Carolina blows up the 2020 primary

[RandySF]

The result was so lopsided that South Carolina was called the minute polls closed. For the first time in weeks, the presidential primary once again looked like a race.

Not only had Joe Biden resurrected his campaign and put a dent in Bernie Sanders‘ juggernaut, the poor performance of Biden’s centrist rivals prompted new calls for their withdrawal. One opponent, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, dropped out.

Saturday’s results laid bare the inability of several lower-performing candidates to appeal widely to black voters — a critical component not only of the South Carolina electorate but of the Democratic Party’s broader base, and a potential sign of trouble to come on Super Tuesday. Those candidates now must confront the possibility of their fundraising drying up.

If there was a best case scenario for Biden, this was it. And as a result, the primary has been reset.

“Americans know Joe Biden, and a lot of them are coming home,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the airport in Dallas on Saturday night after campaigning for Biden in that Super Tuesday state.

For other candidates, he predicted that after the South Carolina result, “I think there will be some soul searching.”

In one sign of Biden’s sudden momentum, Terry McAuliffe, the former Virginia governor and former Democratic National Committee chair, and Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott, both endorsed Biden ahead of the Super Tuesday contest in that state. And Sen. Tim Kaine, another recent addition to the Biden camp, was preparing to campaign with Biden in Norfolk on Sunday.




https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/south-carolina-2020-primary-joe-biden-118375

[ucrdem]

1. I really think it's already over.

It's just a questions of when the others drop out. But this will be clearer after Tuesday.

[TTUBatfan2008]

3. Yeah, just a matter of time...

Bernie and Bloomberg have the ability to stick around for a long time, but they won't win the nomination.

[ucrdem]

4. and we saw how that turned out in 2016.

I think this time we'll have a drama-free convention one way or the other. I'm thinking Barack might step in for example with stern words. Hope so anyway!

[TTUBatfan2008]

5. Super Tuesday...

If Biden has a pretty solid showing on Super Tuesday, I think that could be when Obama jumps in with an endorsement. This would be pretty helpful to Biden heading into all the other primaries. Still about 35 of them to go after Super Tuesday, including big time general election battleground states like Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

[ucrdem]

6. McCauliffe, Clyburn, Tim Kaine have all signed on this week

Just a matter of time before Barack makes it official I think!

[Cha]

2. Yay Reset! Thank you, RSF!