WAPO OP ED: Super Tuesday gave Joe Biden the historic surge he needed

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/03/super-tuesday-gave-joe-biden-historic-surge-he-needed/

By Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer March 3, 2020 at 10:03 p.m. EST

As of this hour — with winners predicted (or announced) in Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Vermont, North Carolina, America Samoa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma and partial return in Texas — Super Tuesday is shaping up to be an overwhelming victory for former vice president Joe Biden, whose campaign was hanging by a thread before South Carolina voted. In the space of four days, Biden swept to victory in the Palmetto State and picked up a slew of endorsements from former rivals and state and local Democratic officials. The effort was designed to create a sense of momentum and a binary choice for voters: Biden or Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); a mainstream Democrat or a self-described socialist; a unifier or a pugilist.

It paid off like gangbusters. Super Tuesday now looks like a historic surge for Biden.

For Biden, Tuesday night is shaping up to be a triumph — a political comeback that happened so suddenly the polls could not keep up. Biden is far ahead of where he was anticipated to be in the delegate race. Bloomberg is flopping, and may well end the race after looking at the numbers. (A statement from his campaign did not promise to fight on.) The party of working people, minority voters, women and suburbanites — not “Corporate Democrats" — is coalescing around Biden with unprecedented speed. Sanders’s loud online presence, his attacks on fellow Democrats and the press and his proud display of his socialist label have not make him more popular than in 2016; in fact, he looks to be losing some of his base.

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1. "It paid off like gangbusters"!! And, Biden did not spend that much money

Thank you for this!

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2. Jennifer Rubin is on point once again.