By Nate Ashworth
In contradiction to his advertising, Mike will,
apparently, not get it done. The bright spot for former New York Mayor City
Mike Bloomberg’s big $700 million spending spree is the consolation prize of
winning the American Samoa Democratic Caucus, which may come as a surprise to
practically everyone. Who knew Bloomberg had such a strong pocket of support in
the South Pacific?
The dust is still settling from the large round
of Super
Tuesday voting last night, but the narrative this morning is that
former vice president Joe Biden had a much bigger night than expected,
including winning Texas, and Sen. Bernie Sanders fell short of sweeping
anything outside of his home state and the west coast contests in Utah,
Colorado, and delegate-rich California. When all is said and done, Biden will
have won the most states, but Bernie will still be leading the delegate count,
most likely, due to his haul from the Golden State.
The only remaining straggler in the race is
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and reports indicate she is currently considering her
options and “talking to her team to assess the path forward.” That kind of
political lingo is code for deciding which candidate will help her more in the
end with some kind of administration job and/or eliminating her campaign debt
if she has any. She’ll drop out soon, but not before getting her political
ducks in a row.
The notable point here is that Bloomberg isn’t
taking his money and going home, he’s pledging to support Biden in the Fall.
With a campaign struggling for cash before his South Carolina win, Biden needs
money and donors, so Bloomberg couldn’t be swooping in at a better time.
If Elizabeth Warren does decide to pull the
plug today or sometime this week, the primary becomes a two-man battle for a
race to get as close as possible to the magic number of 1,991 delegates needed
to clinch the nomination on the first round.
If Sanders and Biden continue splitting
victories, the chances that neither one hits the threshold becomes more and
more likely.
We will stay updated with the state of the race
as the dust settles from Tuesday’s voting and the race becomes a tit-for-tat
battle for delegates until June.
The next
Democratic debate is scheduled for March 15, 2020.
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