Weekend at Bernie’s
Are Dems trying to drag a dead person around?
The non-results of the Iowa caucuses makes me ponder if the Dems REALLY don’t want Bernie Sanders to be their nominee.
Arguably, this will be the second time that the Dems have prevented Bernie from being the nominee. If you remember, Bernie would have been the nominee for the 2016 election if it weren’t for the superdelegates breaking from the voters decision and casting their vote for Hillary Clinton.
The argument against that this is happening is that the democratic field quite one-dimensional. Bernie Sanders declares himself to be a Democratic Socialist, but the 2020 democratic primary candidates have signed on to Bernie’s platform ideas of a Green New Deal and Medicare-for-All.
But for the presidential election, does “The Establishment” feel that Joe Biden is standing out enough to be considered a centrist who could win the swing voters?
That doesn’t feel quite right either, but Joe Biden is in the lead Nation-wide as of February 1, 2020 at 27%, according to the New York Times.
This year, there have been many actions that could be interpreted as trying to block Bernie Sanders. The first is that Nancy Pelosi held onto the Impeachment Articles, and didn’t hand them over to the Senate until the precedings would interfere with the Iowa Caucus. The Senators running for the Presidential campaign had to sit in the Senate as the Impeachment Trail took place. This prevented Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar from being in Iowa during the last days before the Iowa caucus.
Then the Des Moines Register did not publish their last poll. Based on the Emerson poll the night before the caucus, Bernie Sanders had the support of 28% of likely Iowa caucus goers.
And now, the issue with the caucus results.
Does the Iowa Democratic Party not want to taint Joe Biden going into New Hampshire?
Well, that doesn’t make much sense either.
The latest New Hampshire polls also has Bernie Sanders in the lead.
Perhaps instead, it’s that Joe Biden has finished behind Pete Buttigieg in Iowa. The latest rumble is that Bernie Sanders won first place, followed by Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren in third and Joe Biden fourth. This would place another potential “moderate” ahead of Joe Biden. If this were to happen, Joe Biden’s campaign may be dead.
Is it that “The Establishment” does not want to admit Joe Biden’s campaign is dead? Could they be looking at the consequences of a combined vote for Bernie Sanders AND Elizabeth Warren? Let’s look forward to South Carolina.
In South Carolina, Joe Biden is ahead but dropping quickly. (36% January 5–8; 25% January 26–29). And the combined vote for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would be 31%. Of course, a combined vote for Joe Biden and Pete Buttigeig would be 32%. However, if Pete Buttigeig won second in Iowa, then he could gain even more traction impacting both New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Elizabeth Warren may have shot herself in the foot for her chance to be on a combined ticket with Bernie Sanders on stage after the last debate. Confronting Bernie about whether he said a woman could or could not win the presidency will not endear her to him. Of course, there’s politics to consider and maybe they can overcome their differences to unite against President Trump.
Either way, if Elizabeth Warren decides to combine forces with Bernie Sanders or not, it seems her followers would back him if she dropped out.
If the recent actions are a sign that the Democratic Establishment are trying to back Joe Biden, they may be dragging a dead man around.
It seems there’s no stopping Bernie.
