by
Cenk Uygur
Bernie won Super Tuesday! Let me
explain why.
Going into tonight it was unclear
what was going to happen because the polling was so shoddy in some
states, especially Colorado and Minnesota. Those two states are so
important because of what they mean for the future.
It turns out that Hillary Clinton
won all of the states she was supposed to win -- and a narrow victory
in Massachusetts (remember she won Mass. by 15 points against Obama
and still lost the primary in 2008). But Bernie Sanders had
resounding wins in CO & MN. Those two states are much more
indicative of the states that are coming in the rest of the primary
schedule.
All of these Southern states were
Hillary Clinton's best states (by the way, also irrelevant places to
have strength in for the general election). She's used up most of her
ammo and doesn't even know what kind of trouble she's in. Right
before the voting, she pivoted toward the right again in anticipation
of the general election. Big mistake. She can't help herself; she
lives and breaths arrogance.
Tonight could have been the knock
out punch if Clinton had won CO & MN. But she didn't! She lost
them big. Now, he has a $40 million war chest and favorable map in
front of him. Feel the Bern!
Time is on Bernie's side. The more
he runs, the more people find out about him. Everyone already knows
Clinton. She's gaining no new voters. Every day he gains ground. So,
now he lives to fight many other days. She is in a race against time
and she didn't close the door tonight. Tick, tock. Tick, tock!
March 8th is huge because whoever
wins Michigan has momentum going into March 15th -- the real Super
Tuesday (FL, OH, IL, NC and MO). That's Colossal Tuesday. And maybe
the Ides of March for Hillary Clinton.
Source:
I think there may be a small bit of wishful thinking here.
ReplyDeleteBernie slightly underperformed the path he needs and Hillary overperformed. Bernie is not out but the DNC rules are skewed in Hillary's favor. You are right that March 15 will be pretty dispositive. Bernie's path requires mobilizing sufficiently well to capture 50-100 more delegates this month than to be expected from projecting national polls. Not going to be easy and I doubt he will make it. Tuesday was not terrible but was not a victory either.