Biden is Announced the Next President
*Whew.* I’ll have more to say later (I’ve been quiet lately), but *what a relief*.
Politics
Where was Bernie?
I’ve been pretty disconnected from politics since Joe Biden became the last remaining Democratic Presidential nominee, the coronavirus shutdown began, and now the eruptions of nationwide protests over racist cops killing black people, but there is one piece of political news from the recent past unrelated to those events that I thought was important enough …
Bernie Sanders Ends his 2020 Presidential Campaign
This dreaded day has come sooner than expected: Bernie Sanders has bowed out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee to make way for Joe Biden. I can’t say it’s completely unexpected. Despite neither Joe or Bernie being close to the 1,990 delegate threshold to clinch the nomination (1,217 to 914 at this moment, …
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Tulsi Gabbard Ends her 2020 Presidential Campaign
I was tempted to make the body of this post just “LOL” but I changed my mind. Tulsi Gabbard impressed me back in the 2016 election. She was the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee under Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Tulsi voluntarily stepped down from her position and publicly announced that it was due to …
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More Biden Wins
As expected, Joe Biden dominated the night and won all the states that allowed voting (Ohio was also scheduled to vote but is postponing their election due to the coronavirus). His biggest lead was of course in Florida, which has both a significantly large older voting demographic and Cuban population that are not happy with …
The Latest Dem Debate
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden had their first chance to go mano a mano in a debate. Arguably, it was the most consequential debate for Bernie this election cycle. If he did not get a powerful win over Joe, then there is basically nothing that would save him from losing. But Bernie did not get …
Biden Triumphs in Super Twosday
Bernie Sanders probably needed to win big in tonight’s prize state of Michigan in order to recover from last week’s Biden domination, but it didn’t pan out. Even now, it’s not theoretically impossible for Bernie to take the lead, but the pattern is pretty clear that in the end Joe Biden is going to win …
Elizabeth Warren Ends her 2020 Presidential Campaign
Liz is out. This is incredible. If you had asked me a week ago, Joe Biden was toast, not even in the top half of the running moderates, but now he’s the undisputed king and even Bernie Sanders is the underdog. Definitely Joe’s race to lose at this point, but I think his nomination is …
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Michael Bloomberg Ends his 2020 Presidential Campaign
Bloomberg made his smartest decision since he entered the race by dropping out. Joe Biden’s lead is pretty well established now. It would be difficult for Bernie Sanders to catch up. At this time, Biden has a 65 delegate lead over Bernie. Assuming Warren hadn’t run and all of her delegates went to Bernie instead …
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Super Tuesday
The votes haven’t been fully tallied up yet, but Joe Biden is clearly looking to become the big winner. Bernie Sanders earning a majority of votes to avoid a brokered convention is out of the question (and probably a mathematical impossibility), but he may still be able to pull off a plurality. Unfortunately for Bernie, …