Biden Takes Victory Lap After SC Win | Talking Points Memo

Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared rejuvenated and ready for Super Tuesday the day after his major win in the South Carolina primary Saturday evening.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1294272

The coronation of St. Bernie has been postponed indefinitely.

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Itā€™s a fine line to talk about Sanders outspending him. Thatā€™s a lot of small donations that have added up. Bidenā€™s own anemic fundraising is really no oneā€™s fault but his. A follow up question to that point could prove sticky for Biden.

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Biden Takes Victory Lap After SC Win

I donā€™t see why he shouldnā€™t.

Some of what heā€™s saying is reasonable; some of it is foolish.

What else is new?

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The pressing question for me is whether Biden is stealing his talking points from discussions here or is it the other way around?
:grinning:

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Iā€™m just holding my breath until Tuesday night but have noticed some key endorsements popping up.

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That will hit home.

Especially if heā€™s reading!

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A lot of people read David Brooksā€¦

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Whether Biden or Sanders, I hope Democrats (and independents) can coalesce, otherwise we get 4 more years of this, and he will undoubtedly try to make it for life:

puke
just puke

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I sure hope so.

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I try to avoid mentioning his name if at all possible

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Iā€™m interested in knowing what sort of discussion Clyburn had with Biden. Iā€™m hoping it was along the lines of please stop saying you can work with Republicans.

Because you canā€™t, as Adam Schiff might say. No one can. Theyā€™re a lost cause that need to be brought down to restore Americaā€™s promise.

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This is encouraging. I hope Bernie conveys this message to his followers in strong terms.

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That is encouraging. Bravo for that, Bernie.

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I donā€™t know what is going to happen in this election. Once Trump won, I gave up trying to figure politics out. However, I do think that Biden might be right about this. Bernie has a lot of weird stuff in his background.

He has never been able to explain how his signature Medicare For All plan would work. He invokes little bitty Denmark as a model, but not even Denmark has a plan as radical or costly as Bernieā€™s.

Imagine the attack ads from Trump and his right wing enablers of Sanders kissing up to the Russians, the Iranians, the freaking Sandinistas and God knows who elseā€¦add open borders to the mix and the Democrat party will be forced to either defend Sanders or try to ignore him. How does that work?

I live in Indiana. I doubt if any Democrat would carry this state. But Obama did just that in 2008. If Sanders is the nominee, there is no point in my even showing up to vote. But I will, because Trump is an appalling human being.

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Of course, it is all about the money. For a bunch of people who hate anyone with money Bernie bots are good at bragging about their ability to raise money for their guy. After all, once heā€™s president everything will be free!

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Big news here folks Pete might be out.

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ā€¦now supplanted by the coronation of St. Joe.

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Thank God for that.

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Confirmed by Yashar Ali.

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