Although Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) remains mum on who he will endorse in next week’s South Carolina primary, he was willing to share his thoughts on Democratic presidential candidates during an interview on MSNBC’s “Meet The Press” Sunday morning.
" Biden Wants Clyburn’s Endorsement. Clyburn Has Yet To Budge."
I put the time down that this was said as a point of reference
" 02/23/2020 11:15 AM EST
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Sunday that former Vice President Joe Biden might have “suffered” because of his performance in previous debates, costing him stronger finishes in early voting states."
This post has already been up for 20 minutes and there is entirely too little rampant speculation about why Clyburn is waiting.
Is everyone on a siesta?
On Tuesday night, Biden said in his post-debate remarks on MSNBC that he thinks he will “get the Clyburn endorsement” despite how the South Carolina Democrat said that he had no plans to endorse prior to the debate in the state.
That’s exactly the sort of stupid politics that’s sunk Biden’s campaign from the beginning. Good god he’s bad at this.
It would be interesting to know how Biden’s cash is holding out.
Many of the candidates got a nice bump the first half of February. Joe and Amy really needed it. Sanders, Warren and Pete have the most money on hand as of last week.
At some point, money is going to play a big role in deciding who wins.
“The motor of blind idealism is when people say they’re voting with their conscience — which makes me sick; it’s so narcissistic — rather than voting strategically.”
Barbara Kruger
I think much of the interest in Sanders is fueled by the type of idealism Kruger references. It’s not that she’s against idealism, she just advocates it being reality tested and that is all any of us for who Sanders is not our first choice (but still agree with many of his ideas) are concerned about.