Although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has six opportunities to score more delegates during this Tuesday’s primaries, the Michigan primary has become the focus of both his campaign and the media’s coverage of his performance.
So his campaign is making strategic choices. I would expect nothing less from any campaign.
I think the point being that any time they start pulling resources and appearances from an area, that’s generally an indicator that their internals show them about to be taking a bath there.
And here, a strong indicator as well that he’s not in great shape in Michigan and thinks that beefing up there will help stem the bleeding.
Biden’s going to have another sweep on Tuesday, and this short campaign will be all but over.
He’s sounding more and more like Trump: endless optimism in the face of rotten odds because…well, because.
Sorry, but I hope this poser goes away fast. We don’t have time for this nonsense.
As it has been every other time he’s done this. Some people don’t learn from their mistakes.
Well, he got a false sense of things in 2016, when he was running against perhaps the most hated person in America.
Had he been running against Biden or anyone else in 2016, he would have been at the same 25% cap he’s at now.
Sanders pointed out that despite polls in 2016 showing him down 20 points to Hillary Clinton, he managed to win a surprise victory in the state.
reminder
Word. He can read.
He thinks it shows how moral he is to repeatedly fail.
Possibly, but I’m not going to disparage his campaign’s choices. I’m tired of hating and criticizing…unless it’s directed towards Trump.
Remember we also got a false sense of things in 2016, which gave us Trump
Oh, that’s not to disparage the choice, it’s logical. Just reading the tea-leaves of what we can infer from it.
I don’t hate him at all-- I am Vermont born and raised, voted for him plenty of times, and supported him in 2016.
Just of the opinion that he’s totally the wrong person in 2020 for what we need-- too risky.
I understand why he’s all in on MI but, not only will he need a win it needs to be a big one and, I don’t think it will be a blow out (for either candidate).
I’m more curious as to WA Primary
And what was your sense of things as of, say, October 2016?
As for campaigning in Mississippi versus in Michigan, not only does one have to consider how many delegates one can win in each place, one also has to calculate the expected value of working even now to gain electoral votes in November.
Of course I can’t say what the best decision is for each campaign to make – I leave that to others.
I know, right? Can’t wait to get onto the Sundowner trials!
It would be prudent not to be over-confident of the Sweep prediction. Do so hope but not banking on it. Keep one’s expectations modest.
Not to pat myself on the back, but I called the shit back in May of 2016
Wait … “If the DNC hadn’t rigged the nomination for Hillary”?
Et tu, Brute?
You Bastard. So, it’s all your fault!
To err is human, to forgive divine.