Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
It's funny that so many media people are referring to
yesterday's debate as the South Carolina debate. Yes, it was held just before the SC primary, but, it's also the last debate before Super Tuesday, when 14 states weigh in with their primaries.
I haven't checked the viewership for that debate, but a lot of viewers will be voting in a Super Tuesday state. So, as a debate, it will influence far more than just South Carolina.
I didn't watch it. In fact, I haven't watched any of the debates so far. I watch the news coverage the next morning to see what the news folks made of it. In reality that news coverage and the clips they show from the debates play a larger role in influencing voters than the debates themselves do.
We're coming down to the wire on the first real look we'll have at how the candidates are actually doing. The first two primary events were lily-white states. The third was in Nevada, which is a thing unto itself. Saturday, we'll hear from South Carolina, a state with a substantial African-American population. Four states which, in total, send fewer delegates to the convention than one state in the Super Tuesday primaries does. California and Texas will be the states to watch closely, but the other 12 states who hold primaries on March 3, will also be very interesting.
Why? Because there's a new name on the ballot in all of those 14 states, and Mike Bloomberg is going to have an effect in all of them.. He won't get the most votes in any of them, but he'll be viable in a number of them or even all of them, earning his own slate of allocated delegates.
Super Tuesday is the first set of primaries that have all of the interesting candidates on the ballot. Those 14 states represent 28% of the nation's states. On March 4, no doubt, a number of current candidates will announce that they are suspending their campaigns. On March 5, we'll have only three or four candidates left running. We'll finally be in a competition that makes sense. No more votes for non-viable candidates after that. Everyone in the remaining primaries will have to decide from a smaller group of candidates, and that's a good thing.
Patience is a virtue. Truly it is. On March 4 and thereafter, patience will be rewarded.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
