It now appears that most Democrats don’t want a revolution. Change? Sure. Revolution and chaos? No thank you. The country already has that with the guy in the White House. But after a very rough Super Tuesday, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has doubled down on his attacks on the […] Read more »
For Biden, a Stunning Super Tuesday
Joe Biden’s challenge on Super Tuesday was to build on his victory in South Carolina and defend the other Southern states from incursions by Bernie Sanders. Not only did he accomplish that, but Biden was William Tecumseh Sherman in reverse — using the South as a springboard to move North […] Read more »
The Carolina Comeback in Light of 2016
If you notice the party scholars in your life walking with a bit of a spring in their step lately — including the authors of The Party Decides, who had kind of a rough 2016 — there’s good reason for this. … The Democratic Party just pulled off something in […] Read more »
Democrats might have the stronger party. They also have a harder job.
The results of this year’s Super Tuesday have resurrected the idea that “the party decides” as well as the candidacy of Joe Biden. What we observed over the last week or so does fit the theory: Rep. Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden, leading him to victory in South Carolina. A few […] Read more »
Biden’s Delegate Lead Is Small, but Could Be Hard to Overcome
Joe Biden reclaimed his status as a Democratic front-runner with stunning victories on Super Tuesday and opened a clear path to amassing enough delegates to clinch the nomination by the Democratic National Convention. … Bernie Sanders, the left wing’s champion, has dodged a knockout blow for now. While he has […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Gets a Rude Awakening
Bernie Sanders’s self-proclaimed “political revolution” crashed into a wall of resistance inside the Democratic Party last night. After a remarkable 72 hours that saw top party leaders consolidate behind Joe Biden, a panoramic array of key party voting groups coalesced around the former vice president—and against Sanders—in the coast-to-coast competition, […] Read more »