With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination now effectively down to a two-person contest between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., one of Biden’s greatest assets will be the strong and well-deserved support he enjoys from African-American voters.
So what will a billion dollars get you? If former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is any indication, it will get you one victory in the Democratic primary.
House Republicans and Democrats acted in our nation’s best interests Wednesday afternoon when they united to vote 415 to 2 to approve $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Now is the time for the Biden campaign to take these wins to the bank, revamp and come out loud and healthy in the next phase of this primary with a clear, concise and coherent message that speaks to the hopes of voters and the sad realities of the Trump presidency.
Super Tuesday nominating contests in 14 states and American Samoa brought lots of surprises and lessons learned, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both picked up substantial amounts of delegates and other candidates trailed far behind.
The old cliché is that when it comes to picking presidential candidates, Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line. But this year is different. A lot of Democrats recognize former Vice President Joe Biden’s many liabilities, but they are falling in line behind him in order to stop socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont from carrying their banner in November.
Super Tuesday’s mixed bag of results leave no doubt that the next three months will be an extremely bumpy ride for the Democrats. Both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are deeply flawed candidates running against an incumbent president with a long list of consequential accomplishments under his belt.