Anyways, it feels so good that socialism is going to win on this issue in the US but I still feel bad for the losers who are trapped in the year 1997.
Win like your last brilliant prediction (you are an intellectual powerhouse btw!):
The (accurate) narrative of this entire primary hasn't changed: "Sanders continues to overperform and Clinton continues to underperform". Don't give me any of that "OMG 3 days before the election everything looked tied in one poll!" crap; the vast majority of the time in the run-up to the vote in all 3 states that have already voted, Sanders was down by more percentage points than he had in support. He just got 47% in a state that he was supposed to lose by 20 just a few weeks ago, 30 or more a few months ago, and where the caucus electorate was quite comparable in racial terms to the 2012 Democratic GE voting bloc. Six months ago, analysts weren't even making a distinction between African-Americans and Latinos in terms of likely Clinton support.
Whether the media decides to acknowledge this narrative or not remains to be seen. After tonight, there is mixed messaging depending on the specific pundit and network. With regards to SC and for this narrative to remain relevant, Sanders needs 35% of the vote. If he gets 40% of the vote, Clinton is in more trouble than people might think.
Uh, we've already known for ages now that Bernie was going to do better than the ~25-30% he polled in the fall or the ~5% he polled in 2014. Why exactly is he deserving of endless fellatio from the media any time election results confirm what we've already known for months?
Bernie broke the "joke candidate" threshold a long while ago. He should now be judged on his actual ability to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States, not with participation trophies for outperforming Kucinich or Paul.
Nevada 2008 Caucus Results
Hillary Clinton 51.47%
Barack Obama 45.09%
John Edwards 3.71%
Bernie's result in Nevada is in line with "winning the nomination". It does not suggest that he's weak or anything of the sort; he did as well as Obama. Of course, he faces difficulties that Obama did not face but he also has advantages in large swathes of the country. Bernie will perform much better than Barack in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Appalachia, Arkansas, Oklahoma etc.
The fact that Bernie, more likely than not, ran even with Latinos is a terrible sign for the Clinton campaign. In 2008, she was reliant on Latinos, which is why her campaign was able to score crucial wins in the Southwest, and if that support shifts, this race may very well drag on and on.
Except he ended up being right for the most part, give or take a few minor things.
Try again.
