Last night went about how I expected, minus Idaho, that was a bit of a surprise for me. And Washington may be a surprise too. I really thought Sanders would be favored in those two contests.
But mostly I want to comment on Biden's speech last night. In spite of being fairly generic, his "counted out" theme sounds pretty promising and he delivered it with enough of a concise and poised way that I think he might be able to overcome the dementia/senility accusations after all. It was very reassuring. He looked and sounded like a President. Hopefully that will start mattering again.
All I want out of him now is to just be more specific in why Trump is a tangible danger to our country and why Biden is the best contrast to that. I get that he wants to be a hopeful and uniting figure, but he can still unite us through fear of a second Trump term. Sure, last night he seemed to want to come across as more conciliatory, humble, and somber; but in the future I welcome Biden to scare the hell out of us and remind us how much better things could be. I also hope that his efforts to win over Sanders supporters will bear fruit.
The fact that Bernie isn’t dropping out is proof that he’s not running for his values or ideals, he’s a narcissistic cult leader running an ego campaign. Staying in is only going to hurt Biden.
I'll give him one more week. I think he just wants to debate Biden one-on-one for now. But even if he has the debate of his life, it will not avert his fate in next week's contests.
