Bernie Sanders’s candidacy is in real trouble, writes jonathanchait
Back on top. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images A few days ago, the Democratic Party Establishment was in a panic. Bernie Sanders was poised to sweep aside a divided field of opponents and amass an insurmountable delegate lead on Super Tuesday. Instead, Joe Biden has come away with more of the delegates, combining overwhelming victories in southern states with surprise upsets in Massachusetts and Minnesota. Below are five takeaways on what that means going forward.
His Iowa failure led to another failure in New Hampshire, another nearly all-white state, causing many of us to leave him for dead. But had the states voted in another order — almost any other order — Biden probably wouldn’t have lost his national lead in the first place. The surge he enjoyed over the last few days may have reflected nothing more than Biden winning a race and proving he was viable to people who had wanted to vote for him all along.
For the most part, Sanders has hewed to that strategy. He has run a largely factional campaign, making slashing attacks on the party Establishment. He has not won enough votes from moderate and moderately liberal Democrats. 4. Biden will run on the economy, too The former vice-president has emphasized character and restoring decency. Biden failed to mention the economy at all in his Monday night rally, where he accepted endorsements from Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, raising fears he plans to campaign in the fall entirely on this basis. But his Super Tuesday speech had plenty of economic policy meat, citing expanded health care, climate change, and other standard Democratic domestic reforms.
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