The Democratic Party is hurtling towards a crossroads where it will be forced to either transition to socialism, or regress into Bloombergism, writes EricLevitz
The Bern in full bloom. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Before tonight’s column, I’d like to offer a brief disclaimer: Seven months ago, I wrote that Joe Biden’s “time was up,” and that his presidential campaign was likely doomed. Four months later, I informed you that the former vice-president was the only viable centrist Democrat in the race — and that anyone who thought that Mike Bloomberg had a serious chance of winning the party’s nomination was “delusional.
Thus, it’s all straightforward from here: Sanders will now collect a boost in polling support of indeterminate size, as a “rally around the leader” effect brings some new rank-and-file Democrats into his camp. That should be enough to propel the Vermonter to victory in Nevada, where the polling has long showed a two-man race between Biden and Sanders with Warren in a distant third.
What’s more, the case for anti-Sanders forces to see Bloomberg as their best standard-bearer has been growing stronger by the day. As Ed Kilgore reported Tuesday, many Democratic elites were already making peace with the idea of a Bloomberg nomination before Biden’s sorry display in the Granite State. And Morning Consult’s tracking poll has already shown Democratic voters drifting out of Biden’s camp and into Bloomberg’s.
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