Michael Bloomberg couldn’t help but bring out his co-partisans inner Robespierres
Clear polling momentum, full bank account, can lose. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The top six contenders for the Democratic nomination gathered Wednesday night for the 7,000th primary debate of the 2020 cycle. But the latest episode of the politics-themed reality show that we’ve all come to know and dread was markedly livelier than its predecessors. And it isn’t hard to see why.
But if there was anything Warren could do to revive her candidacy in Nevada Wednesday night, she did it many times over. In recent weeks, the senator has tried to smooth out the rougher edges of her populist persona, in a bid to cast herself as the “unity” candidate . But pugnacity is just another word for nothing left to lose. And with her campaign on the ropes, Warren reprised the role that had made her name: Merciless inquisitor of the super-rich and powerful.
It’s entirely possible that, in the cruel universe we occupy, Warren’s magisterial performance will hurt her candidacy more than it helps. There is a reason, after all, that she’s kept her guns holstered these many months. Firing away at other Democrats — before an audience of primary voters who generally like each and every one of their party’s candidates — is a risky strategy.
Meanwhile, more than 70,000 Nevadans already cast their votes through early caucusing by the time Wednesday’s debate began. Four years ago, total turnout for the caucuses was 83,000. Given that polls suggest Sanders entered the debate with a massive lead in the Silver State, it’s quite possible that Bernie would still be on track to win Saturday’s nomination contest had he suffered a heart attack on stage Wednesday night while confessing his admiration for Stalin’s policies in Ukraine.
5) Amy Klobuchar. The Minnesota senator’s levels of support among nonwhite voters make Pete Buttigieg look like Barack Obama. One recent poll has her at zero percent with African-American Democrats nationally; another has her at 1 percent among black, Hispanic, and Asian voters combined. Nothing that happened Wednesday night could plausibly change that enough to make her into a serious contender.
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