Quote (Black XistenZ @ Feb 23 2020 09:09pm)
Still pretty good numbers, I'm sure the Bernie team is happy. The Nevada victory is incredible for them and highly likely that it'll give them some momentum that will be reflected in the updated polls coming in the next few days. Most recent poll has shown that Biden's lead in South Carolina has shrunk to just 5% in front of Bernie, it's possible this could shrink even more. Biden is also running out of money for ads which is hilarious. His donor base keep losing more faith in him day by day.
SC debate will be incredibly important for Bernie, if he's able to have an average and above it's not outside the realm of possibility that he'd be able to take it. For Bernie even a very close second place in the 1-3% range would still be good considering that his team is not really spending much time and effort in South Carolina. A close race or a win that basically comes to him without little to no effort would be incredible for him.
Something to keep watching for in that primary is this particular endorsement
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Washington (CNN) South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn on Sunday said he'll endorse a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate after Tuesday night's Democratic debate -- just three days before the state's primary, a key early contest in the party's nomination process.
Clyburn, the House Majority Whip and a key South Carolina voice, has not yet made a public endorsement in the race but said he'll announce his decision Wednesday morning. The third-ranking Democrat in the Housetold CNN's Fredricka Whitfield that he has known for some time who he was going to support, but that he had promised the Democratic National Committee and the South Carolina debate sponsors he would not "get out in front of the debate and render any kind of confusion about it."
"I'm going to reveal exactly who I think is best and why I think that person is best," he said of his planned Wednesday announcement. "I hope that there would be a majority of South Carolinians agreeing with me."
For a long time people have been under the impression that his choice would be Joe Biden considering how well he was polling and how his "let's work with republicans" attitude fits well with South Carolina. It's still highly likely that he'll still go with Biden considering some of the language he's used but if he changes his mind this would just be the death of Biden.
As for Super Tuesday, Bernie was in Texas yesterday which is a good move considering how many latinos voted for him in Nevada. Getting the latino vote is key for that state and for some others and it's good to cultivate good will with the voting block early.
This post was edited by Helloween7 on Feb 23 2020 11:44pm