By now, you’re probably aware that Joe Biden shocked the political world with his performance in yesterday’s Super Tuesday primaries.
Joe Biden dominated across the South on Tuesday and scored a dramatic upset victory in Texas while surprising in Minnesota and Massachusetts, roaring into contention in a Democratic presidential primary that increasingly looks like a two-way race between the former vice president and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Biden ended the night with nine wins and still locked in a tight race in Maine — another state he’d ignored — that could make 10.
(CNN, March 4, 2020)
Sanders is hoping outstanding votes in California will redeem his day. But that seems unlikely.
In any event, this shock sounded a clarion call for every pundit worth his salt to chime in. I appreciate that.
But here is what I wrote over a year ago in “Biden-Harris 2020: That’s the Ticket!” January 14, 2019:
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As I did last election cycle, I will not be commenting on the horse race. This, notwithstanding that it will dominate public discourse over the next 18 months. …
Trump fluttered in like a black-swan in 2016 and pooped all over Hillary – who was my pick. But it would take an even rarer phenomenon either for him to get re-elected or for any Republican to win in 2020. Such is the reputational damage Trump has done to that party’s (and to this country’s) brand.
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Enough said?
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