Super Tuesday Preview Thread

Expectations for Biden are sky high after a day of rolling up (almost) all of the moderate Republicans running for the Democratic nomination. It is hard to see how he can beat those expectations, but I'm sure MSNBC will come up with some rationale to explain why Biden did spectacularly. Who knows? Maybe he will do spectacularly. If the Republicans Amy Klobuchar was begging to vote for Biden could vote, he would be sitting pretty. I'll be interested in the "Biden + Bloomberg" vote vs the "Sanders + Warren" vote. California, for example, appears to be rejecting Clintonian Third Way politics outright. 538.com just updated its primary forecast to give Biden a razor thin delegates advantage going into the convention. Biden: 1,561. Sanders: 1,532 According to Nate Silver's reckoning, if all of Bloomberg's predicted delegates go to Biden, and all of Warren's delegates go to Sanders, Biden would win the nomination outright just prior to the convention with 2,123 of 1,990 required delegates. Why Bloomberg didn't endorse Biden today is a bit of a mystery to me.

Highlands Bunker – E56 – The Scarane Train & Bonus

Ed Note: "People get ready, Scar-rane 's a-coming, You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels humming Don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord I'm playing catch up here, so you may have already listened to the great Jess Scarane episode. If so, find the Coby's Birthday Bash episode below. 
 
US Senate candidate Jessica Scarane joins Rob in the bunker to talk about why she is running against Chris Coons, the base values that we should have as a society, and why we probably shouldn't let billionaires run everything. Show Notes:
The bunker heads to Wilmington Brew Works to attend Coby Owens's birthday fundraiser and talk to WFP Pennsylvania Organizing Director Nicholas O'Rourke, Philadelphia At-Large Councilwoman Kendra Brooks, potential Wilmington resident Josh Whittaker, and State Representative candidate Larry Lambert. Show Notes:

Super Tuesday Morning Line

The election railbirds have picked a narrative, and that narrative is Joementum. Because South Carolina's late-deciding voters broke decisively for Biden, he vastly outperformed the final opinion polls. That's what…

DL Open Thread: Mon., March 2, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak In Washington State.  Scientists believe that the virus has been spreading unabated for six weeks, largely thanks to Federal strict testing requirements. How Delaware Lawmakers Spend Their Community…

Comment Rescue – Open Letter to Centrists

Left of Center Democrats have been a loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, but we’ve been treated with nothing but contempt.
To Democratic centrists: If you want to get back to the center, you have to proceed due left for few cycles. A four-year jog back to center-right (Biden) will only allow the hard right to regroup. The problem with compromising with the right is they keep moving right. They have reached the end of right wing and have built cantilevers and catwalks to extend their position out into batshit territory, and have severed any remaining link to reason. Is that really who you want to compromise with? If Democratic “moderates” are so hungry for compromise, let them start building a compromise platform with their own left wing. Chris Coons, hang up on Marco Rubio and give AOC a call. You’ll both gain from it. The Democratic party has always been strongest when it had a strong left wing. Doesn’t matter who I support for President, because I live in Delaware. If anyone wants to know, I’m for Warren.