Today is Bernie Sanders' last meaningful day as a presidential candidate

[hack89]

For much of the past five years, Bernie Sanders has either been running for president or talking about running for president, an absolutely remarkable streak of longevity.

That streak, unfortunately for the Vermont senator and his army of supporters, effectively ends on Tuesday with the conclusion of the Wisconsin primary.

The problem for Sanders is that after the Wisconsin primary, there's simply not many potential winners -- or even states voting -- for him on the calendar. The coronavirus pandemic has forced most states with April primaries to postpone the vote until early summer. The only large-population state left to vote in April is Ohio, which will vote entirely by mail for its scheduled April 28 primary.

What that means for Sanders is that there just aren't any real opportunities for him to change the arc of the primary anytime soon. While he was likely to come up short to Biden even before stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines forced the candidates off the campaign trail and froze the campaign in place, that fate seems nearly certain given the current state of the contest and the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/politics/bernie-sanders-wisconsin-primary/index.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I'd argue that his last meaningful day was the day before the South Carolina primary

but at least after today I hope the clue bird finally poops on his head.

[Cha]

5. "The clue bird.." perfect.

[NurseJackie]

7. ... the clue bird ... (!!!)

[The Magistrate]

2. An Outcome Devoutly To Be Wished, Sir

"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[Cha]

6. The "Establishment said No.."

Link to tweet

[The Magistrate]

8. Excellent, Ma'am

"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[treestar]

16. Awesome meme, Cha

The problem is Bernie hints the Establishment of the Democratic party is something other than what it is and that the base is other than it is.

[Cha]

19. "Establishment"... It's too divisive and it didn't work for him..

StaySafe, treestar!

[awesomerwb1]

3. Bernard says

Hold my beer.

[Cha]

4. I say to Sanders.. The Voters have Spoken and they trust Joe Biden

to Lead Them Into The Future as a Unity Candidate.. not one of division.

As recently as a month ago -- when Sanders lost the Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho primaries on a single night -- he was pledging to stay in the race. "Today I say to the Democratic establishment, in order to win in the future, you need to win the voters who represent the future of our country and you must speak to the issues of concern to them," Sanders said in his concession speech on March 10

.
These are the Dem "establishment"..

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

9. That asshole, Cenk Uygur, is already planning for Bernie to primary Biden in 4 years.

[Cha]

10. I saw his demented resting face uttering those

fateful words. lol

StaySafe!

[George II]

12. I honestly don't think Biden will run for re-election.

[NurseJackie]

13. It may be a hand-off ... I trust that he will chose-well his running-mate.

[treestar]

17. And then the VP would run

And Bernie try to primary her!!

[George II]

18. I can't see anyone voting for an 82 year old candidate. As of the last few weeks, "the movement"....

....needs Metamucil to get going again.

[Thekaspervote]

15. Bernie will be 83? Sure.. that's a really good plan

[BidenBacker]

11. Woohoo!

Bernie should bow out soon knowing that he lasted a lot longer than this effing moron...

Acting Navy secretary resigns after calling fired carrier captain ‘stupid’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/acting-navy-secretary-resigns-after-calling-fired-carrier-captain-stupid-2020-04-07

[Thekaspervote]

14. anyone besides me think the comment after tonight will be "we are reassessing" only to have

him announce a couple of days later that he intends to “push on.”

[George II]

20. I think you have that one 100% correct.

[Happy Hoosier]

33. Yes. And it's more evidence of terrible judgment. NT

[DenverJared]

21. I disagree

His last meaningful day was March 3rd. It has been all downhill from there.

(with increased velocity by the formula ½gt²)

[BidenBacker]

22. Speaking of gravity acceleration

this is how you use it to safely pass the salt these days. If we got engineers who can do this just imagine what they could do if they went to work designing a bigger better ventilator that could supply a whole wing off of one big reservoir and some computer-controlled valves...

[DenverJared]

23. That one is a monster Rube Goldberg machine

I have made one with 27 steps but that one in the video has over 1000.

I think it is done with some devious camera trickery though -- there were many operations there that defied physics.

[Scurrilous]

29. Yep.

Super Tuesday did what it was mostly designed for, provide a strong indicator of the likely nominee. Save for two wee caucuses, No. Mariana Islands and No. Dakota, it's been all Biden ever since. Too bad Bernie can't take a hint.

[DenverJared]

31. Especially when the hint comes in the form of a sledgehammer

[BGBD]

24. Honestly

It wasn't over after South Carolina, but it was OVER when Biden won Massachusetts. When I saw that it was clear to me that Bernie wasn't going to be able to compete in any elections after that day. Winning Texas was the big story for Biden of the night, but MA was the nail. Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, etc were the proof, but it was over after that one.

[Claustrum]

26. Agreed. That super Tuesday was stunning.

That super Tuesday was stunning and that Biden's sudden rise and taking so many of unexpected state wins just sealed the primary for most people.

I mean, he went from not viable (less than 15%) to outright winning some states with no money to invest. I am sorry to say but no one else had a chance after that performance.

[Green Line]

28. Yes it was, I live in MA and I was shocked and thrilled when Joe won

[SidDithers]

25. His last meaningful day as a candidate was March 15, 2016...nt

Sid

[TexasTowelie]

27. Ouch! nt

[Cha]

30. Good point.

[Hortensis]

32. Don't count on it. If current behaviors aligning with those

of the past show anything, he'll be trying to affect the 2020 elections right up to the bitter end, especially through gullible young minds raised on toxic RW Kool-Aid. This time the bitter end is going to be his, and not a grim direction for their futures.

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