Bernie Sanders clings to a fantasy campaign

[Galraedia]

Former vice president Joe Biden has a lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) of more than 300 delegates in the Democratic presidential primary race. Biden has gotten the endorsement of hundreds of officeholders. According to FiveThirtyEight’s calculation, as of March 19, he had more than 100 House members, seven of his former challengers, 14 senators and seven governors.

Politico reports, “Joe Biden has rolled up endorsements from four of the largest — and most politically influential — unions in the past 10 days, a show of force that has bolstered his standing as the de facto Democratic nominee for president and dealt a serious blow to Bernie Sanders’ flickering hopes.” (Those unions are the National Education Association, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.)

He is, for all intents and purposes, the presumptive nominee, and yet Sanders announces he is going to stay in the race through New York’s April 28 primary (unless it is moved to June 2 along with others?). He also declares he is ready for the next debate! (There is no next debate scheduled, and the chances the Democratic National Committee would countenance such a ludicrous affair are slim to none.)

Matt Bennett, head of the moderate Democratic group Third Way, tweeted: “This is selfish, stupid, unforgivable. The primary is over, and we are in the midst of a world-historic catastrophe. The president is creating new disasters every day. What the hell is @BernieSanders doing?”

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