Well, it is time for the pre-Super Tuesday blog.  First, let me point out that I left Joe Biden for dead politically a few weeks ago.  I was wrong (not the first time).  Right now, he is clearly a possible nominee.

Tomorrow, if you don’t want Bernie to be the nominee then you should hope that each of the remaining three candidates hits the 15% threshold in as many states as possible. It doesn’t matter who you support.  If the result is mixed because of delegate distribution, the likelihood of Bernie claiming an overwhelming plurality goes down.  The most important one is California with 413 delegates.  If Biden, Bloomberg and Warren all hit the threshold, even though Bernie wins the state, his margin of delegates will be small.  The same is true in Texas, and North Carolina. Now, if you are a Bernie fan, hope that he alone hits the threshold in California.  If that is the case, he will take around 325 of those delegates and get a lead that will be difficult to overtake.

I am intrigued by the argument being advanced by the Sanders campaign that if you have the largest number of delegates but don’t have a majority, you should be the nominee.  It is so self-serving that it is laughable.  If all the other candidates ask their delegates to support one candidate other than Bernie on the first ballot at the convention he would lose without a majority.  That is how the game is played and you don’t get to whine about it as being unfair if you can’t get to the majority required to win the nomination.

Finally, we still have a President who thinks the coronavirus is a political problem.  Maybe his supporters will believe him and not wash their hands (too PC) or not avoid sneezers.  If that happens, I am sure it was Obama’s fault.  It should be noted that our President was unaware that people die from the flu every year.  It should be unsettling that he is unaware of this fact that most high schoolers know.  What else doesn’t he know?  The list is apparently endless.