Where does NH leave Biden?

[stopbush]

Looks like a single-digit, fourth-place finish for Joe in NH (tied with Warren).

Sanders, Pete and Amy are the new leaders.

MSNBC predicting Warren and Biden will not reach the 15% threshold to win any NH pledged delegates.

[Renew Deal]

1. Time to do what's best for him and the party and end his campaign

That's the only way to end further embarrassment.

[uponit7771]

5. From missing 6 delegates from a non representative state with a neighbor candidates at top?

... mmmmmmkay

[Renew Deal]

9. When are the states represenatitive?

When he actually wins one or when he finishes in the top 2? How many more times does he have to finish in 4th and 5th before we stop blaming the voters?

[uponit7771]

15. When the states that aren't 98% white and have neighbor candidates running, after Nevada

The days of IA and NH playing an over sized hand in the dem choice is over.

The dem electorate is a better picture of America than 98% white

[Renew Deal]

19. Sorry, isn't Biden the man of the working class that is supposed to win us PA, MI, and Wi?

[uponit7771]

21. Not in IA and NH with neighboring candidates, the M$M can overstate their importance this year

... all they want but facts matter; there are too many regional or neighbor candidates at the top in IA and NH for them to matter this year.

We'll see, supper Tuesday matters and after Bloomberg gets beat on in the next two weeks there will be a flock back to safety, Biden, just like with Clinton.

[Renew Deal]

24. You make an important point about safety

And I think it is the biggest flaw with Biden's campaign. He is the safe choice. He does not inspire.

[uponit7771]

28. I agree, he'll inspire with a black female choice. Inspiration isn't the priority with dems it's the

... threat of Trump taking PoC children and fleecing the country more for the rich and turning it into Russia.

A female choice will be the inspriation this election season.

[PatSeg]

29. Like Bill Clinton in 1992?

Democratic Primary Results From the First 13 States in 1992

Iowa - Tom Harkin

New Hampshire - Paul Tsongas

Maine - Jerry Brown

South Dakota - Bob Kerrey

Colorado _ Jerry Brown

Georgia - Bill Clinton

Idaho - Tom Harkin

Maryland - Tom Harkin

Utah - Paul Tsongas

Washington - Paul Tsongas

Arizona - Paul Tsongas

South Carolina - Bill Clinton

[Renew Deal]

30. Biden is not Clinton

He's not even Brown or Harkin.

[PatSeg]

33. True

He has more experience and is better qualified.

[mcar]

2. Who cares?

I'm waiting to see votes from our base before I write anyone's political obituary.

[uponit7771]

3. Overvalued M$M focused state. Nice to have but doesn't represent Dem electorate in any way

[Iliyah]

4. Both will be ok . . .

VP Biden will be trashed and Warren will be ignored.

[highplainsdem]

6. Nevada and SC will be more crucial than ever. And the Culinary Union in NV just let members know

they aren't happy with Sanders and Warren, as another OP here pointed out.

[wyldwolf]

7. NH leaves Biden in Nevada and SC

[uponit7771]

31. +1, IA & NH had too many neighbor / regional candidates this year and skewed results

[Otto Lidenbrock]

8. Campaign hard in the next two weeks with diverse states

I think it's pretty arrogant to expect the candidate leading with black voters to drop out without ever getting his fate decided by black voters.

[emmaverybo]

16. +1000

[FloridaBlues]

20. Think he will do fine, perhaps it's time for vetting of other candidates at this pont

Since Joe has been in the hot seat for 8 months every day by republicans, media and some dems. Spot light will start to go other another front runner. Than we
will see how this all plays out in coming primaries.

[cherryinpa]

10. Depends

No way he comes in 4th or 5th.

It’s gonna be tough to take 1st, but as long as he can keep 2nd or 3rd he will be fine and he can recover in NV.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. Down, but not out.

If he loses SC & NV, well, that's probably not survivable.

[UniteFightBack]

12. I'd like to hear what black folks have to say about it...remember them? nt

[Laelth]

13. Sigh. Biden is FINE until SC.

Biden needs to win SC. If he does (as we expect he will) and then goes on to a good showing on Super Tuesday, he remains viable (if not the presumptive favorite). If he loses SC, he's done. It's that simple.

The Democratic primaries are a long slog. There's no need for Team Biden to panic yet.

-Laelth

[Skya Rhen]

18. Yet some are panicking...

[Laelth]

23. His funding won't run out before Super Tuesday.

If he fails to win SC, his funding will evaporate, but that's an unlikely scenario. Most likely, Biden will win SC and then do well on Super Tuesday. If that happens, his future funding will materialize, and his campaign will be back on track. But make no mistake. His funding is in serious jeopardy, at the moment, and that's what worries me most about his campaign.

-Laelth

[uponit7771]

32. +1

[emmaverybo]

14. As Biden says "We have an entire nation to vote yet." Honest to Gawd.

[Laelth]

25. Quite true (so long as he can afford to stay in the race). n/t

-Laelth

[StarfishSaver]

34. That's what I said when black and brown candidates dropped out before anyone voted

[uponit7771]

35. But but but IA & NH with its multiple neighbor / regional candidates mean more says the M$M

They're leaving the skewed picture of those candidates out of the horse race narrative but we'll see

[Dem2]

17. Not sure

I wanna say "toast", but who knows.

[Zolorp]

22. We'll know once fundraising numbers start rolling

My suspicion is if he doesn't blow it away in SC, he's done. 5th is bad. REALLY bad.

[Jose Garcia]

26. Do or die in SC

[Legends303]

27. I predict he drops out before SC

this is abysmal for him.

[budkin]

36. Maybe he'll pull off a McCain like comeback?

But with the amount of shit that Trump is shoveling on him, I doubt it.