Biden team awaits black and Latino voters' input

[left-of-center2012]

Joe Biden’s top campaign officials are arguing that nothing was settled in the overwhelmingly white states of Iowa and New Hampshire because the Democratic Party’s non-white base has yet to vote.

They insisted Wednesday that diverse electorates in Nevada and South Carolina can resurrect the former vice president’s campaign after fourth- and fifth-place finishes.

Senior Biden campaign adviser Symone Sanders says Democrats won’t declare a winner of this nomination “without hearing from black voters and Latino voters.”

Biden is not campaigning publicly Wednesday. He’ll be in New York for media interviews and fundraisers Thursday before a three-day swing in Nevada, whose caucuses are Feb. 22. South Carolina’s primary follows on Feb. 29.

https://apnews.com/734cdb35fc6e96200423b619dde66260

[Aaron Pereira]

1. They have a point.

Declaring any candidate a front runner before we've seen results from heavy black and latino states is a mistake. We've got a say and wins in SC/NV could put Biden right back in the race. Way too early to write Joe off.

[LakeArenal]

2. Although Biden is the most qualified...

Nobody will win without the positive “input” of POC.

If anybody is paying attention, that’s one of the problems with Iowa and N.H. being first.

[Garrett78]

3. Biden's glimmer of hope rests on Buttigieg's alienation of Black folks...

...and Klobuchar's lack of POC support. If he loses South Carolina, though, he's done. That becomes more likely if he loses Nevada.