Why didn't Corey Booker do better in the primaries?

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37. Really? 50 points ahead long before he announced,

ALWAYS far ahead after he did because he was the big favorite, plain and simple.

Everyone else spending months trying to break out of a second tier that never approached competitive, while a strong majority of voters watched and said, "No, I still like Biden best." That's how. It's what happened to Sen. Booker.

If things had gone terribly wrong, if Democrats had "shot themselves in the head" again, someone a minority were very enthusiastic about could have been our nominee, leaving most of the rest wondering how we ended up with him or her instead of Biden or a half dozen others.

You don't have to want Biden himself to at least appreciate that, as a party engaged in a giant battle, we caught a big break with a candidate who combines great familiarity across the political spectrum, genuine liking and trust across much of the political spectrum, and very reassuring experience (8 busy years in the WH -- who ever has that?) to create real comfort with the idea of him as president.

And maybe consider the value of comfort and trust in extremely anxious, unhappy, destabilized times?