Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Anyone know anything about this - 'Andrea Mitchell spills the beans' circulating on f/b [View all]Jarqui
(10,122 posts)That puts a good dent into their spin about electability. How electable is Hillary if she can't beat Bernie having started out with a very big advantage?
It's a very damaging thing to discuss for Clinton because a number of folks polled are supporting Hillary because they didn't think Bernie could win. Andrea's chatter is going to make more folks sit up and notice Bernie.
And Hillary does not poll as well against the GOP as Bernie so that may be part of what they're weighing.
Hillary had a good lead in Nevada but I strongly suspect that will have tightened up - and some have suggested that including Andrea today.
Andrea also said in an interview on Morning Joe that folks are really surprised at how developed Sanders team is in South Carolina. She was kind of suggesting he's preparing to make that a much tighter race. Hillary was miles ahead in that one.
If she loses the first four (which I doubt), trying to parachute a candidate in is going to be tough. Don't the states have deadlines for getting on the ballot?
As well, two weeks after South Carolina, 53% of the delegates up for grabs in this primary will be gone. To jump in after South Carolina is too late. It's really too late to jump in now as Joe Biden said a couple of months ago.
It's politics. Anything can happen. But my guess is things are starting to unravel faster for Hillary.