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stlstdg

(34 posts)
5. Absolute nonsense
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 02:25 AM
Feb 2020

What about Sanders' collapse?

In 2016 he won the New Hampshire primary with 60% of the vote. It looks as if he'll barely
get 26% of the vote this time. Yes, there are a lot more candidates he's competing against,
but the Bernie cult is telling us that he's the guy that's going to bring about no less than a
revolution. And New Hampshire, we were told again and again and again, is his home turf.

And he didn't win Iowa. I can't see how the supporters of any candidate, this early, with
results like that, is declaring victory and calling for the others to drop out. That's insane.

Yes, he "won," but there's no denying that over 70% of the primary voters chose someone
else. Yang, Steyer and Bennett are out, but it's a stretch to imagine that even half their
supporters will go to Sanders.

The bottom line is that there is no front runner now; the primary race is still wide open.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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