Super Tuesday Postmortems

by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman)

Favored to win most states in Super Tuesday pre-election polls, Sanders finished second to Biden — the stench of something rotten overwhelming.

Staunch supporter of dirty business as usual, the NYT ignored reality, saying:

"Joe Biden just performed a miracle." Claiming "he roared back to the front of the pack" ignored likely election rigging in his favor — including support from aspirant dropouts Buttigieg and Klobuchar.

Biden's campaign was on life support after poor showings in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

Dem party bosses manipulated his comeback. According to the Times, Dems "decided that (he's) the safest bet" — meaning continuity is "safest" with him as standard bearer even though Sanders would likely be favored over Trump in a free, fair, and open process.

He's also part of the dirty system, shown by his voting record, going along most often with other Dems to get along.

The Times: Biden "propelled himself in the span of three days from electoral failure to would-be juggernaut."

It works for anyone by election rigging, the Times failed to explain.

Throughout his time in office as a US senator and vice president since 1973, Biden has been militantly pro-war, anti-peace, equity, justice and the rule of law.

The notion of him as the people's choice defies reality, a longtime establishment figure hostile to what's most important to the vast majority of Americans.

The neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post headlined: "Joe Biden romps in Super Tuesday presidential contests," saying:

He "overt(ook) Sanders as the delegate leader…swiftly and dramatically reshap(ing) the presidential contest."

Separately, WaPo said "Super Tuesday gave Joe Biden the historic surge he needed" — cheering his results, adding: 

"The Sanders revolution has stalled," manipulation turning the tables against him, the broadsheet left unexplained.

WaPo editors called notions Sanders supports "unrealistic" — even though his rhetoric and voting record diverge markedly time and again.

Its editors called policies championed by hardliners Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and likeminded right-wing extremists supporting Biden "a more plausible road to progress (sic)."

Wall Street Journal editors highlighted the "Biden resurgence," calling him "the best (Dem) hope to beat Bernie Sanders."

Emerging from oblivion to frontrunner in a few days was made possible with considerable help from Dem party bosses and aspirants dropping out of the race — not voters.

Nine primaries in the next two weeks will go along way toward choosing the Dem standard bearer — in Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Washington, Arizona, Georgia, and Mississippi.

The party's choice may be known after April contests in New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Alaska and Hawaii.

Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on his campaign, perhaps more than all other aspirants combined to date, Bloomberg has little to show for it, perhaps dropping out before month's end.

The same goes for Warren. Despite vowing to fight on, she's too far behind to catch Biden and Sanders.

Finishing third in Massachusetts, her home state, was especially humiliating. Her campaign going nowhere, only its obituary remains to be written.

From now to July, its Sanders v. Biden, an unfair fight with party bosses and establishment media backing the former vice president over a Vermont senator not seen as safe enough.

Based on Tuesday's results, it may be all over but the formal anointment of Biden as Dem standard bearer — the choice of party bosses, not voters.

A Final Comment

The wild card ahead is the US economy. When strong it favors incumbents, challengers when weak.

If a recession is avoided in 2020, Trump is favored to win a second term. It the economy goes south ahead of November elections, his chance to remain in office will be greatly weakened.

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