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The Field Narrows

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Tomorrow is Super Tuesday.

According to Ballotpedia:

With both California and Texas—the two most populous states in the United States—holding their primaries on Super Tuesday, approximately 40% of the U.S. population has a primary event on March 3.[1] In total, 1,344 pledged delegates—34% of all pledged delegates—are at stake.

As of March 2020, the following six Democratic elected officials and notable public figures are running in the primary:

Today The Washington Examiner is reporting that Amy Klobuchar has dropped out of the race. According to The New York Times, she plans to endorse Joe Biden. So what is going on here. The Democrats are desperate to stop Bernie Sanders. I find it hard to believe that they think Joe Biden is a viable candidate, but the choices are definitely limited. If Joe Biden wins the nomination, I hope he can remember where he is and who he is debating if there are debates. Joe Biden needs to go home and enjoy his family; his gaffes are only getting worse.

 

Aside From The Bad Manners–This Is Just Tacky

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The Atlantic Wire posted a story yesterday about President Obama’s scheduled press conference today. This is the President’s first press conference in five months, and it just happens to fall on Super Tuesday, the biggest day of the Republican primary.

The article reminds us:

USA Today speculates that the topic(s) will be Iran and Israel. Or the economy. Or the GOP race itself. But that’s all beside the spotlight-swiping point. We saw Obama create a similar scheduling conflict last Tuesday, during the Michigan and Arizona primaries, when he gave a chest-trumping speech to UAW workers. (A speech that, Carney insisted, was “not at all” a campaign speech, even though no one—including us—treated it as such.) Then again, it’s not like the president hasn’t shown a willingness to step aside and let his rivals have the stage: In August the White House announced a major jobs speech scheduled against a Republican debate, but later rescheduled it. That was nice of them.

This is just bad manners on the part of President Obama. He just can’t stand the idea of the Republicans actually having the spotlight for a day unless he controls the narrative.

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