Biden Out

So, Joe Biden couldn’t pull the trigger. I understand. I have no right to ask more of the man. I wish he’d been able to make a different decision, but I’m sure he made the right one.

So, all the action now is between Sanders and Clinton. I’m reminded of something that I probably should look up but won’t. There was a point in 2008 right after Clinton had finally conceded that Obama gathered together his troops in his Chicago campaign headquarters. He told them that they’d done a fantastic job and thanked them profusely, but then he got real with them.

I’m paraphrasing here from memory, but what he basically said was that now that they won the nomination they had just acquired a massive burden. They absolutely had to win or everything they’d been fighting for would be destroyed.

I hope Clinton’s team is getting much the same message today.

Yeah, I know that Sanders is running pretty strong and is going to give her a run for her money, but it’s still a huge longshot campaign. And, I’d point out, that Sanders’ supporters need to internalize the same message. It isn’t going to do anything positive to win the nomination and lose the election. So, they need to figure out how a Vermont Socialist is going to sell in Middle America. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but unless they come up with a convincing explanation, countless Democrats who are more sympathetic to their candidate than the Clintons are going to stick with the Clintons.

Frankly, they’ll be making the prudent choice.

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.