I will make some more political commentary after Super Tuesday is over. But I just wanted to comment briefly on the political situation because both Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar have ended their bids for the presidency.

It looks like both candidates are going to endorse Joe Biden. It makes you wonder if the powers-that-be had a say in this.

Both of these candidates had decent showings in Iowa. But after Biden’s big win in South Carolina, it looks like he may be back in the seat as the establishment favorite.

If I were Buttigieg or Klobuchar – and thankfully I’m not – I don’t think I would have given up right before Super Tuesday. You spend all of that time, effort, and money, so one would think that you would let it play out on the biggest primary day.

This is why I suspect that they were coerced into it, or at least highly encouraged. Politics is a dirty game. The powers-that-be may have said that good things will come their way if they drop out now. Maybe there are promises of vice presidential slots or cabinet positions. In the case of Buttigieg, who is young, they may have said to come back in 4 or 8 years and he will receive the establishment support.

It’s possible they were threatened too, but maybe it didn’t need to come to that. I think Buttigieg and Klobuchar got the message without anything explicit having to be said.

The goal for the establishment is to get rid of Bernie Sanders. They probably don’t mind keeping Elizabeth Warren around for now because some of her supporters could possibly go to Bernie.

It is basically down to Biden and Bloomberg for the establishment slot to face off against Bernie. Things will likely be more clear in a couple of days.

I am surprised the establishment is siding with Biden as their best hope. The guy is a train wreck. He can’t put together two coherent sentences. If he has to go against Trump in a two-hour long debate, it is going to be entertainment like you wouldn’t believe.

Maybe the plan is to get Biden to match, or close to match, the delegate count with Sanders going into the convention. Then they will throw him under the bus and bring in Hillary to save the day. I can’t completely discount that possibility now.

I’ll have more on Wednesday.