The establishment has rallied around Joe Biden. But don’t be fooled. It isn’t because he has the best chance of beating Donald Trump. It is because he has the best chance of getting rid of Bernie Sanders.
That is why Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropped out before Super Tuesday. Elizabeth Warren stayed in so that votes did not go to Bernie.
I think it actually got to a point where the establishment preferred Trump to Sanders. They both occasionally tell the truth about foreign policy. But at least they know Trump at this point. If Bernie becomes president, they can probably control him, but they don’t know for sure.
I was surprised that Biden did as well as he did on Tuesday. It isn’t out of the question that he could get a majority of delegates going into the convention. But if Biden has just one more delegate over Bernie, that will be enough of an excuse to deny Bernie the nomination.
I was starting to look forward to watching the establishment squirm with the prospects of a Trump vs. Sanders race. Instead, we may get a different form of entertainment. I was watching a montage video of stupid things Biden has said over the years and it made me laugh hard.
Up until now, Biden has been on stage with at least 6 other candidates. He typically doesn’t have to talk for more than 15 minutes in a debate. When he has to go head to head with Trump in a two-hour debate where Biden has to speak for close to an hour, the bloopers will just be flowing out.
You’d think the establishment could have found someone a little less senile. They also could have found someone a little less creepy. Trump can just run campaign ads showing Biden massaging women in public and sniffing their hair.
Trump is a master marketer, but I think he should drop the nickname of Sleepy Joe. He should just go with Creepy Joe. For all his faults, Trump doesn’t really come across as creepy. He can stick this label on Biden.
And let’s also not forget that Biden is one of the key players in the Ukraine situation that was used as an excuse for impeaching Trump. Biden is on video saying that he threatened to withhold money from Ukraine unless the prosecutor investigating his son’s employer was fired.
This race isn’t over yet. Bernie could still make a run. It is also possible that they may get rid of Biden at the convention. Maybe Hillary will step in to save the day.
There are still a lot of possibilities at this point. Stay tuned.