Bloomberg’s folly

Bloomberg’s folly

Public Policy Polling released a survey of Democratic primary voters in North Carolina that still shows Joe Biden still the frontrunner in the state–barely. He leads Bernie Sander by three points who, in turn, leads Michael Bloomberg by three. It’s clear...
Trending blue

Trending blue

Yesterday, I wrote a piece describing what I called Bernie Sanders’ path to victory. I don’t mean that I believe he will win the state, but he does have a way forward that might work. It’s grounded in the youth vote. It’s that vote that will turn North Carolina blue...
The spoiler

The spoiler

If Bernie Sanders ends up the Democratic nominee, we will probably have Michael Bloomberg to thank. Bloomberg’s plan to buy his way into the Democratic primary and largely by-pass the vetting process is backfiring. While he’s surging, he’s not surging enough. Instead,...
Rhyming with 1972

Rhyming with 1972

In poll after poll, Bernie Sanders is surging, Joe Biden is tanking and Mike Bloomberg is filling the gap. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight predicts that Sanders will sweep up enough delegates by Super Tuesday to have an insurmountable lead. I’m trying to get my head...