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Home Front: Politix
Rush Limbaugh: Is the Democrat Primary Race Over?
2019-05-12
RUSH: Do you realize it may well be the Democrat primary race is over? In New Hampshire, Joe Biden is blowing out Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders was up 30 points nationally, he was up 25 or 30 points in New Hampshire, the last poll, and Biden has just launched over Bernie Sanders.

This may not be bad, by the way. Don’t misunderstand. When I say "us," meaning the Trumpster, may not be a bad thing. A bunch of mad Bernie voters might end up voting for Trump before the end of the day, but nevertheless ‐ and Trump’s even tweeting: "It looks like it’s gonna be SleepyJoe over Crazy Bernie."

Now, who would have thought, you got 18, whatever it is, number of Democrats running and all those women and all these new, fresh socialist leftists, and here comes the old brontosaurus from Jurassic Park, Plugs Biden, wiping out the field. He’s not just 30 points ahead of Crazy Bernie, he’s 50 points ahead of the rest of them, which we’ll break this down as the program unfolds. This tells us so much about the Democrat Party.
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Dems will lie cheat gerrymander and keep losing until they go kinetic. Then all bets and gloves are off. It won’t be pretty. They are putting themselves in a corner.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2019-05-12 21:49  

#15  if Biden can't get out of his own way, the Wookie, Oprah, or another "moderate will ride to the rescue.

Michelle Obama is even a worse campaigner than Hillary Clinton, and openly loathes politics and politicians (and the common run of voter) besides. And Oprah, though incredibly rich, has been losing viewers for years since she moved to her own channel on cable — and her viewers are female, not a mixed audience.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-05-12 21:35  

#14  I'm in my fifth decade of watching the American political scene, and every decade has shown that the center, as the overall electorate sees is, has shifted leftwards almost steadily. There were stutters like Reagan, but this moments also saw fierce leftist vehemence to claw back the drift. Nothing, ever, in my lifetime has been as vicious, ruthless, dishonest or wicked as the assault on Trump and his policies. The velocity of the drift under Champ was rapidly accelerating, and the importation of vast millions of low wage, entitlement-expecting foreigners coupled with really ignorant youth from our propaganda mills educational system, produced their expected omno-party moment. Unfortunately, their candidate was a vile, grifting plutocrat who couldn't win even with every advantage. SO now, what are they to do? The energy on their side is from the communist/socialists/social justice tribes, and the media almost exclusively carries ridiculous ad hominem attacks over actual news 24/7. SO they will keep making Trump seem some kind of dangerous monster, absent actual facts, and keep tacking left to get polling datum and let the horde suckup money, then if Biden can't get out of his own way, the Wookie, Oprah, or another "moderate will ride to the rescue. The center left of today's Democrat party was pure socialism in the 1960's, but few know that anymore...and we are increasingly dismissed as haters and unworthy of holding a genuine opinion...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-05-12 19:05  

#13  If any of you have the idea that the Democrats have even the slightest idea of allowing a free and fair election, you're crazy.

It's going to be rigged, rigged, rigged from day 1. In their minds Trump is enough of a threat to disable democracy.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-05-12 17:15  

#12  someone who makes Butt-edge-edge look like Ward Cleaver. It could be interesting.

The other night one of the late night comedians, or perhaps it was Saturday Night Live — I really wasn’t paying attention — played the entire bit President Trump did at the Florida rally about Sleepy Joe Biden and Butt-edge-edge, et al... The audience laughed, but that’s gong to stick in people’s minds.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-05-12 17:04  

#11  #9 Alan's, you might be correct. Hillary has been making noises in NH. HRC at Dartmouth.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-05-12 15:03  

#10  Lessons learned:
1. Don't believe the polls.
2. Remember this is early and the Dem candidate is probably not even in the mix yet, hence Obama...
3. Don't believe the media.
The Dems have a long way to go, they will see what they have to offer right now will not win. They will find someone that comes in near the end to start a popularity wave. Someone like Opra...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-05-12 11:56  

#9  It's a little sooner than I expected but.................HERE COMES HILLARY!!
Posted by: AlanC   2019-05-12 10:51  

#8  It's hard to imagine AOC fans feeling the fierce moral urgency of electing Joe Biden. I would recommend that she form a third party.
Posted by: Matt   2019-05-12 10:39  

#7  I'm really not a Pence fan, but by 2024 the dems may need someone who makes Butt-edge-edge look like Ward Cleaver. It could be interesting.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-05-12 10:33  

#6  Atlanta Urinal-Constipation
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-05-12 10:31  

#5  
#1 Plugs, somewhat like the late John McCain, is a throw away, notional candidate. The dems know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell. Unable to get anything to stick on the Orange Man, why waste a good leftest candidate on a losing race.
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-12 07:52

Beo,

You might be on to something here. What if the thinking at the very, very top is to concede that none of their candidates is going to make it, especially if the economy keeps going great guns? Let Trump have it...because in 2024, Mike Pence is likely to be the candidate. By their way of thinking, an old Christian white man with no record would be a lot easier to defame and beat.

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-05-12 10:31  

#4  I think #5 mis spelled UNREALISM, but the spelling he chose said a lot anyway...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-05-12 10:30  

#3   What's preventing them from...going to DNC events, protesting, raising hell and kicking the crap out of other Democrats?

Not me. Chicago '68 V2.0, baybaeeee :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2019-05-12 09:03  

#2  Here's a thought - most Antifa types are Bernie Bros, right? What's preventing them from not only voting for Trump (which, now that I think about it for two seconds, I don't believe at all) but going to DNC events, protesting, raising hell and kicking the crap out of other Democrats?
Posted by: Raj   2019-05-12 07:58  

#1  Plugs, somewhat like the late John McCain, is a throw away, notional candidate. The dems know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell. Unable to get anything to stick on the Orange Man, why waste a good leftest candidate on a losing race.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-05-12 07:52  

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