Michael Moore is fit to be tied.
Other Democrats should be if they’re not.
The Democrat National Party is apparently anything but forward-looking and open to new ideas, let alone, new candidates.
By actions well-documented here and elsewhere, the D.N.C. made sure their old “sure bet” Hillary Clinton won the nomination in 2016 despite an outpouring of love for Socialist Bernie Sanders, especially by Millennials. Since she’s not really running in 2020 (except in her own head), Hillary’s role has been replaced by Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden, who is presumed to be beloved amongst the “folks.” Biden, too, has lost before and thinks it’s now “his turn.” The D.N.C. clearly agrees even if the aforementioned folks do not.
Make no mistake about it, the overall scheduling of the process and Friday’s vote to further delay the Trump impeachment farce in the Senate was all about this.
The remaining candidates in the Democrat party are largely senators who were required to remain stationed in the nation’s capital for the proceedings rather than go off on dalliances in, say, Iowa or New Hampshire. The timing couldn’t be worse. Yet, Joe Biden has no such impediments to campaigning, nor for that matter does Mike Bloomberg, who would surely be the second-choice establishment nominee.
In yet another stunt, the D.N.C. has opened up the Nevada Democrat debate stage on February 19th to include Bloomberg, despite the fact he joined the race late and has not and never will meet the previously mandated individual donor fund-raising requirement since his campaign is fully self-funded.
They have not, as of yet, removed the polling requirement that Bloomberg has yet to meet. To participate in the debate, candidates must obtain at least 10 percent in four polls between January 15th and February 18th, or a minimum of 12 percent in two polls in Nevada or South Carolina.
As of January 31st, only Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders have qualified, but it’s apparent Bloomberg can make the grade given the upswing in his national polling and saturation of the airways with campaign advertising, including a major Super Bowl spot. In the first month of his campaign alone, Bloomberg spent $180 million, and an additional $286 million in television buys.
Other candidates, such as Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, and Cory Booker were not included in debates because of polling requirements rather than fund-raising, but they did not have the national exposure Bloomberg has managed to buy for himself.
Meanwhile, it’s Bernie Sanders who has the momentum. Will the D.N.C., once bought and paid for by the Clintons, succeed in squelching Bernie’s campaign in 2020, too? It seems likely.
Just in case, it is rumored that some in the D.N.C. are thinking of returning to the superdelegate scheme in 2020 that thrust Hillary to the forefront in 2016 despite Bernie’s popularity. Additionally, they have selected Clinton allies to control the convention. This delusion of democratic choice by the D.N.C. would again just make a mockery of the American voter.
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