With his laser focus on money in politics, this has been a very odd campaign season. On the GOP side all the big money crashed and burned, first and foremost Jeb Bush's shock and awe.
Donald Trump, though a billionaire, has spent less than anyone in the field and yet is dominating.
On the Democrat side, Bernie sure has stunk up the pace with his farts about how many small donations he's gotten. But here is the irony. He's boasted about outraising her for a couple of months and he outspent her 60 to 40 percent in Ohio and outpsent her 3 to 1 in North Carolina, and has nothing to show for his trouble.
Maybe money isn't everything. Maybe it helps but it isn't the whole story. While most Democrats including both HRC and Obama criticized the Citizen's United ruling, you can say Bernie has been overly fixated on money.
There are groups that do good things that spend money too, you know as Steve Phillips tells us in his very important book 'Brown is the New White.'
http://www.amazon.com/Brown-New-White-Demographic-Revolution/dp/1620971151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458091822&sr=8-1&keywords=brown+is+the+new+white
Kind of ironic, as this book's message gets to the heart of Bernie's trouble this campaign. His appeal is mostly to white liberals.
But as Phillips argues, progressive and liberal groups have plenty of money. The main spender in Dem campaigns remain the unions. Planned Parenthood spends lots of money that is very much needed with the attack on a woman's right to choose.
Bernie's Holy War against money would also hurt these liberal organizations.
But ironically, Bernie can make any excuse he likes. But what he can't say is that he lost because of money, because he was outspent.
UPDATE: The beauty of her win in Ohio is:
1. It ends the silly narrative she can't win in the Rustbelt because Nafta.
2. It takes away even the symbolic basis of his campaign. The calls for him to get out are back on the table:
"I just saw someone in left-leaning media tweet out something to the effect that tonight could be the night that closes the coffin on the Sanders campaign, ending the storybook narrative. I think while people have been saying for a while, over and over, that the math really isn’t likely to work for Sanders, the lost thread of the story tonight — i.e., Michigan doesn’t sew up Ohio — is likely to deflate those who were convinced that there was still a shot."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/march-15-primaries-ohio-florida-results-presidential-election-2016/
Yes, there are some states coming up at the end of the month he can win-some white state caucuses, etc. But only the Washington Caucus has even a middling number of delegates at 118 and the math clearly isn't there.
The growing disgust for Trump may lead more liberals to say it's time to prepare for Trump.
Donald Trump, though a billionaire, has spent less than anyone in the field and yet is dominating.
On the Democrat side, Bernie sure has stunk up the pace with his farts about how many small donations he's gotten. But here is the irony. He's boasted about outraising her for a couple of months and he outspent her 60 to 40 percent in Ohio and outpsent her 3 to 1 in North Carolina, and has nothing to show for his trouble.
Maybe money isn't everything. Maybe it helps but it isn't the whole story. While most Democrats including both HRC and Obama criticized the Citizen's United ruling, you can say Bernie has been overly fixated on money.
There are groups that do good things that spend money too, you know as Steve Phillips tells us in his very important book 'Brown is the New White.'
http://www.amazon.com/Brown-New-White-Demographic-Revolution/dp/1620971151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458091822&sr=8-1&keywords=brown+is+the+new+white
Kind of ironic, as this book's message gets to the heart of Bernie's trouble this campaign. His appeal is mostly to white liberals.
But as Phillips argues, progressive and liberal groups have plenty of money. The main spender in Dem campaigns remain the unions. Planned Parenthood spends lots of money that is very much needed with the attack on a woman's right to choose.
Bernie's Holy War against money would also hurt these liberal organizations.
But ironically, Bernie can make any excuse he likes. But what he can't say is that he lost because of money, because he was outspent.
UPDATE: The beauty of her win in Ohio is:
1. It ends the silly narrative she can't win in the Rustbelt because Nafta.
2. It takes away even the symbolic basis of his campaign. The calls for him to get out are back on the table:
"I just saw someone in left-leaning media tweet out something to the effect that tonight could be the night that closes the coffin on the Sanders campaign, ending the storybook narrative. I think while people have been saying for a while, over and over, that the math really isn’t likely to work for Sanders, the lost thread of the story tonight — i.e., Michigan doesn’t sew up Ohio — is likely to deflate those who were convinced that there was still a shot."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/march-15-primaries-ohio-florida-results-presidential-election-2016/
Yes, there are some states coming up at the end of the month he can win-some white state caucuses, etc. But only the Washington Caucus has even a middling number of delegates at 118 and the math clearly isn't there.
The growing disgust for Trump may lead more liberals to say it's time to prepare for Trump.
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