Bernie and campaign manager Tad Devine have fallen back on some dubious explanations of why March has been so tough on them.
There was this attempt to marginalize the South as 'red state voters'-somehow they don't matter. Only states that vote Democrat in the general matter. Of course, this changed after he won Utah and Idaho and lost Michigan and Ohio.
There was an attempt to suggest that Northern blacks are smarter and more discerning than Southern blacks. This is a rather unfortunate argument: the votes of Southern blacks matter less, considering the whole history of Jim Crow and the Voting Rights Act.
Also there's the stock Bernie answer: Wait till they get to know me and discover I'm a saint. He's been saying that for a year.
The new one is that Bernie is doing very well in the states that he actually tried in. This is something Tad Devine came up with yesterday. He seems not to understand that this isn't how it works. All the states get delegates not just the ones that you 'really tried to win.'
And why didn't they try to win these other states? As Jamil Smith says, this is kind of embarrassing for Tad Devine to say as it would be his failure.
https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/714503758466719744
As Smith also says, it is provably false. Bernie sure did try in Arizona and lost by nearly 20 points. And this seemed to shell shock Tad as he seemed very surprised that night and said 'Wait till the later returns are in.'
As Joy Reid says, he tried very hard in South Carolina and got crushed.
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/714637178186424321
If there are states he didn't campaign much in they were states he knew he had no chance in.
Meanwhile, the attempts by Bernie and Devine to argue they do have a path to victory leads mostly to lots of stories of how they don't have one.
"Sanders campaign harping on its path to victory results mostly in bad stories about how there isn't one. They do it to keep donors giving."
https://twitter.com/gregpinelo/status/714469340070944769
Speaking of comic relief, consider that this Berner is actually serious.
https://twitter.com/TheDangerousOne/status/714609756694929408
There was this attempt to marginalize the South as 'red state voters'-somehow they don't matter. Only states that vote Democrat in the general matter. Of course, this changed after he won Utah and Idaho and lost Michigan and Ohio.
There was an attempt to suggest that Northern blacks are smarter and more discerning than Southern blacks. This is a rather unfortunate argument: the votes of Southern blacks matter less, considering the whole history of Jim Crow and the Voting Rights Act.
Also there's the stock Bernie answer: Wait till they get to know me and discover I'm a saint. He's been saying that for a year.
The new one is that Bernie is doing very well in the states that he actually tried in. This is something Tad Devine came up with yesterday. He seems not to understand that this isn't how it works. All the states get delegates not just the ones that you 'really tried to win.'
And why didn't they try to win these other states? As Jamil Smith says, this is kind of embarrassing for Tad Devine to say as it would be his failure.
https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/714503758466719744
As Smith also says, it is provably false. Bernie sure did try in Arizona and lost by nearly 20 points. And this seemed to shell shock Tad as he seemed very surprised that night and said 'Wait till the later returns are in.'
As Joy Reid says, he tried very hard in South Carolina and got crushed.
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/714637178186424321
If there are states he didn't campaign much in they were states he knew he had no chance in.
Meanwhile, the attempts by Bernie and Devine to argue they do have a path to victory leads mostly to lots of stories of how they don't have one.
"Sanders campaign harping on its path to victory results mostly in bad stories about how there isn't one. They do it to keep donors giving."
https://twitter.com/gregpinelo/status/714469340070944769
Speaking of comic relief, consider that this Berner is actually serious.
https://twitter.com/TheDangerousOne/status/714609756694929408
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