Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "Pro-Biden Super PAC Started By Former Top Bernie Aide Crashes u0026 Burns" video.
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J C I agree he should've tried harder after Super Tuesday & stood against the Dems for longer than he did (though I do think part of him dropping out after Michigan was partly because of Coronavirus & the Dems forcing the polls to stay open as the Pandemic began raging), but I will say I don't think anything could've changed even if he did go at Biden 110%. I don't know about you guys, but after Super Tuesday, I knew right then the election was over when Biden won Minnesota, Massachusetts, Texas, & Maine. If Bernie had won Texas (which he had been winning right until 30 minutes before it was called & flipped), I think we would've had a much different race. If Bernie had all the Left candidates come out to endorse him all at once, I think we would've had a much different race.
After Super Tuesday though, the primary felt like it was over & Biden was only gaining more and more consecutive support after Bloody Monday, then even more after Bloomberg pulled out & endorsed Biden and after Warren pulled out but did NOT endorse Bernie. Then even Yang and Gabbard endorsed Biden. By the time Bernie dropped out, he had been stomped into the ground by friend & foe. I always had a feeling the other candidates in the race were ultimately going to be Bernie's downfall, and Warren alone might've been enough reason for why Bernie didn't get over that finish line on Super Tuesday and overcome the giant adversity against him from Obama, Biden and their Dem establishment backroom deals regarding Bloody Monday. But it absolutely is the case where you can NOT win when you have a year and half race made up of neoliberal centrists on one side and leftists on the other side & once the race narrows down to 2 people all the neoliberals back the neoliberal candidate and then all the leftists also back the neoliberal. Bernie was doomed from the start if this was always going to be what happened.
My point is that I agree with you Bernie should've stayed in and fought longer for other political reasons such as leverage within the party, but thinking things could've been different after Super Tuesday if Bernie had only tried harder is not realistic imo. The things that could've put him back in the race were basically things outside of his control such as the other candidates endorsing him & coronavirus never starting when Bernie was trying to make a comeback. When he dropped out, he couldn't even hold rallies anymore and that was the strength of his campaign, while Biden just hid from the public. Anyways, there are too many regrets to count, but I do think these distinctions are important.
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