Bernie seems to be conceding South Carolina

[book_worm]

The state is shaping up to be unforgiving terrain for Sanders, and he seemed to reflect that in a concession speech that looked to the March 1 Super Tuesday contests, rather than the upcoming South Carolina contest.
“I believe that on Super Tuesday we have got an excellent chance to win many of those states,” Sanders said before leaving the state. “Now it’s on to Super Tuesday.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-nevada-victory-219580#ixzz40o8OGXmm

[Cha]

1. Well, Ye-ah.

[livetohike]

2. News flash for Sanders: Super Tuesday will mark the end of his campaign

The momentum Hillary will gain after S. C. will carry her through most of the Super Tuesday states. As the Republican field narrows, voters will have a clear picture of the GE.

[workinclasszero]

7. For sure

The south is gonna bleed the life right out of the BS campaign!

[DemonGoddess]

3. K&R

[LuvLoogie]

4. I just think he's tired.

I can't see him being purposefully dismissive of SC and all of his supporters there.

[BlueCaliDem]

10. OMG. Is that Gigantor in your avatar? Brings back fond memories!

As to your post, I don't think he's being dismissive of SC. I believe he knows he can't win there and he doesn't want to waste precious campaign $$ on a State he's certain to lose by huge margins.





Gigantor, Gigantor, Gigantor.

Gigantor the space aged robot,
He is at your command.
Gigantor the space aged robot,
His power is in your hand.

Bigger than big, taller than tall,
Quicker than quick, stronger than strong.
Ready to fight for right, against wrong.

Gigantor, Gigantor, Gigantor.

[LuvLoogie]

14. Yes! Gigantor! 60s anime!

I still think he should contest SC. The Revolution needs to learn what real solidarity over the long haul means. I have been saying for months that Hillary has been building her network since the sixties, always expanding her circle of experience. They just don't get that, and they resent it when Democrats come together.

[BlueCaliDem]

26. Gigantor pulled me through a very sad childhood. He will always be my hero.

I believe Bernie should fight for SC, too. A revolution is not easy to start and there's going to be a lot of setbacks, but he can't give up just because the prospects look glum. It takes a LOT of hard work, pain, heartache, and sweat, sometimes blood, but it can be done.

Hillary's been at it since the 60's, yes, but actually really worked at it since 1972 when she went to Texas to register Mexican-Americans to vote and fought on a greater scale...pretty similar to President Obama's background.

Never give up. Never surrender.

[Democrats Ascendant]

5. Shocked

I was shocked when I heard the obvious omission of SC on CNN. I can't imagine that he would cede the state without a fight; she didn't in NH, even when it was clear she should lose there. Does anyone know what his schedule is over the next few days?

[Lucinda]

16. I think he's in Greenville SC today. So he's still working in the state. n/t

[workinclasszero]

6. He should

Nate at FiveThirtyEight gives Hillary a greater than 99% chance to win SC and Bernie a less than 1% chance!

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/south-carolina-democratic/

[Thinkingabout]

8. Maybe it is reality for others.

[Satch59]

11. He seemed surprised at his loss...

When Hillary lost NH: she seemed energized and had a very positive message. Bernie gave his usual stump speech (again) but it had a negative tone and can't for the life of me understand where his supporters are finding inspiration or passion.

Also: where is the report that Bernie's so called Hispanic win was false? Was it corrected?

[pandr32]

13. You touched on something I don't get either

"...can't for the life of me understand where his supporters are finding inspiration or passion."
Listening to him speak you can see where he is using the exact same speech he has been giving for so many years and that he has only switched out his reference from "millionaires" to "billionaires" because, like Austin Powers found out--times have changed.
You can also see where he has rather awkwardly inserted more contemporary references to minorities, women, LGBT etc. because his campaign requires it or he stands no chance without attempting to include those groups.

[Lucinda]

17. The caucus results of the Latino areas squashed the faulty pre-caucus Latino prediction

She won them handily.

He did seem off, post election. They didn't do as well as they thought they would, in the upper two counties on the right hand site of the state, so he may have just been disappointed...?

[stopbush]

12. I don't blame BS for making more of an effort in NV after his NH win.

Trying to play off momentum was the natural thing to do. But he didn't do the ground work in NV, so he was resigned to throwing $ at the challenge. Didn't work.

The problem is that this lame effort only served to elevate the stakes and the impact of NV on the race. If BS had written off NV and even SC, it would have lessened the impact of Hillary's wins. Now, her win in NV is seen as being pivotal, rather than expected. Within hours of her win the narrative in the punditry went from Bernie's momentum to his not having a path forward.

The maxim "pick your battles wisely lest you lose the war" comes to mind.

[Lucinda]

18. I read they just didn't have the same ground game and were hoping the big ad buys would compensate.

I didnt save the link, but if that was the plan, they still did pretty well considering.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Maxine Waters was on my teevee machine today, and she's surrogating her azz off in SC.

I don't give much for BS' chances in the South. She was graciously saying that she was grateful to BS for getting young people involved in the process, but as a Democrat, she's backing "the Democrat" who has spent years building & spending resources to build the "Democratic" party at all levels. She reiterated that BS is not a Democrat, and has done nothing toward helping to build the party's infrastructure. I don't always agree with Maxine, but she is definitely someone you don't want to get riled up.

[Lucinda]

19. She is right. He has helped raise money for Senate Dems hosting fundraisers, but down ticket

I've seen little to nothing to suggest he's made the effort. Which is shocking since he talks about the need to sweep Dems into office to make his plans possible.

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. The fact of the matter is that influential Dems need to raise funds to cultivate talent at the local

& state levels so that we have a diverse pool to choose from. The GOP understands this, and even though the party itself is still very white, they have spent resources developing talent that looks a lot like America. It's an illusion of course, but I think it's one that can pay dividends. BS has never done this, because he has reveled in his "independent" party of one status.

Like it or not, it takes $$$$ to develop those resources, and people like Hillary, Bill, Barack Obama & Maxine Waters know this.

[Lucinda]

24. Yup. It, and getting voter turnout up in midterms, are extremely important.

We need both of those parts to claim a majority.

Bernie isn't interested in making the effort IMO, even though the campaign pledged to, because it ties up time and resources. That tells me he is working to stay in long enough to effect the platform, and has no interest in helping the party.

[George II]

20. I caught that too. Seems to have completely conceded South Carolina to Clinton.

[wysi]

21. Cash flow problem

He's spent it all to win one state out of three.

[peggysue2]

22. Bernie can read the polls

Unlike many of his supporters, Sanders can read the polls and know what those numbers mean. In fact, I think he knows the campaign is basically over. He had a very narrow path toward the nomination which required hefty wins in these early primaries. He had that big win in New Hampshire but was unable to replicate it in Nevada. Iowa was a wash. South Carolina and Super Tuesday states all favor Clinton where she'll rack up delegates.

What's left is symbolic in nature and rolling into the Convention with some delegates pushing his primary issue, income inequality.

Nothing wrong with that but the continuing howl from his supporters isn't going to change the reality on the ground: Hillary Clinton will win the nomination.

[mgmaggiemg]

25. thanks for the post

[Treant]

27. I doubt he has the money left,

or the time or the energy. He tossed a huge wad at Nevada to lose it by 5.8% (at this instant, that's still growing slowly), or just about what the widest loss percentage just before the election said.

SC is a lost cause and he knows that, it's more important to get the band aids and Neosporin ready for Super Tuesday--he's going to take a pretty bad electoral beating there.

[NurseJackie]

28. It won't be long before he concedes the entire nomination! Tick-tock! It will be ...

... here sooner than we think.

Go, Hillary! We love you!