A week ago, political pundit were writing Joe Biden's political obituary. They told us that even if Biden could squeak out a win in South Carolina, it wouldn't be enough. Super Tuesday was supposed to be great for Bernie Sanders -- and would probably give him an insurmountable lead in delegates.But politics is a strange and unpredictable animal, and sometimes it can radically change in just a few days. That seems to have happened this last week.
It started in South Carolina, where Biden didn't just squeak out a win, but scored a huge victory. Then three candidates suspended their campaigns -- Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Tom Steyer. And Buttigieg and Klobuchar then endorsed Biden. These events seem to have reverberated across the nation, giving Biden a huge boost.
And it changed the dynamics of Super Tuesday. Joe Biden won Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. Bernie Sanders won California, Utah, Colorado, and Vermont. Those were shocking results. Sanders was expected to carry Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Massachusetts -- but lost all of them to Biden.
The total number of delegates each candidate won is not yet known, but Sanders did not get the insurmountable lead he wanted. In fact, Biden and Sanders will probably be very close to each other in the delegates count -- and Biden might even have a small lead.
What we know is that Super Tuesday has narrowed the race for the nomination to a two-person race. It is between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
Both Michael Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren did poorly on Super Tuesday. They both got a few delegates, but find themselves far behind Biden and Sanders.
NOTE -- As I write this two states are too close to call -- Maine and Texas. Biden has a small lead in both, but either candidate could win. Regardless of who is declared the winner in these two states, the delegates will be split about evenly between Biden and Sanders.
