Bernie Sanders still national frontrunner ahead of Super Tuesday: CBS Evening News

[Old Crow]

[George II]

1. By only six delegates out of 150. But Biden is about 70,000 popular votes.

[Old Crow]

3. Can you explain that a bit?

I'm not really sure what you mean about the "70,000 popular votes."

[tarheelsunc]

9. Biden has received 70,000 more votes than Bernie to date across all contests. eom

[Old Crow]

11. Primary votes, you're saying.

Got it; thanks. So far as I understand it, it's the delegate votes that count. That said, you might want to revisit the popular vote totals after California votes tomorrow.

[tarheelsunc]

12. A lot of Bernie supporters were all about the votes cast after Nevada.

Now they seem to love the delegate math all of a sudden

[Old Crow]

13. I dunno about that. I think Sanders supporters have always been about the delegates.

Particularly since Sanders has been leading in delegates every step of the way: after Iowa, after New Hampshire, after Nevada, and after South Carolina.

[tarheelsunc]

18. Pete won Iowa by delegate count. eom

[Old Crow]

19. You're correct and I apologize for my mistake.

After Iowa, Buttigieg had 14 delegates to Sanders' 12. Thanks for the correction.

[napi21]

2. There's something about his campaign suppporters that's bothering me. They are starting to sound

like the trump cult. Thing anyone who isn't one of them. Jeering at the reporters. I've been very upset with that kind of activity from DT's crowd, and I sure won't accept it from ant Democrat!

[AlexSFCA]

5. bernie bros will probably vote for trump as protest vote

they won’t let Biden win, to make a point (should have gone with Bernie).

[lapfog_1]

6. yup... they don't like anyone who hasn't drunk the koolaid

for the cultural reference... look up Jim Jones koolaid.

[CentralMass]

16. Do you read the the anti Sanders post here ?

[AlexSFCA]

4. at this point he is becoming an existential threat to the world

whose nomination (if won) will cause a massive landslide victory for trump along with losing house, expanding gop senate majority and fundamental reshaping of state legislatures across the country. It isn’t McGovern who lost to Nixon - peanuts compared to trump. Unlike trump, Nixon was not an existential threat to the entire world.

[Old Crow]

7. Really? "An existential threat to the world"?

You seriously think the world will cease to exist if Sanders were to be the Democratic nominee? You might want to take a break from politics for a bit if you do, just sayin'.

Now, assuming you're simply saying it would be a "really, really bad thing," or something similar, I'm not convinced. Virtually every poll I've seen has Sanders beating Trump in a general election. I see no reason for hand-wringing, panic, or alarm whatsoever.

[AlexSFCA]

8. yes, really. Bernie will lose in a landslide of Reagan proportions

Those who don’t learn from history, dare to repeat it - McGovern, Cobyrn. And bernie is to the left of both.

[Old Crow]

10. Well, that's an interesting opinion--that runs contrary to all available evidence. (N/T)

[Jedi Guy]

17. The issue is that those polls are taken before the GOP cuts loose with their Bernie oppo research.

It's said to be the stuff of nightmares. What will those polls look like on Election Day, after months and months of ads using Bernie's own words and actions against him? He hasn't had to face that kind of opponent yet, and the GOP is brutally good at gutter politics. Trump himself will have a field day.

[Old Crow]

21. I think people are making the same mistake this election they made in 2016.

Remember 2016? The election that brought us the Trump presidency? Everyone was convinced Donald Trump would have no chance against an establishment politician with years in Washington. Trump carved the establishment politician to shreds. Whoops.

And what seems to be the plan this time? Well, this time, the plan is to... to run an establishment politician, with years of experience in Washington, against Trump.

What people aren't understanding is that it is no longer so much about Left vs. Right as it is about Establishment vs. Anti-Establishment. Trump beat Clinton by posing as an anti-establishment politician. What's needed this time is a genuine anti-establishment politician, and Sanders or Warren fit that description. My two cents.

[USALiberal]

14. LOL, ok! nt

[Demsrule86]

15. CBS is as bad as Fox...I have no idea what might happen tomorrow...but I do predict that sanders

won't win an insurmountable lead.

[USALiberal]

20. CBS as bad as Fox News??? 100% BS!