pril 8, 2020, 11:24 AM EDT By Jane C. Timm and Allan Smith Bernie Sanders is ending his presidential campaign, he announced on Wednesday.
The Vermont independent senator's 2020 bid started off strong. He narrowly missed first place in Iowa before picking up wins in New Hampshire and Nevada. All the while, his campaign continued to rake in millions in small-dollar donations and pack rallies full of supporters as he ascended to national front-runner status amid a crowded Democratic field.
Running as a progressive insurgent against Hillary Clinton in 2016, Sanders popularized ideas like "Medicare for All." In 2020, however, a number of candidates backed similar policies, and he faced another prominent progressive in Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who was the first to propose canceling some student debt in April.
Sanders followed with a more far-reaching plan of his own in June. Warren surged above Sanders in the fall, right up until he suffered a heart attack in October. That — along with the high-profile endorsement by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., — revived his national polling numbers, and he remained in second place until Biden's dismal fourth-place showing in Iowa, which propelled Sanders to front-runner status.
In his 2020 bid, the senator worked to broaden his support with Latino voters, and his coalition grew more diverse because of it. But despite years of outreach to increase his popularity among black voters, Sanders failed to earn their votes in large numbers. He also lost some of his white working-class supporters to Biden, a fracture of his coalition that cost him crucial votes in states like Michigan.
Sanders also stumbled with women voters, facing accusations of sexism in January after tensions between his and Warren's campaigns spilled out into the open. The two progressives had largely remained allies while campaigning for the nomination, but a series of leaks to the media from aides and supporters of both senators accusing the other camp of dirty tricks and lying culminated in Warren saying in a statement that Sanders once told her he didn't think a woman could win the presidency.
Sanders denied the claim, but he was hit with further criticism of his supporters — dubbed the "Bernie Bros" — after female union leaders in Nevada who spoke out against his candidacy said they were attacked by his fans.
His campaign officially stalled in South Carolina. Fueled by a crucial endorsement from Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Biden won the Palmetto State decisively. The moderate wing of the party then consolidated around him — Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg both dropped out of the race and endorsed him — and Biden won 10 of 14 states on Super Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Warren dropped out of the race after Super Tuesday, but declined to endorse any candidate.
A week later, on March 10, Biden dominated in five of the six states that voted, including Michigan, one of Sanders’ biggest 2016 victories, to grow his delegate lead over the Vermont senator. Sanders' substantial losses in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on March 17 put Biden on an insurmountable path to the Democratic nomination.
A day after those contests, and with the next voting night weeks away, Sanders' campaign manager Faiz Shakir wrote that the candidate was "going to be having conversations with supporters to assess his campaign. In the immediate term, however, he is focused on the government response to the coronavirus outbreak and ensuring that we take care of working people and the most vulnerable."
In a message to supporters, Shakir was more pointed.
"No sugarcoating it, last night did not go the way we wanted," he said of the March 17 losses. "And while our campaign has won the battle of ideas, we are losing the battle over electability to Joe Biden."
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
So does this give it to Biden or is there still a chance it could be Cuomo? I wasn’t sure how with a split convention they would be able to nominate someone who didn’t even run... but with Bernie dropping out does that mean for sure it’s Biden?
Biden has to have 1,991 delegates to take the nomination on the first vote. Bernie is staying on the ballot just like all the others. So Biden may very well fall short, which would open the door for just about anything. But unless Biden really messes up or gets sick, he's probably the nominee.
Poor, poor Bernie. He didn't have chance against the crooked Dem party. Now it looks like the senile old man that can't put together two sentences is in. I was hoping for the senile old commie.
Before we were married, My Wife rented this house on the outskirts of town. It was her first year of employment after she graduated from ONU, and a few short months after we'd met. $50 /mo. She hosted a "wedding reception after the 'official' wedding reception" For Hap & Beth- college friends of hers.
A pal from college days (Louie) drove back to OH to make the date. He drove 1300 miles in a VW Beetle with rotted floorboards so blasted that you could see the road beneath the driver's seat. 100 miles from Ground Zero, Louie started playing with the vial of LucySkyDammit... and spilled it all over his leg.
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I had just started getting close with My Hunny, and had never met any of her college friends. This weekend was my first shot at meeting all those folks she'd talked about. I was working the back end of a double double-back (a rare crap-ass scheduling feature) at the refinery, so I'd visited this ongoing party on Fri eve, Sat aft... and now Sunday aft. (Yes... it was a 3-day plus partaaay...) When I got to the "Wedding reception," there was this new guy. He had a bigass 2"X5" hole in his jeans, just above the knee.
I asked my new hunny: "Whassup with the half-nekkid bro over there?" That's when she told me about Louie... and how he'd used a pair of scissors to cut up 1/4" squares of 'dot from his jeans.
Some folks got nothing but the brewz and jointz at that gig. Some folks lost they minds for 24 hours. I sucked on a piece of denim for 30 minutes... and got nothing but Louiesweat... lucky me.
Kinda glad I was late to that gig. Today, my mind still works (for the most part).
I'm not sure how some of those guests ever recovered.
Windowpane was the best in my opinion. 4-Way windowpane was popular in our group. No speed. Orange Sunshine was a fun trip. And Mr. Natural was pretty cool, too.
I think others, such as Microdot had too much speed in them and gave one the "jitters." Keep it pure.
Poor, poor Bernie. He didn't have chance against the crooked Dem party. Now it looks like the senile old man that can't put together two sentences is in. I was hoping for the senile old commie.
Well, at least democrats aren't following a liar and Conman.
#GMSTRONG
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynahan
"Alternative facts hurt us all. Think before you blindly believe." Damanshot
Well, at least democrats aren't following a liar and Conman.
No, that guy left office Jan. 20, 2017 after blaming GW for 8 years. Now, the Democrats want to nominate a guy that hides his own Easter eggs. The "blue no matter who" crew...pfff.
Well, at least democrats aren't following a liar and Conman.
No, that guy left office Jan. 20, 2017 after blaming GW for 8 years. Now, the Democrats want to nominate a guy that hides his own Easter eggs. The "blue no matter who" crew...pfff.
Good one... Love your sense of humor... Trump has something like 16,000 lies and mistatements documented..
As for him blaming GW,, WAKE UP,, Look at what your idiot is doing..
#GMSTRONG
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynahan
"Alternative facts hurt us all. Think before you blindly believe." Damanshot
We just got pure liquid in vials. No substrate. Y’all a bunch of amateurs.
It was around. I remember seeing people drop it in their eyes... I remember thinking how effing stupid that was. Plus the dosing was easier our way, bad trips are REAL.
We just got pure liquid in vials. No substrate. Y’all a bunch of amateurs.
It was around. I remember seeing people drop it in their eyes... I remember thinking how effing stupid that was. Plus the dosing was easier our way, bad trips are REAL.
I dropped acid a few times (probably fewer than 5). The very first time my friend and I took it, we couldn't stop laughing all night and well into the next day. Total euphoria. That feeling was never duplicated again. We tried the same purple microdot tabs from the same stash the following weekend without the same results. Somewhat pleasant reality distortion, but nothing like that first time. I never experienced a bad trip, but witnessed others having them. More recently I've seen GHB, bath salts and K2 really ruin someone's day.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
Someone really should let him know he was never actually in it.
I mean, they let him play, but his party was absolutely NEVER going to let him go anywhere with it.
ANY PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE is never going to be elected as POTUS by corporatists.
We went to a Pink Floyd concert in Pittsburgh and one of the dudes w/us put a tab of 4-way windowpane in his eye so he could start tripping earlier. That did not end well.
I'm no prude, imo, but I've never been high on anything. Never. I drink at times, and have been drunk, no doubt. I guess my fear of drugs has kept me away from them?
I'm no prude, imo, but I've never been high on anything. Never. I drink at times, and have been drunk, no doubt. I guess my fear of drugs has kept me away from them?
Notice most of them are Liberals who think they are cool.
I'm no prude, imo, but I've never been high on anything. Never. I drink at times, and have been drunk, no doubt. I guess my fear of drugs has kept me away from them?
Notice most of them are Liberals who think they are cool.
No, we know we're cool and we also know that you have a stick up your butt.
I'm no prude, imo, but I've never been high on anything. Never. I drink at times, and have been drunk, no doubt. I guess my fear of drugs has kept me away from them?
Notice most of them are Liberals who think they are cool.
OR more like guys who didn't spend those young years afraid of everything. Refer madness much?
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