The State of the Race

Some of the pros are saying that only Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders, two old Jews, have the organizations needed to do well on Super Tuesday. That might change.  

For one week that analysis looks accurate to me. 

Many people committed--with sound reasons--to other candidates, refuse to accept that their candidates fall short in two vital areas. They are not organized well in Super Tuesday states. And/or they do not have trusted connections to voters of color. As I see it, those candidates have about three weeks to fix things, or they will fail. 

African Americans and Hispanics form the base of the party, something more than 40% of all Democrats. Without them turning out big, the Democrats cannot win.  

Bloomberg is currently attempting to buy the Presidency in the same way he bought the NYC mayoralty as a Republican (!)  He has 60 billion dollars. He is already paying huge sums to the shrewdest and least ethical political operatives in the nation. He is buying tons of ads, and he buys lots of endorsements. He will give millions to your favorite charity, whose leaders will then find ways to show gratitude. That is how he runs for office. It works (so far). 

I should be blunt here. I worked in New York for 34 years.I was aware of Bloomberg. He is mildly racist in the way that many ordinary people were mildly racist in the last century. Current voters are likely to catch on to this.

 Bloomberg is infinitely better than tRump, but in the primary I'm voting for Sanders, who is ready to take on the fossil fuel industry that is making our planet uninhabitable, if that matters.