I just read a number of articles on whether Bernie Sanders still has a chance of grabbing the Democratic nomination. It looks like he does but that chance also looks pretty slim. Nate Silver lays out how slim it is. It could be over on Tuesday if Biden wins big in Michigan.
Daniel Larison summarizes the problem with Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis. If you don't want to read the whole thing, just read this…
The president needs people to think that everything he does is perfect, so he is incapable of acknowledging his failures and prefers to vilify accurate reporting about those failures. He cannot help but mismanage the government response because he cannot put the national interest ahead of his own selfishness. An untold number of Americans will be paying a steep price for the president's unfitness for office in the weeks and months to come.
Perry Bacon Jr. discusses why Elizabeth Warren didn't make it. Seems to me that it came down to one of those self-fulfilling circular prophecy things. The polls suggested she was not the best candidate to beat Trump and they said that because so many voters opted for Joe and Bernie over her and they felt that way because the polls suggested she was not the best candidate to beat Trump and they said that because so many voters opted for Joe and Bernie over her and they felt that way because the polls suggested…