I didn't watch the Biden-Bernie show last night but I can tell you who won the debate. A friend of mine who desperately wants Bernie to win wrote me that he mopped the floor with Biden and unquestionably proved which of them was the better man. A friend of mine who desperately wants Joe to win wrote me that he mopped the floor with Sanders and unquestionably proved which of them was the better man. When people score debates, that's more or less how it goes.
I'm assuming that barring some outta-left-field turn of events, Biden has a lock on it. And that turn of events would be something like Biden getting real sick or Martians invading the Earth. Doesn't the idea of Martians invading feel a little less implausible than it did two weeks ago? You know, back when everything in the country suddenly shutting down for a pandemic seemed about equally likely?
And I'm assuming Bernie knows it's over and like Elizabeth Warren, is just waiting to see what he can get from Biden and/or the party in exchange for being a good, Biden-backing loser. Senator Sanders has been very successful at nudging his party to the left and making some of what once seemed like wild ideas seem way more possible. He's probably still playing that game because he's good at it.
You know the old saying about how soldiers go into war with the army they have, not the army they want? We also go to warlike elections with the nominee we have. I would have preferred Bernie to Joe — and maybe one or two others to Joe — but if it's indeed Biden, I'm okay with that. I hope he picks a running mate who'll make me feel even more okay with that.