It’s a long way from over, but the results on Super Tuesday for Democrats demonstrated, maybe, that the party has saved itself, if only for a while, from the sick social justice beast that’s threatening to consume it from top to bottom.
Joe Biden had an impressive night, winning important states for Democrats such as North Carolina and Virginia. It kept Bernie Sanders from widening the gap to an extent that would have made catching up an almost impossible task for the former vice president.
With that, I’m happy to say that I may have lost a bet that the Democratic Party was so far gone to the social justice mob that Sanders was all but a shoo-in for the nomination.
As of this writing around 10:30 p.m. ET, Biden came in first place in Virginia (competitive in the general election), North Carolina (somewhat of a swing state), Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Those results follow his mammoth win in South Carolina and the endorsements of former rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.
With California and Texas still out, it’s possible Sanders, the social justice candidate of choice, still earns a substantial lead. But not to the extent that he would have hoped and that America should have dreaded.
Sanders, who has so far only come in first in Colorado and Vermont (his home state), has banked most of his campaign since the beginning of the year on galvanizing the social justice maniacs in his party who place a premium on grievance, oppression, and victimhood. It appeared to be working, and there’s a chance it still is.
But, contrary to my bet, Sanders may come up short against the massive force working to crush him known as the Democratic Party establishment.
There are flickers of hope yet for the Democratic Party. There are flickers of hope yet for the United States.
