Democratic Primary Update
Although the Democrats are still trying to count ballots in Nevada, it appears that Bernie Sanders is the hands-down winner there. Barring some never ending “ballot harvesting” that was typical of California’s last election cycle, Sanders is outpolling the nearest opponent by more than 2 to 1. This makes him the unambiguous frontrunner going into the South Carolina primary on Saturday.
While Joe Biden did a bit better here than in Iowa and New Hampshire, new questions about his cognitive decline arose Thursday when he referred to his dead son as the former Attorney General of the United States. This boosting of his late son Beau’s resume occurred during a CNN town hall event. Beau Biden had been a federal prosecutor in the DOJ’s Philadelphia office and was Attorney General of Delaware at one point.
Biden’s decline from frontrunner status appears to be the direct result of the Democrat’s impeachment drive. Although the Democrats tried to keep the apparent Biden family corruption out of the process, there was a direct correlation with the ebbing of his support to revelations during the impeachment process.