Hurricane Ian politics (3 of 3)

 Amy Klobuchar insists voting Democrat will stop hurricanes.

Did Amy Klobuchar just suggest voting for Democrats will stop hurricanes?

"We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades. That's why [Democrats] have to win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida." pic.twitter.com/F9cDc7QAr9

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 27, 2022

Annnnnnd.....Klobuchar Out!

President Trump was right - pre-Super-Tuesday both Buttigieg and now Klobuchar drop out (in addition to Tom (who now?) Steyer) drop out to clear a path for either Bloomberg or Biden to go mono-a-mono with Sanders and take him out.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is suspending her presidential campaign after failing to break into the top tier of Democratic candidates.

She plans to drop out of the race and endorse former Vice President Joe Biden in Dallas on Monday night, according to her campaign.

It's just hours before polls open in her home state of Minnesota on Super Tuesday.

Don't be surprised if Warren is encouraged to stay in. That hurts Sanders too.

Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2020

This is all happening pre-Super-Tuesday.  That matters because the votes do not get split as much.  Clearly Establishment  Democrats are enthusiastic given Biden's win in South Carolina.  This could really backfire on them.

Bernie wins NH, but that's not the headline.

As of this posting it looks like Bernie Sanders has won the state of New Hampshire primary on the Democrat side. But that is not really the big story.

Here are the results right now:

• BERNIE SANDERS 25.9% (73,470 Votes) + 9 Delegates
• PETE BUTTIGIEG 24.4% (69,216 Votes) + 9 Delegates
• AMY KLOBUCHAR 19.8% (55,982 Votes) + 6 Delegates
• ELIZABETH WARREN 9.3% (26,266 Votes)
• JOE BIDEN 8.4% (23,813 Votes)
• TOM STEYER 3.6% (10,138 Votes)
• TULSI GABBARD 3.3% (9,255 Votes)
• ANDREW YANG 2.8% (8,023 Votes)

But Bernie's win is probably the 4th most interesting story of the night last night ranking just behind Andrew Yang dropping out of the race, Joe Biden tanking (so badly he may actually work for a gas company like Burisma himself) and the biggest story of them all - Mike Bloomberg is a racist.

It leads one to wonder if he will make it out of Super Tuesday where he is placing all his financial efforts (that's all the effort by the way, financial).  Democrats were starting to warm to his bombardment of advertising in some states but this could derail him entirely.

The pros and cons of the Democratic candidate field

I do not envy the Democrat voters, they have quite an unremarkable slate of options to choose from for their presidential candidate nominee.  Nevertheless, going into tonight's New Hampshire primary results, I have been following along on developments (just not with any enthusiasm).

I have compiled what I believe most of the candidates brings to the table for their fight to win the nomination as well as their eventual defeat by president Trump.

Michael Bloomberg
Biggest Pro: He has billions of dollars to spend to create an aura of his greatness.
Biggest Con: His real aura.

Bernie Sanders
Biggest Pro: He has a cult following of socialists and the naive.
Biggest Con: He has a cult following of socialists and the naive.

Elizabeth Warren
Biggest Pro: name a persecuted group and she'll join it.
Biggest Con: her medicare for all with no tax may be the biggest con of all time.

Pete Buttigieg
Biggest Pro: He looks like a cardboard cutout of a model.
Biggest Con: He answers questions like one too.

Amy Klobuchar
Biggest Pro: Is able to meekly refuse support for a socialist nominee
Biggest Con: Who, now?

Andrew Yang
Biggest Pro: He knows the maths.
Biggest Con: The maths are against him.

Tom Steyer
Biggest Pro: None
Biggest Con: What's the point?

Tulsi Gabbard
Biggest Pro: Common sense on many issues.
Biggest Con: Democrats are against common sense.

Joe Biden
Biggest Pro:  This was hard but I gotta go with the Establishment is only half backing him.
Biggest Con: He physically attacks his supporters and has probably gone insane.