Opinion: If Biden can’t gain traction in South Carolina, there is nowhere else he will
But even with Clyburn’s endorsement, what remains to be seen is how enthusiastically blacks will vote for him after his disappointing finishes in the first three contests. Like every other segment of the Democratic electorate, African Americans are looking for their surest bet to beat President Trump in November. Biden’s big-name endorsements in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada didn’t help him all that much in those states.
Perhaps these two rallies were not an accurate measure of how well Biden is doing. But they may also be a warningThen there is the question of where Biden goes from here. Anything but a resounding win in the state that Biden’s campaign has long viewed as its firewall is less likely to be seen as a revival of his prospects than a prolongation of life support.
Just three days after South Carolina comes Super Tuesday, when 14 other states and American Samoa will be voting. Biden’s campaign is strapped for cash, and has not been much of a presence in such expensive, delegate-rich states as California and Texas. Early voting in California has been going on for nearly a month.
Biden still insists that he is the Democrat with the best chance of winning against Trump, but he doesn’t boast as frequently as he once did about how he could beat the president ““South Carolina chooses presidents,” he said. “You decided to launch Bill Clinton to the White House, and up to that time, it didn’t look like he was going very far — but you did. You launched my buddy Barack Obama to the White House.
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