Hi folks!
Let’s begin with the current pledged delegate situation. After Tuesday’s contests, Biden has nearly doubled his delegate lead since my last news diary.
The Green Papers has Biden’s lead at +163.
According to FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver, he sees the Democratic primary being “basically resolved”, and points to their polling averages out of FL, IL, OH, and AZ that heavily favor Biden. If the polling averages were to hold, Biden will significantly add to his already large lead.
This is very big news here. Biden is now endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan.
In poopdogcomedy’s diary about Biden’s shift to Warren’s position, Tamar’s excellent comment in that diary is instructive.
This is a really good sign and makes me feel much more enthusiastic about Biden.
Warren was my candidate and is a major expert on bankruptcy and her strong disagreement with Biden on the subject made me much less happy about supporting Biden. I still chose to support him for other reasons.
Changing his views on this is a good sign not just because it’s a big improvement but also because it means he’s listening to expertise and being more flexible — the total opposite of trump. They may both be old white guys, but Biden is not only a decent human being (as Warren said in her interview with Rachel), but also seems to be ready to hear new ideas and to change his own views when necessary.
As a Warren supporter, I’m extremely happy about this.
In my opinion—Biden’s change here highlights the importance of a candidate who’s willing to admit a mistake and is pragmatic enough to adopt a better position. This not only strengthens the candidate’s policy platform, it also strengthens his coalition as Tamar’s comment clearly demonstrates.
I’ve been in the process of moving, so don’t have much more for now. If you have some news you want to share, please free to do so in comments.
Go Joe!