Is it entirely possible that Hillary Rodham Clinton — the one-time candidate of destiny for the Democratic Party — could lose here party’s presidential nomination after all?
Douglas Schoen — a former pollster for President Bill Clinton — thinks it’s possible.
His thesis is simple.
If U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wins the California primary next Tuesday, the Democratic brass is going to come down with a case of terminal heebie-jeebies at the prospect of nominating a badly damaged candidate for the presidency.
Where would they turn? Who would redeem the party’s political fortunes?
That would be the vice president of the United States of America, Joseph Biden.
The vice president has said repeatedly two seemingly contradictory things about his decision to opt out of running for the presidency.
One is that he believes he made the right call. Two is that he regrets making that decision.
You might ask: Huh?
If you are, I get it. I’ve asked the same thing.
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Honestly, I don’t know what will happen after Tuesday. Everyone’s expectation is that Clinton will secure enough delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot when Democrats gather this summer in Philadelphia. In addition to California, voters in the Dakotas and New Jersey are going to the polls.
Clinton cancelled campaign events in Jersey to concentrate on California.
What does all this mean for Biden?
“Mr. Biden would be cast as the white knight rescuing the party, and the nation, from a possible (Donald J.) Trump presidency,” the Democratic pollster said in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal.
I’ve stated already my admiration for the vice president. I wish he would have run. I understand why he stayed out. His son, Beau, had just died. The man is still mourning his son’s death.
In every other political year, though, it would appear that Biden’s decision to stay out of the race would be cast in stone.
As we’ve seen at almost every step along the way in this election season, this ain’t like anything we’ve ever seen.