Hey! I know it's a few days late but I've been busy dealing with other things just like everybody else. Since there was a breather of sorts in terms of the primary race it can be viewed as kind of like Spring Break - a chance to step back and unplug. But since there were three caucuses last Saturday,it's back to the grind.
First, last Saturday clearly belonged to Sen.; Bernie Sanders with his wins in Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington. While a lot of these wins for either Sanders of Hillary Clinton may be by a couple of points, these stand out because they were big wins. How big? In Washington State, Sanders won every county. While Clinton still has more delegates, Sanders currently stands at wither 980 (according to AP) or 1,038 (according to Five Thirty Eight). This is in part due to how delegates are chosen in Washington state (where some are chosen after the vote according to some sources). Regardless, this should've made the corporate owned media take notice.
However, it was Easter weekend and since the GOP didn't have a caucus or election of some sort (thus allowing the pundits to further give Donald Drumpf [a/k/a: Trump] unnecessary press) they pretty much gave it little notice. Sadly this isn't surprising but shows the mainstream less interested i telling what actually happened and more into entertainment.
Where does this leave the race. The Wisconsin primary is next Tuesday (April 5). Being an open primary, that can be good news for Sanders. It's also a primary for both the Democrats and the Republicans with the big news on the GOP being WI Gov. Scott Walker endorsing Ted Cruz.
Since I haven't seen a ton of news regarding Wisconsin, it could be anyone's guess what happens, though I have a feeling voter suppression will rear it's ugly twisted head in this go round for some reason.
Meanwhile, Clinton and Sanders are beginning to focus on New York (the NY primary is April 19 with 247 delegates up for grabs). Sanders has challenged Clinton to a debate, but Hillary Clinton has refused., calling it a stunt. Personally, I think a debate would be a good thing to see who the better candidate will be (ironically, in 2008 Sen. Clinton said a candidate should be willing "to debate anywhere, anytime"). However, as Clinton campaign officials have complained about Bernie's tone, accusing Sanders of running negative campaign ads they seem adamant about not doing it.
As springtime fully takes hold, one thing is certain. It's going to be a long seven months intil the election.
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