[campaignPete R-CT]

There’s rarely a good reason to strengthen the left by voting Socialist. This is not an emergency.

Trading short-term benefit of harming Joe for .... Long-term consequence of what?

CREEP is weakening Joe without strengthening Bernie.

[buckalfa]

You are correct, casting a “chaos” vote in an opposing party’s primary is sophomoric. Yet if it causes the Rats to support changing to a closed primary system in SC, it will have been worth my effort. Rats vote enmass in GOP primaries in SC giving us the likes of Lindsay Graham.

[Impy]

I have to say I'm not very afraid of Biden at this point but I don't know man. If Bernie is really, as I suspect, appreciably less likely to beat Trump and will hurt rat chances of keeping the House then it would hardly be a "short-term" benefit, would it? Though Sanders getting clearly robbed (unlike last time when he in fact clearly lost) is also an interesting possibility.

McGovernesque is a fantasy but there is real chance he could have a Bryanesque performance in November.

Normally I wouldn't even consider it but with nothing at stake for me in the Illinois primary but a bunch of gleeps vying for the right to lose to Durban, I'm leaning in favor of taking a rat ballot and voting for Sanders (and against the SA who let Jussie Smollett off). I think primaries should be closed and I would never actually register as a rat to save my life but hey, they are are wide open in Illinois.

As for this result in SC, well gee I didn't know James Clyburn had this level of influence but I would say it was the only reason Biden did so well.

Bye bye Steyer.

I don't think this means much for Biden in other states. The decline of Bloomberg is a bigger factor helping Biden on Tuesday.

Word is Biden wants Amy and Liz to stay in to keep Bern from taking all the delegates in MA and MN.