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Scarborough: Time for Warren, Klobuchar to drop out 'to help consolidate efforts' against Sanders
The Hill ^ | 02 24 2020 | Joe Concha

Posted on 02/24/2020 5:36:50 AM PST by yesthatjallen

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Monday called on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to get out of the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with the "Morning Joe" co-host arguing that it would help "consolidate efforts against Bernie Sanders" by other candidates.

"People are talking about how as well as she’s done, as good of a campaign she’s run, it is time for her to get out of the race," Scaborough said of Klobuchar before pivoting to Warren. "A lot of people starting to talk about Elizabeth Warren, who finished weak again."

"She finished in fourth place in her neighboring home state where she was supposed to win in New Hampshire last week. This week another disappointing finish. She’s maybe in single digits. She’s up to 10 percent now, but she’s in single digits in most of these counts," he continued. "

"Is it time for Elizabeth Warren? If she keeps finishing in fourth, fifth place, is it time to her to get out of the race to help consolidate efforts against Bernie Sanders? That’s what a lot of buzz on Twitter suggesting that’s the case," Scarborough concluded.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; berniesanders; biden; joebiden; klobuchar; sanders; scarborough; warren
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To: lodi90
Makes some sense for the Dems to rally around Sanders now and avoid a brutal primary season.

That would be a very reasonable strategy--which means there is _no_ way they will go for it. ;-)
41 posted on 02/24/2020 6:31:47 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
#1: Money to get Bernie out? No way, POWER is worth any number Bloomberg could throw out. The left would even be satisfied with the power they taste in the run up to the Election even if they go down in flames.

#2: Dilute Bernie as much as possible and force a brokered convention? They would be smarter to get behind Bernie and "go for it". That is what I expect will happen after Super Tuesday.

42 posted on 02/24/2020 6:33:56 AM PST by Religion and Politics (It is time for more than one denomination of "Political Correctness".)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s funny that Jo(k)e assumes those two candidates’ voters will switch to Biden (Plugs), Bloomplug or Buttplug. Who’s to say they won’t get on the Bernie train?


43 posted on 02/24/2020 6:34:46 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: yesthatjallen
'to help consolidate efforts' against Sanders

Says it all for the elitists doesn't it?

44 posted on 02/24/2020 6:35:11 AM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: traderrob6

This would tend to bely your posted graphic...

South Carolina Democratic Primary Betting Odds

•Bernie Sanders: -175, 53.5% implied probability
•Joe Biden: +125, 37.4% implied probability
•Tom Steyer: +2200, 3.6% implied probability
•Pete Buttigieg: +3300, 2.4% implied probability
•Elizabeth Warren: +5000, 1.7% implied probability
•Amy Klobuchar: +6000, 1.3% implied probability


45 posted on 02/24/2020 6:35:56 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: yesthatjallen

90% of Warren’s supporters will go to Sanders.


46 posted on 02/24/2020 6:40:10 AM PST by PTBAA
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To: traderrob6

That is my read as well—I expect SC to be close, but if I had to bet I would on Bernie squeaking by Biden.

Momentum is _very_ important for low information primary voters.

I also agree with the comments here that the Democratic primary voter is _very_ left wing. They are the activists and fanatics from one of the rabid “rights” groups—they turn out for primaries and non-Presidential year elections.

General election voters in an election year tend to be less ideological as a whole, and that is why turnout is so critical in a presidential election.


47 posted on 02/24/2020 6:41:34 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: yesthatjallen

Neither Warren or Klobuchar have a path to the nomination and their money is going to dry up very rapidly, They’ll be gone by mid-March.


48 posted on 02/24/2020 6:43:48 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Religion and Politics
If you add up 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place Bernie still wins in Nevada. I really can't believe they are being so overt about trying to "stop Bernie!".

In my opinion the entire Iowa fiasco happened because Democrats were manipulating the votes to ensure Bernie wouldn't win.

The failure of the app brought unwelcome scrutiny to the process. For three weeks now they've been trying to find a way to reconcile the real numbers with the manipulated numbers.

They got caught cheating and they're still trying to cover their tracks.

New Hampshire and Nevada intensified the scrutiny of the process and with everyone watching they couldn't even attempt to manipulate the count.

Iowa proved Democrats are manipulating the numbers and now that they were caught they can't risk being caught again.

The Democratic leadership has lost their power to control the outcome and they're in full panic mode.

49 posted on 02/24/2020 6:44:19 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: traderrob6

As opposed to the polls in 2016? Makes no sense to dismiss the overall better track record of the betting markets while simultaneously citing frickin’ RCP and its polls.


50 posted on 02/24/2020 6:45:02 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: All

Special Memo from MplsSteve to Amy and Liz:

Please stay in this race. Don’t look at the polls! America wants you and needs you in this race as long as possible. You must get your message out at all costs! You are the vanguard of breaking the glass walls (or ceilings or whatever the hell they are) of sexism and misogynism that exists in this country.

Keep raising lots and lots of money! Keep fighting the good fight!


51 posted on 02/24/2020 6:51:14 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Trump20162020

I’ve got new for you brother, the betting markets were just as clueless on the 2016 election as were the polls...

PredictIt, an online trading platform jointly run by Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm Aristotle International Inc:

Clinton - 81 percent
Trump - 20 percent

Iowa Electronic Markets, winner-takes-all trading market:

Clinton - 71 percent
Trump - 28 percent

UK-based Betfair, internet betting exchange:

Clinton - 83 percent
Trump - 18 percent

UK-based Ladbrokes, online betting platform:

Clinton - 83 percent
Trump - 22 percent

Ireland’s Paddy Power, bookmaker:

Clinton - 83 percent
Trump - 18 percent

Probabilities were as of roughly 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT) on Sunday.


52 posted on 02/24/2020 6:53:10 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: yesthatjallen
"Is it time for Elizabeth Warren? If she keeps finishing in fourth, fifth place, is it time to her to get out of the race to help consolidate efforts against Bernie Sanders? That’s what a lot of buzz on Twitter suggesting that’s the case," Scarborough concluded.

Here is mourning joe, whose audience ratings have averaged less than 390 K for the past 15 years, telling people with bad numbers to get out.

If he took his own advice, he would have been off the air back in 2009, way before he married his current ho.

People quote crap from mourning joe, but other than a couple of hundred-thousand DC and NY people, who else watches it?

53 posted on 02/24/2020 6:55:13 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: DoodleDawg
Neither Warren or Klobuchar have a path to the nomination and their money is going to dry up very rapidly, They’ll be gone by mid-March.

Well, this can't be right. Amy has said that together these two have never lost an election.

54 posted on 02/24/2020 6:57:37 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Night Hides Not
What does Mika have to say? We don't have to read her book to know the minimal value of Klobuchar and Warren.

Mika knows that her value comes from her daddy's name, which can be a 210 point Scrabble word if it were licit.
55 posted on 02/24/2020 6:59:26 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: yesthatjallen

Don’t count Amy out just yet. She’s as sharp as a tack. She actually nailed the fact that Mexico’s president was elected in the last few years.


56 posted on 02/24/2020 7:02:27 AM PST by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: N. Theknow
Well, this can't be right. Amy has said that together these two have never lost an election.

They've lost four primaries and caucuses so far.

57 posted on 02/24/2020 7:04:41 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: traderrob6
Probabilities were as of roughly 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT) on Sunday.

You are correct, as I was eye balling the rates over the final weekend.

The betting line only indicates how a fool and his money are soon parted.

I used to be a heavy bettor, once had $55K on a single monday night game {to be honest, I had won 50 large over the weekend, and got greedy}. I lost.

The betting lines don't mean a thing, only that like minds are looking for reassurance anywhere they can find it.

58 posted on 02/24/2020 7:06:49 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: Trump20162020

Bernie is going to crush Biden in SC.

L


59 posted on 02/24/2020 7:07:42 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Klobuchar dropping out won’t hardly do a thing for or against anyone: she drew only 4.2% of the votes in nevada ... even Steyer beat Klobuchar there ... interesting that the fake stream media doesn’t call for billionaire Steyer to drop out ...


60 posted on 02/24/2020 7:10:12 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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