I was wondering the same thing. Who is behind this? We'll have to wait and see who the man behind the curtain is. I have my suspicions.
Somebody behind the scenes is driving this and funding this. Perhaps the DNC. They are terrified of Biden not getting to 15% in California, and not getting any California delegates.
I think the anti-Bloomberg mindset among the “moderate”/establishment Democrat wing is as strong as the anti-Bernie mindset.
Earlier the theory was Klobuchar would stay in through the Minnesota primary so she could pull votes from Bernie. It now appears that is not the plan, tomorrow is too important.
However, I wonder how much a candidate’s endorsement means? I think a lot of Klobuchar’s support will go to Warren, because I think part of Klobuchar’s appeal was that she was a woman. After Klobuchar clobbered Buttigieg, there is no way Buttigieg supporters would move to Klobuchar. But polls suggested about 20% of his support would go to Biden, but another 20% would go Sanders and about 20% to Warren. That suggests 40% of Buttigieg’s support in anti-establishment. Same with Steyer. He was to the left of Warren. His support would likely go to Sanders and Warren, not Biden.
This is total desperation. Biden knows much of California has already voted, and Buttigieg and Klobuchar are the only candidates he can draw support from, but they are both polling in single digits in California. Perhaps the plan is to get Warren to 15% too, so both Biden and Warren take some delegates to prevent a blow-out by Bernie.
I was wondering the same thing. Who is behind this? We'll have to wait and see who the man behind the curtain is. I have my suspicions.