Yesterday's South Carolina massacre of Bernie Sanders by Hillary Clinton virtually guarantees that the 2016 general election for president will be between just two candidates.
Thanks to the Yuge victory that foreshadows a Clinton nomination this July in Philadelphia, I forecast that former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg will sit out of the race as an independent candidate.
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| How could you not vote for this face? Sorry folks, I'm out. |
But Mayor Bloomberg has only until the end of Wednesday to either file for election or not be on the ballot in all 50 states, a surefire recipe for losing.
The astute business magnate won't risk the billion dollars he announced he'd spend on his campaign on a bad bet.
After the stomping Bernie Sanders took in South Carolina yesterday, thanks to Hillary corralling more than 86% of the black vote, it's looking pretty gloomy for The Bern, especially in the South.
His message isn't getting through to black voters, aside from millennials. And black establishment Democrats are the most cohesive and formidable bloc of voters in the South. A candidate can't win without it's support.
Though South Carolina portends poorly for Bernie in the rest of the South, victories for him elsewhere such as California, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Massachusetts, will mean Hillary can't get enough delegates to win on a first convention vote.
Then we'll see a brokered convention, and all bets are off.
And let us not forget Hillary's legal problems lurking in the shadows. They could rear their ugly heads at any time.
It's getting interesting folks. Put on your seatbelts, Super Tuesday is less than 48 hours away.
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