Trump Thumps, Bernie Berns

It's a sad morning, Friends,

Donald Trump did just as I predicted and pretty much swept all but about five of the 95 New York delegates, but Bernie! What happened?

When it all shakes out, Bernie Sanders will have dropped some 33 or so delegates to Hillary Clinton, and that's a tough one for his campaign to take, no matter how bright a face they try to put on it.

It's a loss he can ill afford.

Bernie's path to nomination now depends on landslide victories in the remaining states, and while possible, it doesn't seem likely.

A lot will depend on what happens in the Northeast Super Tuesday next week. If Bernie doesn't do extremely well in these five contests, it's over for him.

There is, however, another slim hope for the Sanders campaign.

Let's not forget that there are at least three active investigations of Hillary Clinton grinding away in the background. If the most serious of those bears fruit, Hillary is finished as a candidate.

In that Justice Department investigation, Bryan Pagliano, the Clinton aide who set up her private email server and who'd been shielding himself from criminal prosecution by taking the 5th Amendment, decided to spill the beans in exchange for immunity.

This could be a potential time bomb for Hillary.

But Clinton having to drop out of the race may not necessarily benefit Bernie Sanders. It's all about timing.

If her problems crop up after she is already nominated, the party is likely to bypass Sanders in favor of a more mainstream candidate...like Joe Biden.

Now this really gives me something to think about. What is Bryan Pagliano telling
the Justice Department, and why was he taking the 5th?

I believe this is one situation in which Biden would consider getting into the race. He'd certainly be looked at as the party'a healer as well as savior, and he'd have no problem handling Donald Trump in the general election.

Perhaps all the controversies swirling around in Hillary's background will amount to nothing, and Hillary Clinton will sail smoothly into the Oval Office as our nation's first female president.

Yeah right.