Dems Are Tone Deaf

Happy day after, Friends,

The Indiana primary could not have gone more as I predicted, even if I had written yesterday's post after the results were already in.

I absolutely nailed it, and I defy any other political pundit to make the same claim.

As I stated he would be this morning, Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.

As I stated he would be this morning, Bernie Sanders is a rejuvenated candidate.

The problem is, the Democratic leadership is in denial about the latter.

Here's the deal. The leadership continues to blindly support a flawed and damaged candidate, while the Independent voters she needs to win a general election are screaming they will NEVER vote for her.

Well, this was last time. This time around, the big sign should probably have the word
"No" in front of it.

Their importance is pretty much borne out by the results so far. The states in which Hillary Clinton has won primaries are those in which millions of Independents have been barred from voting.

How ironic, considering the Dems are constantly pointing their finger at the GOP as the party of organized disenfranchisement. .

In a climate that's screaming for  disruption, the Democrats can only get their anointed one nominated by excluding millions.

This behavior demonstrates how detached the party leadership is from its electorate (which normally includes millions of Independents). It's almost as if they're so intoxicated by their own narrative of a Hillary presidency that they've stopped paying attention.

Independent voters are shouting loudly how they feel about Hillary Clinton, but the leadership hears only its own tune. They seem to be listening to a Golden Oldie from the Clinton glory days of 1992.

Being such a known quantity makes it virtually impossible for Hillary to reinvent herself in any significant way between now and November.

There are nine contests left, and aside from New Jersey, I forecast Bernie Sanders will take them. Momentum could even lead to a Sanders sweep of all nine.

A sweep will still not give Bernie enough delegates to wrest the nomination away from Hillary at the July convention. But Bernie will have won the majority of contests and have YUGE momentum going in.

If the party turns a blind eye to the all-important momentum factor and steamrolls Hillary to the Democratic nomination, it will set itself up for certain failure in November.

Any blue ticket will need to include Bernie Sanders in some meaningful and important way, or you can count on seeing Donald Trump take the presidential oath of office on January 20th.