On Sanders’ Super Tuesday, the Lights All Went Out in Massachusetts
- 8 years ago
Bernie Sanders had a reasonably good Super Tuesday.
He lost seven states to Hillary Clinton but won four or five states of his own, more than was expected.
He crushed Clinton in his home state of Vermont but also took non-conformist Oklahoma as well as the caucuses in frozen Minnesota and cool Colorado.
But Sanders didn’t take Massachusetts.
That’s all he needed.
If Sanders had won in Massachusetts - Vermont’s weighty neighbor to the south, bastion of upper crust liberalism, home of the venerated Elizabeth Warren - Wednesday morning’s headlines would be completely different.
They wouldn’t nod with condescension at his admittedly esoteric array of states but herald a grand upset, a shift in momentum, a rebuke to Clinton, a renewed contest.
But after a long and suspenseful count, Sanders got twenty thousands votes less than Clinton and Massachusetts was lost.
He lost seven states to Hillary Clinton but won four or five states of his own, more than was expected.
He crushed Clinton in his home state of Vermont but also took non-conformist Oklahoma as well as the caucuses in frozen Minnesota and cool Colorado.
But Sanders didn’t take Massachusetts.
That’s all he needed.
If Sanders had won in Massachusetts - Vermont’s weighty neighbor to the south, bastion of upper crust liberalism, home of the venerated Elizabeth Warren - Wednesday morning’s headlines would be completely different.
They wouldn’t nod with condescension at his admittedly esoteric array of states but herald a grand upset, a shift in momentum, a rebuke to Clinton, a renewed contest.
But after a long and suspenseful count, Sanders got twenty thousands votes less than Clinton and Massachusetts was lost.