Super Tuesday 2020
Joe Biden’s super Super Tuesday
U.S. Politics Insider newsletter: Voters came home to Joe. Elizabeth Warren lost out. And Michael Bloomberg saw the end of a three-month, woebegone investment.
Elizabeth Warren was a formidable candidate. What happened?
In one of the crueller predictions of the Democratic race for the presidency, nobody—not a single poll—foresaw Senator Elizabeth Warren winning her home state of Massachusetts on Super Tuesday. But it still has to sting for her to come third, losing to both Senator Bernie Sanders (who was expected to win) and former vice-president Joe Biden (who’s risen from his New England grave after collapsing in the New Hampshire primary).
Joe Biden: ‘For those that have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign’
Jaime Weinman on Super Tuesday: Biden won Virginia, where he had one field office. He won Oklahoma, where he never appeared at a rally. He won Massachusetts, never buying a TV ad.
Michael Bloomberg follows the exit signs after a bruising Super Tuesday
The mogul’s woebegone nomination bid proves that money can’t always buy elections—especially for lousy candidates