This red november to serve . Well, i became interested in the left ward drift of the Democratic Party because it seemed to me to be quite radical and bad not just for the Democratic Party but for the country. I had been a democrat in my College Years and shortly thereafter and i became more conservative before becoming a republican and joining breitbart and even then i retained an empathy for the kind of utopian thinking that the left does. Im not a utopian myself, but i do think that Many Democrats with whom i disagree on policy issues, ideological issues are coming from a very good place, they want to make the world better. And what struck me about the direction of the Democratic Party was that it is taking that party in such an extreme direction that it risks falling over the cliff and pulling the country with us. One of the most important things that changed my mind about politics was my experience for 7 years in south africa seeing that leftwing government mismanage the country af
Thats followed by prime ministers questions from the british house of commons. Then, joe biden, winter in South Carolina on saturday, campaigns in norfolk, virginia, ahead of tuesdays primary. Nearly a third of democratic president ial delegates will be chosen this super tuesday. 14 states, democrats abroad and American Samoa will all be voting. Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that
Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that the person with the most elegant going into delegates going into milwaukee would be the nominee. I do know if it will be decisive. But it will be quite a story the day after super tuesday, when you have all of these states picking all of these delegates. 1357 pledged delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday. 1991 are needed for nomination on
North carolina. For Bernie Sanders, vermont. And right now were looking at alabama with polls are just closing, and that looks like it will be for joe biden. So three of the first four contests that we can comfortably report tonight go to joe biden who little more than, what, 72 hours ago was given up for politically dead. That was then, this is now. Whatever he was able to cobble together even in states that had early voting that came before his stunning performance in South Carolina, well, one of that materialized to be a big worry for him. Were going to be digesting all these numbers besides alabama, just closing right now, the states of maine, massachusetts and oklahoma have also closed. Tennessee, which was to close at this hour because of the hurricane, a lot of folks having difficulty getting to the polls right now, they will, in fact, be allowed to continue looking for places to vote until at least 9 p. M. Eastern time, in some parts of the state up to 11 p. M. Were going to be
Thats the anxiety indicator, if you like. This morning, the yield is back up to 1. 00 . Ashley back up. Stuart back up, thats right. Well above the extraordinary lows that we hit yesterday. That would be record lows that we did touch yesterday. 1 even on the tenyear treasury. How about the price of gold, another flight to safety. Actually its down again, off two bucks at 1641. Okay. The primaries. A great night for joe biden. He won nine states including texas. He now has more delegates than bernie. Sanders did win california, but late deciders swarmed to biden. Bernie might not have won california if the two million early voters had just waited. Bloomberg did very badly, only winning American Samoa. His campaign is quote, evaluating its future. One of my colleagues at fox said never had anyone spent so much to achieve so little. Elizabeth warren, ultimate disaster, third in her home state of massachusetts, fourth in her native state, oklahoma. It was joes night. Hes back as a contende