Lol I got REALLY into this one.
Sen. Xing (D-WA)Gov. Lars L. Rock (D-NY)Sen. Angelo (D-WV)New York Gov. Lars L. Rock enters the primary season as the establishment favorite. However, rising star Senator Xing entered the primary race unexpectedly, siphoning off a huge amount of Gov. Rock's support. While Gov. Rock and Sen. Xing had no major ideological differences, Sen. Xing was stylistically more progressive (think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama). The entry of Sen. Angelo into the race threatened to cut off Sen. Xing's candidacy off at the knees. Temporarily, Xing fell to third place in public opinion polls, but by the time voting began, Sen. Xing had recovered much of his support by cutting into Gov. Rock's vote. Sen. Xing avoided going after Sen. Angelo too strongly, for fear of alienating his progressive base of support.
As voting began, Sen. Angelo surged to victory in the Iowa caucuses. Going into the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, Sen. Angelo was riding a wave of momentum but Gov. Rock was sitting on a huge polling advantage. Sen. Xing had come to close to rivaling Gov. Rock's lead in recent days but Sen. Angelo's surge blew Gov. Rock's margin wide open and Rock expectedly claimed victory on primary night. The political pundit class seemed to be in agreement that Angelo was not a shrewd enough politician to turn his momentum into a path to victory. At the same time, it seemed that Sen. Xing's fledgling campaign was on the way out, but Sen. Xing pledged to fight on insisting that nothing was wrong despite multiple campaign shake-ups. Before his huge victory in New Hampshire, Gov. Rock already held a huge lead in the state of Nevada and won an expected victory there. Sen. Xing looked for a win in South Carolina to upset the apple cart...
The Washington Post"XING TO DEMS: BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT DEAD!"A narrow victory in South Carolina solidified his support among African-American voters, but more importantly, kept his campaign alive. Going into Super Tuesday, Xing had momentum in the South...
Super Tuesday came. Gov. Rock scored 4 wins, Sen. Angelo 4, and Sen. Xing 3. Over the next month, Senator Xing blew his rivals away with 9 wins in primaries and caucuses. Sen. Angelo claimed 6 victories and Gov. Rock won 4 contests. The party establishment was now beginning to lose faith in Gov. Rock's candidacy and he vowed to drop out of the race if he didn't win his home state of New York on the April 19 primary...
The New York Times"ROCKED TO THE CORE: EMBARRASSED GOV. ROCK CALLS IT QUITS"Sen. Xing had eliminated his main rival for the nomination and the only potential threat to his coronation at the Democratic convention would come from the left. Fat chance. But, the Senator from West Virginia was persistent, and insistent that he was still in this thing.
Senator Angelo scored scattershot victories over the next month and a half, sometimes surprising victories. However, Sen. Xing's lead in delegates was insurmountable and with his bigger than expected victory in the California primary, he was put over the top.
The Los Angeles Times"XING WINS CALI; ANGELO FOLDS"Donald J. Trump | @realDonaldTrump
"The Democrats have nominated the choke artist Crooked Xing. We will beat him and Make America Great Again! He couldn't get elected dog-catcher! Sad!"
