2020 Election And On...

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June 2, 2020- Joe Biden takes New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, while Bernie Sanders takes New Mexico, Montana, and South Dakota. Bernie Sanders has his final rally of the primary season in Washington, DC taking on his anti-establishment message directly to the capital. Elizabeth Warren takes to the stage with him, even though the whole feud between the two over sexism in prior months, both candidates realized that any chance to win the Democratic nomination ran through a united progressive front. Biden took the stage in Newark, New Jersey where he introduced his "big four" endorsements: Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bloomberg, and Beto O'Rourke. Then he announced the newest member, he joked about it making it the "fab five", Cory Booker. Biden wants to force Bernie out and unite the Democratic Party before any dramatic contested convention fights in Milwaukee in July.

Throughout June- Bitter squabbling perverse the media, Bernie supporters taking digs as a "status-quo, establishment, old-school moderate Democrat", while Biden supporters fire back with Bernie as "a radical who will scare independents into giving Donald Trump four more years in the White House." As the convention gets closer, President Donald Trump gives daily shots as both "Crazy Bernie" and "Sleepy Joe". His base is stronger than ever, and they all just laugh as the Democratic Party descends further into civil war. Both sides plan procedural moves to give their candidates the advantage. Bernie wants his delegates to fight "all-out" on the rules committee to remove superdelegates from the entire nominating process, while Biden wants to pull a 1976 move than Ronald Reagan tried but failed to do- force his opponent to name his VP nominee before the first ballot.  Bernie would get the "establishment" out of the voting process and go to straight hand-to-hand combat for delegates on the floor. Biden is hoping that Bernie would want another progressive candidate to be his running mate so that he can prove himself to the true unifier of the Democrats. Rumors of deals flew on the airwaves, the trade for each other's rules with another agreement to have no campaign influence on the platform committee, a straight-up fight to determine the party officially heading into 2020, while rules fights can still go. It was all rumors until...

June 29, 2020

BIDEN, SANDERS CAMPAIGN AGREE FOR NO SUPERDELEGATES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF VP PICKS BEFORE THE FIRST BALLOTBIDEN VP SHORTLIST: BOOKER, KLOBUCHAR, BUTTIGIEG, ABRAMSBERNIE VP SHORTLIST: TURNER, WARREN, PRESSLEY,
STAY TUNED FOR THE FINAL LEADUP AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2020!

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July 5, 2020- The Rules Committee unanimously passes both rule changes in the agreement, and moves on to its germane fights on the random procedure the Democratic National Committee has it its rules.

July 7, 2020- Joe Biden already ruled out Amy Klobuchar as a candidate, worried about any further revealing of her behavior toward interns. Cory Booker was seen as a good candidate, being well-liked by the general public and in need of a further boost to future presidential ambitions. Pete Buttigieg was a good pick for the future and had the presidential tone that Tim Kaine did not have in 2016. Stacey Abrams was the first major Democratic player from the South since Bill Clinton and Al Gore. She already has presidential ambitions and can play into the South. Biden's campaign has been pushing for Buttigieg as a middle ground between Biden's moderate base and Bernie's progressive base in a bid to unite the party. However, Biden himself wanted Cory Booker, a personal friend, he would fit in nicely and would not be a gaffe machine.

July 8, 2020- Bernie Sanders and his staffers only had one name when it came down to Vice President. He decided that without superdelegates, he would take the bait of Joe Biden and nominate a progressive VP. He and his campaign knew that if Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was old enough, that would be the slam-dunk pick. However, Nina Turner fits in very nicely, being National Co-Chair of his campaign, sharing a lot of the same positions, and the same charisma ability. The announcement sent happiness through moderate circles, thinking that the pick sealed his fate. In order to counter this, Bernie sets Turner up to a media blitz, as to suck up the air any Biden VP announcement would have.

July 11, 2020- Joe Biden finally made his decision. He gave into his campaign staff and asked Pete Buttigieg to be his Vice-Presidental candidate. He accepted and in a rally in Milwaukee, announced to the public. The reaction was very high on the selection, but Bernie's strategy in the interim worked. Democrats started to like Nina Turner. She wooed moderates as not being as a total yes-man to Bernie , and would speak her mind when needed. Bernie and Biden seemed to a very long, prolonged fight according to the delegate whip counts.

CNN Delegate Whip Count- Second Ballot
Bernie Sanders- 1,853
Joe Biden- 1,777
Undecided- 349

These 349 delegates, would determine which candidate will be the nominee, barring any last-minute draft movements or other craziness.