Is Sundown Joe About to Get His Clock Cleaned in Iowa?

Breaking news: Very old man peters out towards the end of a race.

Bernie Sanders continues to lead his Democratic rivals in New Hampshire just hours before the Iowa caucuses, which could hand him a crucial victory in the first contest of the race, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald-NBC10Boston poll reveals.

Sanders has boosted his support in the Granite State to 31% of likely Democratic voters, a seven point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden and 14 points ahead of Elizabeth Warren, who has stalled at 17%, according to the poll.

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in fourth place at 8%, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is at just 4% support, and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is at 3%.

Just 7% of New Hampshire Democratic voters say they are now undecided.

You may have heard that the the supposed gold standard of Iowa polls, the Selzer poll commissioned by the Des Moines Register, was cancelled and suppressed for reasons that many find... dubious.

There is some suspicion that the poll wasn't really thrown into the garbage because some interviewers forgot to mention Pete Bootygag as a candidate, or mispronounced his name.

Some suspect that those are just convenient rationalizations for rubbishing a poll that showed Bernie sanders well ahead of Joe Biden, and which might have caused a stampede of voters away from Biden.

A pollster who spoke on condition of anonymity told American Greatness that it was "highly unlikely" that Buttigieg's name would be mispronounced on such an important poll. "The phone workers are prepped on pronunciation,: she said, adding, "this was an important poll, little chance this was just blown off."

The pollster also explained that a call center manager walks around and listens to the calls while they’re being made.

The below is supposedly the reason for cancelling the poll:

Some people see the disappearance of things which are inconvenient to the Democrat Establishment as familiar:

Deb Heine notes that two other polls from last week showed Sanders surging and Biden falling. The New York Times had it 25% Sanders, 18% Bootygag, 17% Biden (third place!), and 15% Warren.

An Emmerson College poll had it 30% Sanders, 21% Biden. And then, surprisingly, 13% Klobuchar, and Warren behind her.

So what did this scrapped poll say?

We don't know, but people are claiming they've "heard" things.

Mike Cernovich says he heard it showed Sanders surging, Biden crashing:

This guy claims no, it was Warren surging, and Sanders crashing:

Joe Biden seems to be Lowering Expectations, and merely promises to "survive all the way through the whole thing."

Wow. You're vowing to merely survive?

Is that where the goalposts are now?

Joe Biden continues showing that he's an angry old man.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden bristled when he was asked during an interview about his son Hunter’s work for a Ukrainian energy company that is at the heart of the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump.

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Guthrie then asked if it was “wrong” for Hunter to take a seat on the board of Burisma Holdings “because the company wanted access to you.”

"That's not true. You're saying things you do not know what you’re talking about," Biden said. "No one has said that -- who said that?"

The NBC anchor said some people would see it as "sleazy" and asked "was it right?"

"Well, he said he regretted having done it. Speak for yourself. He's a grown man," Biden said.

Old Joe wants his shirt back:

Meanwhile, while the DNC and their owned and operated media (or is the media that owns and operates the DNC?) prepares to screw Sanders, it is worth noting that only 50% of Bernie supporters say they'll support any other candidate except for Bernie:

"Bernie or Bust" is a thing, again. And if he doesn't win, it is not unreasonable to suspect Bernie or Bust will have an even greater effect in the election than it did in 2016.

posted by Ace at 05:57 PM

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