Will Sanders pass the Nevada test?

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On the roster: Will Sanders go the Nevada check? – Dems really feel the money crunch – Trump butts heads with intel workforce over Russia warning – Trump trolls Dems with rallies out west – There’s no ceiling on stupidity

WILL SANDERS PASS THE NEVADA TEST?
Politico: “Nevada presents the primary check of [Bernie Sanders’] capacity to prove Latinos. If he does effectively among the many key demographic — which may account for 20 p.c of caucus-goers — it may present a recipe for continued success amongst Latinos on Tremendous Tuesday, in states resembling California, Texas, and North Carolina. The marketing campaign says it’s spent hundreds of thousands on Latino outreach in Nevada. Of the 250 staffers within the state, greater than 100 of them are folks of colour and 76 are Latinos. Sanders is concentrating on Latinos on digital platforms like YouTube, Hulu, and Pandora; with mailers, TV adverts, cellphone calls, and texting; and through old school door-knocking and group occasions. The marketing campaign has held 35 of these in Spanish. Polling backs up Sanders advisers’ confidence that the efforts — crafted with the information of their 2016 missteps in thoughts — will repay within the first nominating contest with a various voting inhabitants.”

Bloomy makes prepared for a contested conference – Politico: “Mike Bloomberg is privately lobbying Democratic Get together officers and donors allied together with his reasonable opponents to flip their allegiance to him — and block Bernie Sanders — within the occasion of a brokered nationwide conference. The hassle, largely executed by Bloomberg’s senior state-level advisers in current weeks, makes an attempt to prime Bloomberg for a second-ballot contest on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in July by poaching supporters of Joe Biden and different reasonable Democrats, in keeping with two Democratic strategists acquainted with the talks and unaffiliated with Bloomberg. The outreach has concerned conferences and phone calls with supporters of Biden and Pete Buttigieg — in addition to uncommitted DNC members — in Virginia, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and North Carolina, in keeping with one of many strategists who participated in conferences and calls. … It’s a presumptuous play for a candidate who hasn’t but received a delegate and even appeared on a poll. And it may additionally carry havoc to the conference…”

Harry Reid: Dem candidates want greater than plurality to win nomination – WaPo: “Former Senate majority chief Harry M. Reid stated Thursday that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) or any presidential candidate shouldn’t get the Democratic nomination in the event that they finish the first course of in first place however are shy of the requisite majority of delegates. Reid (D-Nev.) dismissed recommendations from Sanders and his supporters that he ought to grow to be the nominee if he finishes with a plurality lead forward of the remainder of the candidates however wanting the 1,991 delegates wanted to safe the nomination outright. Reid even steered {that a} group of reasonable candidates, trailing Sanders total, may assemble a coalition forward of the Democratic conference in July in Milwaukee handy the nomination to another person.”

DEMS FEEL THE CASH CRUNCH
Politico: “Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren every began the month scraping perilously near the underside of their marketing campaign financial institution accounts… Whereas Sanders began February with practically $17 million within the financial institution, in keeping with marketing campaign finance disclosures filed Thursday evening, his subsequent closest rival (nonbillionaire class) was Biden, at $7.1 million. Warren was closest to the purple, with simply $2.Three million left in her account, whereas Buttigieg ($6.6 million) and Klobuchar ($2.9 million) have been in between. The money crunch comes at a vital time within the race, with practically one-third of the delegates out there within the main up for grabs on Tremendous Tuesday on March 3 — and solely a handful of candidates capable of marshal sources to promote to voters in these 14 states. It’s why tremendous PACs, demonized firstly of the 2020 main, are immediately leaping in to help most Democratic candidates, and it’s why the campaigns are actually making ever extra pressing pleas for monetary assist.”

Warren flips on tremendous PACs as marketing campaign struggles for money – Fox Information: “Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren is reversing her place on opposing assist from exterior teams resembling tremendous PACs. The progressive senator from Massachusetts had lengthy spoken out towards such political motion committees — however as she makes an attempt to mount a comeback for the nomination after disappointing third- and fourth-places finishes within the Iowa caucuses and final week’s main in neighboring New Hampshire, respectively, she’s altering her stance. Chatting with reporters on Thursday after a cease at a marketing campaign subject workplace in North Las Vegas forward of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, Warren stated: ‘If all of the candidates wish to do away with tremendous PACs, depend me in, I’ll lead the cost. However that’s the way it needs to be. It may well’t be the case {that a} bunch of individuals hold them and one or two don’t.’

S.C. ballot exhibits Biden nonetheless ridin’ – Winthrop College: “Joe Biden stays the best choice for South Carolina voters for the Democratic Get together presidential nominee however different candidates are gaining floor and practically 1 in 5 probably voters are nonetheless undecided, in keeping with the most recent Winthrop Ballot. Given the margin of error, his lead of 24% to Sanders’ 19% could also be scant certainly. South Carolinians head to the polls on Feb. 29 to take part within the Democratic Get together Presidential Major. Voters within the Palmetto State don’t register by get together. … Of the African American voters contacted, Biden had even larger numbers, at 31%. Different candidates planning to run within the S.C. main with assist have been U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, 19%; billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, 15%; and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, 7%; and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 6%. The remaining two candidates fell beneath 5%. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg shouldn’t be on the S.C. poll.”

However Sanders is holding on to California – Monmouth College: “Bernie Sanders leads the sphere in California’s Tremendous Tuesday main, even though only one in Four probably voters at the moment assist him. The Monmouth College Ballot finds that Sanders’ vote share may improve, although, if it got here all the way down to a two-person race. Latino voters are a core constituency for Sanders within the Golden State. With early ballots already rolling in, few voters say there’s a excessive risk they may change their candidate selection. Amongst California voters who’re prone to take part within the March Three Democratic main, assist at the moment stands at 24% for Sanders, adopted by 17% for Joe Biden, 13% for Mike Bloomberg, 10% for Elizabeth Warren, and 9% for Pete Buttigieg. Help for different candidates contains Tom Steyer at 5%, Amy Klobuchar at 4%, and Tulsi Gabbard at 2%. One other 13% of probably main voters stay undecided and don’t lean towards any candidate at the moment.”

Klobuchar makes a play with Tremendous Tuesday adverts – Politico: “Amy Klobuchar is launching three new adverts and going up with a seven-figure TV advert purchase protecting half of the Tremendous Tuesday states on Thursday, becoming a member of a small group of Democratic presidential candidates promoting within the delegate-rich primaries looming on March 3. The Minnesota senator’s marketing campaign will begin airing TV and digital adverts on Thursday in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The marketing campaign didn’t say the way it will divvy up the purchase among the many states. Two of Klobuchar’s new adverts distinction her with President Donald Trump. … The third spot contains a condensed model of Klobuchar’s longtime stump speech, interesting to individuals who ‘really feel caught in the midst of the extremes in our politics and are uninterested in the noise and the nonsense,’ Klobuchar says.”

THE RULEBOOK: USE YOUR WORDS
“One factor, in any respect occasions, have to be evident, {that a} authorities just like the one proposed would bid a lot fairer to keep away from the need of utilizing drive, than that species of league contend for by most of its opponents; the authority of which ought to solely function upon the States of their political or collective capacities.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 27

TIME OUT: COMRADE SEUSS
Paris Assessment: “Russia had a Dr. Seuss. … Title: Kornei Chukovsky. Dates: 1882 to 1969. Variety of supremo-supremo traditional kids’s books to his credit score: ten or twelve. His stuff is loads like Inexperienced Eggs and Ham: about that lengthy; rhymes bouncing round like popcorn; no actual level in sight. … He was a younger father; his son was sick … so Chukovsky wound up on a prepare in the midst of the evening with that poor child, age like 4 or one thing, sick and moaning. To take the child’s thoughts off the horribleness, Chukovsky acquired him engrossed in some form of collaborative improvisation sport, rhyming like loopy round a narrative of a crocodile who involves Saint Petersburg and eats a canine after which a cop or one thing… there’s a warfare … the crocodile runs round … Chukovsky’s child was only a teeny factor, however he knew inspiration when he noticed it. He forgot all about his guts and helped Mozart compose his first symphony.”

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SCOREBOARD
ESTIMATED DELEGATES FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
Buttigieg: 23
Sanders: 21
Warren: 8
Klobuchar: 7
Biden: 6
[Ed. word: 1,991 delegates wanted to win]

TRUMP JOB PERFORMANCE 
Common approval: 46 p.c
Common disapproval: 50.Four p.c
Web Rating: -4.Four p.c
Change from one week in the past: ↑ Three factors
[Common contains: Gallup: 49% approve – 48% disapprove; ABC Information/WaPo: 46% approve – 52% disapprove; NBC Information/WSJ: 47% approve – 50% disapprove; NPR/PBS/Marist: 44% approve – 51% disapprove; Monmouth College: 44% approve – 51% disapprove.]

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TRUMP BUTTS HEADS WITH INTEL TEAM OVER RUSSIA WARNING
NYT: “Intelligence officers warned Home lawmakers final week that Russia was interfering within the 2020 marketing campaign to attempt to get President Trump re-elected, 5 folks acquainted with the matter stated, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it towards him. The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing appearing director of nationwide intelligence, for permitting it to happen, folks acquainted with the trade stated. Mr. Trump was significantly irritated that Consultant Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the chief of the impeachment proceedings, was on the briefing. Throughout the briefing to the Home Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that he had been powerful on Russia and that he had strengthened European safety. Some intelligence officers considered the briefing as a tactical error, saying the conclusions may have been delivered in a much less pointed method or omitted totally to keep away from angering Republicans.”

Faucets partisan brawlers to steer spy community – Politico: “Kash Patel, a former prime Nationwide Safety Council official who additionally performed a key position as a Hill staffer in serving to Republicans discredit the Russia probe, is now a senior adviser for brand new appearing Director of Nationwide Intelligence Richard Grenell, in keeping with 4 folks acquainted with the matter…. He had beforehand labored as Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)’s prime staffer on the Home Intelligence Committee and was the lead writer of a report questioning the conduct of FBI and DOJ officers investigating Russia’s election interference. Republicans later used the report back to bolster arguments that the probe was a plot to take down President Donald Trump. Grenell, who has not served in any U.S. intelligence company and also will proceed because the U.S. ambassador to Germany, is not going to require Senate affirmation to function appearing director. Nor will Patel in his new position.”

TRUMP TROLLS DEMS WITH RALLIES OUT WEST
NYT: “President Trump shouldn’t be precisely a fan of life on the street. He agreed to a four-day Western journey this week on the situation that he spend each evening on the Trump Worldwide Resort in Las Vegas. And that location had one other attraction: It positioned him on the present heart of the 2020 presidential race — Nevada, the place Democrats will vote Saturday in caucuses that might reshape the marketing campaign. The journey was meant to showcase the president’s aggressive re-election push to drum up funds from high-dollar donors in California, a Democratic state the place Mr. Trump is broadly unpopular however enjoys some concentrated pockets of assist. However the president believes that wherever he goes, he can drive the information cycles — and political fortunes — to show in his favor.”

Republicans see surge in Home, Senate candidates – Fox Information: “A file variety of candidates have filed to run for workplace within the Home and Senate, breaking final cycle’s history-making numbers from the identical time limit. However not like the 2018 midterms when the surge was pushed by Democrats, the congressional growth this time is on the Republican aspect, in keeping with the most recent federal candidate and monetary exercise report obtained completely by Fox Information. In 2019 alone, 781 Republicans filed federal paperwork to run for the Home, probably the most ever recorded in an odd yr on the Federal Election Fee. That’s up from 593 GOP candidates in 2017, when Democrats had an astounding 937 candidates on the identical level. Republican candidates throughout the nation interviewed by Fox Information stated they really feel momentum is on their aspect this time. Energized by President Trump and his impeachment acquittal, congressional hopefuls are making the case that Trump wants a fighter like them within the Home or else the nation will succumb to ‘socialist’ Democratic plans.”

PLAY-BY-PLAY
Doug Collins spurns Trump Intelligence submit, will keep his Senate main problem – Fox Information

AUDIBLE: OH, HELLO 
“As I settle for all films provided (2 up to now) I settle for.” – Comic John Mulaney stated in a tweet with a clip of Pete Buttigieg answering rapid-fire questions at city corridor in Los Angeles on Thursday. When Buttigieg was requested, “Who would play you in a biopic?” his response was, “I’m hoping for John Mulaney.”

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FROM THE BLEACHERS
“How about this state of affairs. Bloomberg comes out on prime. Sanders runs as an unbiased. Democrats concede, they misplaced the presidency, however, with a Sanders third get together bid, they’ve a complete lot of energized voters who go and vote and hold the Home and flip the Senate. That, to me, is the worst state of affairs for a Republican.” – Jim Dobbyn, Traverse Metropolis, Mich.

[Ed. word: I’d say the worst case state of affairs for Republicans can be Democrats uniting behind an electable reasonable, thumping President Trump, flipping Senate seats and increasing their Home majority. As for Sanders as an unbiased, it could be subsequent to unimaginable. By the point the primaries are over, it could be too late for him to get on the poll nationally as an unbiased. Even when he may persuade, say, the Inexperienced Get together, to present him their nomination, sore loser legal guidelines, although legally untested, would in all probability make it unimaginable for him to run any form of nationwide marketing campaign.] 

“As I noticed the Democratic delegate counts in at the moment’s message, I believe it’s fascinating that primarily all of the Democratic contenders (and plenty of within the Senate and Congress) have talked about abolishing the electoral system. Clearly they don’t like that they received the favored vote however nonetheless misplaced the Presidential election. However what are they utilizing now to find out who the get together’s presidential candidate might be? It appears to me to be principally a variation of the electoral system. Appears considerably hypocritical to me. I’m solely guessing, but when they tried to approve a ‘in style vote winner’ system for the get together nominee, there can be many small states who wouldn’t soar on the bandwagon. Am I mistaken — what are your ideas?” – Mike Vesel, Weston, Wis.

[Ed. word: Bernie Sanders definitely agrees with you! Sure, delegates are a type of oblique democracy much like the Electoral Faculty. And if issues get bizarre, the democracy might get much more oblique if there isn’t a winner on the primary poll in Milwaukee. Now, I don’t consider it as hypocrisy. I don’t pay a lot consideration to what partisans say about issues of course of since we all know that they may dependable argue for whichever place they imagine will profit them. I imply, they’re politicians.]

“Given the talk efficiency throughout [Wednesday], I believe a extra acceptable Norm Peterson reference would have been ‘It is a dog-eat-dog world on the market and I am sporting Milk-Bone underwear!’ sooner or later within the commentary.” – Tim Roshak, North Canton, Ohio

[Ed. word: Woof!]

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THERE’S NO CEILING ON STUPIDITY
WOIO: “An inmate’s try to flee from jail led to embarrassing vogue when she fell via the power’s ceiling. Surveillance video from the Montgomery County Jail facility in Dayton [Ohio] captured the second Jessica Boomershine pulled over a chair and climbed via the ceiling by eradicating the tiles. Different inmates might be seen watching the 42-year-old girl’s try and seemingly cheering her on whereas she ascended. After about 15 seconds, particles began to fall from the ceiling and corrections officers rushed to the realm as Boomershine got here crashing via. One officer grabbed onto Boomershine, who landed in a trash can as an alternative of slamming to the ground. Jail information from Montgomery County present that Boomershine, in addition to Billy Joe Farra, have been being held for allegedly assaulting and robbing an 85-year-old man the 2 befriended at a Miamisburg on line casino. Boomershine faces new expenses for escape and destruction of property for her try and flee from jail.”

AND NOW, A WORD FROM CHARLES…
“Longevity for a columnist is a straightforward proposition: When you begin, you do not cease. You do it till you die or can now not put a sentence collectively. It has all the time been my intention to die at my desk, though my most cherished ambition is to survive the property tax.” – Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018) writing within the Washington Submit on Dec. 18, 2009.

Chris Stirewalt is the politics editor for Fox Information. Brianna McClelland contributed to this report. Need FOX Information Halftime Report in your inbox each day? Enroll right here.

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