The panic in the ruling class is palpable. Sabato's Crystal Ball is basically predicting Sanders to wrap up the Democratic nomination on Super Tuesday (see "The Democratic Nomination: It’s Getting Late Early"): "Democratic rank-and-file voters do not seem worried about Sanders as the nominee. Many Democratic leaders feel differently. They are running out of time to make the voters heed their warnings."
South Carolina is the last stand for the neoliberal Ancien Regime that controls the Democratic Party. AP does a good job compiling the attack ads targeting Bernie, the ones that have proliferated since the commanding Sanders victory in Nevada. Tonight's debate (CBS, 8 PM EST) should provide some insight into how effective these attacks will be in braking Sanders' momentum. My guess is that they'll come up short.
The principal corporate mainstream talking point is that Bernie somehow has not been properly vetted despite being constantly the focus of negative stories in the prestige press the last four years. The "Not Vetted" line acts as a segue for the "Bernie Worships Fidel Castro" attack, which, though still being given prominent placement following the 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, has lost a lot of its force with all the footage on Twitter of Obama praising Cuba.
Biden is predicting to win by "plenty" in South Carolina. He has thus placed a large hurdle in front of his campaign. A relatively close second is all Bernie needs to fuel a Super Tuesday romp and lock down the nomination. Then we'll have to explore the next line of attack for the neoliberal Ancien Regime -- Bloomberg's purchase of the DNC.
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