Joe Biden will be the Democrat nominee for President. Tonight, he won a convincing victory even in some states in which he had next to no presence.

On the other hand, the zaniness of the Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Disney World lineup came to an end with Bernie Sanders being judged, finally, to be too far to the left.

I say this with the complete support of the numbers, the numbers, the numbers — Joe Biden had a bigger victory than Hillary Clinton did against Bernie. Joe won by more than 10% greater margins. This is no tiptoe through the tulips; this was a cage match and Joe Biden won it all. Bernie is still at the Emergency Room having his ears re-attached.

The allure of Bernie Sanders to the young, the voters who did not vote in the last Presidential primary or election last time, has evaporated meaning all he had was a tepid youth vote — no minorities, no union members, no soccer moms, no tool turning dads, no vets, no seasoned citizens.

The Dem coalition showed up for Joe Biden and Joe Biden will ride that wave to Milwaukee and emerge with the nomination with zero friction. It is now a coronation.

It would be better for Biden if he had a hard fight, if he perfected his message, if he sharpened his presentation, if he became a better candidate, but he doesn’t need to because he has won, in part because Sanders has lost. This will cost him in the general election. Big league.

This will be viewed historically as the most substantial “turnaround” in US presidential primary politics. Biden was on life support when he abandoned New Hampshire and fled to the loving arms of Congressman Jim Clyburn in the more hospitable South Carolina. Jim Blyburn owns some serious mojo with Joe Biden, including some commercial grade juju.

It is over. Joe Biden will be the Democrat nominee.

There will be a perfunctory Dem debate on 15 March in Phoenix. The candidates are arguing about the format, but unless Joe Biden shows up with his underwear on the outside of his suit pants, the deal is done.

Some observations:

 1. Those who took MiniMike Bloomberg seriously had dollars in their eyes. He was an atrocious candidate with an enormous organization, a fat checkbook, and no chance in Hell of getting any traction.

He was a smug, arrogant know-it-all who didn’t play well a mile from the island of Manhattan. A lot of people knew that up front. The press missed this, blinded by dollar signs. He stunk the place up.

Elizabeth Warren, a name you won’t hear much about for the rest of the election, kneed MiniMike in the groin on television and he never recovered.

 2. The party of diversity, the party of inclusion is going to be led by an old white guy whose brain hasn’t had a new idea since the first Obama Inauguration which was more than a decade ago.

The pressure to pick a dwarf, woman of color, who is also a transgender veteran with a limp and an eye patch will be enormous because they have to PhotoShop that image a bit.

 3. The DEMe — the Dem Establishment — is alive and well. It decided that Bernie Sanders had ZERO chance of defeating President Donald J Trump and they circled the wagons.

You didn’t realize why the Super Delegates were called “super?”

Every non-viable candidate was politely told they would support Joe Biden or never hope to run as a Dem for the rest of their lives. It was an effective threat. Even Andrew Yang has now endorsed Joe Biden.

 4. While the money will start coming in right about now, Joe Biden’s campaign is on the edge of bankruptcy. It will be interesting to see what role MiniMike’s checkbook plays in the campaign.

The big Dem PACs will all make nice with Joe Biden starting tomorrow at 7:45 AM EST.

 5. Bernie Sanders tested how far left the Dems would go and found out, “Not that far, Bernie.”

It turned out that the country did not have as high an opinion of The Squad as The Squad did and there will be no New Green Plan. Sorry, AOC.

 6. Joe Biden will be sober, serious, and use short sentences from here on out. He will be glued to the Teleprompter.

 7. Joe Biden will run on fixing the best economy in the history of the US and fixing Washington DC where he reigned for almost half a century.

 8. By the time the presidential campaign is over, it will feel like Hunter Biden was Joe’s running mate and you will know the names of all the big cities in Ukraine.

 9. THE CORONA VIRUS SCARE WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW THE ACTUAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS CONDUCTED. Do not overlook this fact.

So, dear reader, there you have it. It is Joe Biden.

But, hey, what the Hell do I really know anyway? I’m just a Big Red Car.