Name: Rachel Maddow on Joe Biden's South Carolina Primary "Landslide"
Uploaded: 2020-03-07T16:00:08.000Z
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with the debates and the campaigns and what's happening.

which is a big deal in any of these primaries.

But when there's still a gazillion people running,

And so, he has been running for President for like 33 years.

This is actually the first time he's ever won a state.

So it's got to be sort of a tender moment for Joe Biden.

But in this campaign it's -- it is a turning point,

Pete Buttigieg has dropped out, Amy Klobuchar has dropped out.

They're both endorsing him as of tonight.

It puts a lot of pressure on Mike Bloomberg,

Everything's in motion after South Carolina.

-Is this the most wildest thing you've ever seen, or no?

Or is it too much work for you? -No, it's exciting.

I mean, because the Trump presidency is what it is...

the most important Democratic presidential primary

-And for it to be totally unpredictable and chaotic

and always in constant motion and to have a cast of thousands,

including some people who aren't playing in some of the contests

but are nevertheless, spending a half billion dollars,

But it's probably -- it probably ought to be insane.

But I mean, anybody who tells you they know

what's gonna happen tomorrow for Super Tuesday

is either lying or trying to sell you something.

Because what we've heard is that Bernie Sanders

-Well, he's -- I mean, there's 14 different states.

And so Bernie has definitely done better than anybody else

-That said, he did very well in the first three contests,

Biden's actually obtained more votes just with his big win

in South Carolina than Bernie had in any of his --

So I mean, depending on which way you're looking at it,

I mean, you can make a case for any potential outcome

at this point, but it's about a third of the delegates at stake.

a certain number of delegates in order to win the nomination.

And so there are no -- there's no bigger day

-And so, you know, in a lot of places where people are gonna be

going to vote, there's gonna be all of these people who are

listed on the ballot who are no longer in the race.

Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg,

Amy Klobuchar -- all these people who have dropped out.

are fighting it out among them, and nobody knows if anybody's

to actually win the thing before the convention happens

than not that we will go to the convention

with nobody having a majority of delegates.

And what happens there is that means that they decide

at the convention, which is gonna be bananas.

-Can they revote? -In some cases, you can.

In some cases, you can get your ballot back

if the person you voted for is now no longer in the race.

I mean, and I think you see in both parties when they have

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