Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar breathlessly exclaimed to her supporters during a speech in Minneapolis that her campaign exceeded expectations in the Nevada caucuses. To date 50% of the results have been counted and Klobuchar is in 5th place with less than 5% of the vote. Klobuchar is simply Trumpian in her exaggeration of her dismal performance.
I’m not surprised at Klobuchar’s disingenuousness, after all this is the candidate who touted her impressive victory after finishing in third place in New Hampshire after her lackluster 5th place finish in Iowa. Finishing 3rd in the Granite State wasn’t a victory, it was a resounding rejection by the only demographic that her message resonates with, the lily-white electorate of the nation’s first primary.
Klobuchar’s pathetic showing in the racially diverse state of Nevada, will make it almost impossible for her to be much more than an asterisk in South Carolina where blacks are expected to make up two-thirds of the electorate.
If Klobuchar wasn’t so clueless, she would immediately drop out of the race, before she’s humiliated in South Carolina and Super Tuesday. But using a comb to eat a salad is the epitome of cluelessness, so I guess we’ll have Amy to kick around for a few more weeks.