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Dan Perkins: Will Pelosi Demand to Limit Rallies to "Protect" Americans?

Look for the Speaker of the House to demand that all political rallies, regardless of party, be limited to 1,000 until the nation has a better control of the coronavirus. I know that she has not said anything yet, but as a result of the outcome of the Super Tuesday vote, look for her to try and stop the momentum for Bernie and the president.

The massive rallies held by the president’s campaign are great motivational meetings to charge his base and inform new members to his movement. Because these are so important for the president to get his message out, it is the very reason Pelosi will want to try and stop them, or at least make the president look bad. She will say that if the president doesn’t stop the rallies, he is endangering the lives of thousands, if not millions of Americans.

As an important leader of the Democratic Party, she has to do something to slow down the president’s momentum while her party tries to find a viable candidate to run against President Trump. Hidden in that statement is a way for her to reduce the momentum for Sanders. A recent article in the New York Times suggested that 93 Democrat party leaders said, “Democratic Leaders Are Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders.”

Do these leaders think that by having Sanders at the top of the ticket in November will produce a catastrophic defeat for the party? I think before one jumps to that conclusion, it is necessary to look at the South Carolina results. In the previous three primary elections, blacks were not a significant percentage of the voters. The Democrats know that in order to win the presidential election, the Democratic candidate has to get at least 85% of the black vote. We know, based on the results of the election, that Sanders did not win the black vote. In the segment of black voters that voted, older (aged 65 and over,) more conservative voters were where Biden’s support was strongest. In fact, he crushed Sanders with this group, 78 percent to 9 percent.

As the primaries run their course, black voters and labor unions will become a bigger part of the voting public. Union members are concerned that if Sanders is elected, they will lose their union health care. In Nevada's presidential primary, the powerful Culinary Workers Union did not endorse a candidate, while criticizing Bernie Sanders’ signature "Medicare for All" proposal. If blacks and union members sit on their hands and do not vote, then look for a bad outcome for the Democrats in November.

This weekend Sanders was pounded by the black vote, and mayor Pete found out what I have been saying all along: he ran headlong into a state with a significant black vote and he did not do well. He is out of the race because of his poor showing in the black community with only 8% was a clear signal he might do well in the northeast, but when the real voting started, I thought he would be in trouble.

We lost two Democrat candidates after South Carolina, I wonder if we will lose two more after super Tuesday? Who do you think will still be standing after Super Tuesday: two old white guys? If so, what happens to the black, brown, women and the union vote?

Perkins Twist:

The selection process in the Democratic Party will not be over by the end of Super Tuesday. If we are in fact down to two candidates left in the race, I think the party leadership will believe the November election may be over. Look for the party to decouple from the candidate and focus its attention on trying to free senators and congressmen to run on their own. This will be difficult if not impossible, but then again so will the general election. When voters start focusing away from the personalities and on the issues important to Americans, they are not going to vote for a socialist candidate for president.

Dan Perkins

Dan Perkins is the host and producer for America’s Cannabis Conversation, heard weekly on w420radionetwork.com. He is the author of 7 books, 4 of which are on Islamic terrorism against the United States. His books can be purchased at Amazon.com. Dan is a current events commentator and writes periodically for over 20 different news blogs. He appears regularly on over 1,400 radio and TV shows across the nation. He is also the co-founder of a non-profit veterans’ service organization called Songs and Stories for Soldiers. Dan’s website is danperkins.guru.

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