Martin Longman lays out the startling argument that Democrats are likely headed to a brokered convention. Ultimately, this is why Biden feels like he has to jump in, and might wind up consolidating his choice. Few people within the party want Bernie Sanders to be the nominee. But in a badly fractured field, no one would wind up winning the nomination. That would lead to a brokered convention, and - as Longman notes - the Russians and GOP would turn the simmering embers left over from 2016 into a bonfire.
I'm sure all the lower tier candidates are hoping to catch fire the way people like Buttigieg have. If your Corey Booker, you're hoping that "something happens" to catapult you into relevancy. But at some point, you're not helping. When do Gillibrand, Booker, Castro, Swalwell, Yang, Inslee and the others pack it in? If it's after New Hampshire, it could be too late.
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