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Clyburn's endorsement of Biden following the South Carolina debate was absolutely critical. It saved Biden's campaign, helped him virtually sweep the South, and hold Sanders back on Super Tuesday. After Biden won South Carolina, the majority of late-deciders went to Biden, and many of them are people that Sanders was able to attract previously.

As much as I hate to say it, but Bernie needs to retool his message to not only get more and more young people into the fold, but attract pieces of suburban, older, and late-deciding voters, too. Following Iowa, Warren's coalition shrank and spread to other candidates, but she had that suburban vote that Biden got on Super Tuesday that could've resulted in either wins or closer races in Massachusetts, Texas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota. Biden's endorsements by Klobuchar, Buttigieg, and O'Rourke while Warren sat back were critical on Super Tuesday. Rather than Warren withering her campaign away while Biden or Bernie ran away with the vote, having the two competing with one another is now splitting the vote and giving Biden upsets in various states.

I've been hyper critical of her flailing campaign as of late. But Bernie needs a second shot in the arm badly to stay in this race. He got three in AOC, Ilhan, and Tlaib following his heart attack. If Bernie's able to get Warren's endorsement in exchange for the VP/Treasury slots that Sanders's campaign considered (according to Jordan Chariton of Status Coup), then he has a shot to get back for a few reasons:

1. During the summer, Warren got a ton of MSM coverage as Sanders struggled, putting her on the rise and eventually frontrunner status. Warren's endorsement would attract media attention in his favor.
2. Despite the mudslinging, Bernie Sanders still trusts her, and their legislative records align closely with one another. The fact that the two camps spent a great deal of time calling each other today is a sign of a possible bridge. (Yes, I know her and Biden's camps contacted each other, too, but I'm not gonna overreact.)
3. Warren's demographics closely aligned with Buttigieg's, much of whom went Biden's way after he dropped out. Yes, not every one of her support will flock to Sanders, but to have one of the best attack dogs whispering in his ear and representing his campaign would make a key demographic more and more competitive, allowing Sanders to potentially close state primaries.
4. Warren's a gifted attacker. The way she splintered Bloomberg's authoritarian policies towards Black and Brown people, misogyny in the workplace, and framed it as a massive electability flaw for Trump exposed him greatly. Warren's framing also gives Sanders leverage to expose more of Biden's weaknesses while on the offensive. Sanders doesn't receive much exposure from the media, and it's usually negative when he does. To have Warren in his corner gives him a bridge to the very same media that greatly dislikes him.

If Warren endorses Sanders and becomes his VP candidate, I'm more than happy to have her jump on board and give Sanders and his movement the jolt to step back on the gas pedal in the race.