There has been a debate among Democratic voters: do they want a guy who can beat Trump or someone who runs on their left-wing principles. One has a better shot of winning but is an entrenched part of the Democratic establishment while the other is a revolutionary, ‘burn it all down’ left-winger that risks slaughter in the general. What to do? It seems the former in both of those choices won out on Super Tuesday.

The late decider block is what saved Biden in a lot of places. Yes, he did well, very well with black voters. It’s virtually a carbon copy of 2016. Bernie Sanders does well in Iowa, wins New Hampshire, has another solid night in Nevada, and then crashes and burns in South Carolina. And that leads to a primary dumpster fire on Super Tuesday. Once again, Sanders got walloped in the south because black Democrats aren’t feeling the Bern. In 2016, they didn’t know him and weren’t going to roll the dice on him, so they broke for Hillary, giving Clinton a delegate lead that was insurmountable. In 2020, Sanders performed well in Iowa, despite it being a total disaster of a caucus, won New Hampshire, which was expected, won Nevada, which he had failed to do in 2012, but then it all collapsed once this thing dipped below the Mason-Dixon line. Black Democrats continue to be the boogeyman for Bernie. They’re not for revolutionary change. And this cycle, they do know who Sanders is and what he stands for. He’s not unheard of—and they’re not buying his brand of politics. It’s quite the turn for a man who was two weeks ago the Democratic frontrunner. Now, he has to worry about another thing: Bernie was able to clinch some wins one the contest moved north and toward the West. Well, Biden won the Minnesota primary handily, which could prove to be trouble when it comes to the delegate math.

Sanders has and did do well reaching out to Latino voters but splitting the vote with progressives with Warren and not being able to get solid returns from the suburbs, black voters, and non-college educated whites—all big voter blocs—can throw a wrench in the works. Is it a case of Democratic voters liking Bernie, but not as a presidential candidate or are Democratic voters finally coming to their senses about the man, especially after his remarks about Fidel Castro? The latter might be inside baseball, but I think while the most hardcore of liberals out there might like to feel the Bern, they don’t want to feel that with regards to an electoral wipeout in November. Super Tuesday proved that Biden, for whatever reason, is viewed as the safe choice, the choice who can best beat Trump this year, Mike Bloomberg’s money didn’t do anything, and Liz Warren is pretty much sticking around to sink Sanders. Hey, he’s the guy who reportedly told her a girl couldn’t beat Trump. She’s out for blood, a third-place finish in her home state of Massachusetts be damned.

California may be what saves Bernie after this marathon round of primaries. And he should be thankful since a bad showing here could have derailed the Bernie 2020 train, which is already half off the tracks now. What a difference a couple of weeks make, huh?