Biden, Clyburn and the Democratic “carnage” down-ballot

Jim Clyburn‘s intervention in the primaries made the Democratic loss in Congress inevitable.

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) endorses Joe Biden on the eve of the South Carolina 2020 Democratic Primary, (Brad Nettles/Staff/Post and Courier)

The Democrats have won a Pyrrhic victory with Joe Biden. They got rid of Trump, but in electing Joe Biden they may have set the Democratic Party on a death spiral that could culminate in four years.