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Bernie Sanders is the first candidate in history to win the popular vote in the first three states

Congratulations to making a little bit of history. South Carolina will probably be the end to this historic early winning streak, but with the momentum he's garnered thus far, he'll probably place a close second to Biden destroying the "firewall" rhetoric once and for all. If his support holds among African Americans and Hispanic/Latinx from Nevada going into SC and Super Tuesday, watch out.

Chris Matthews: Democratic Establishment Would Prefer Trump to Bernie Sanders

During mid-afternoon coverage of the Nevada caucus, the MSNBC host suggested Democratic Party elites would prefer to see President Donald Trump beat Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the 2020 frontrunner who overwhelmed his competition with a blowout win in Saturday’s contest.

“I’m wondering if the Democratic moderates want Bernie Sanders to be President?” Matthews asked out loud during a discussion with Politico’s Elena Schneider. “I mean, that’s maybe too exciting a question to raise–they don’t like Trump at all. Do they want Bernie Sanders to take over the Democratic Party in perpetuity?”

Another on-air guest essayed a “Well–” but he was quickly cut-off by the loud-speaking Hardball host.

“I mean, he takes it over, he sets the direction of the future of the party,” Matthews continued. “Maybe they’d rather wait four years and put in the Democrat that they like.”

Matthews, not quite finished, later compared Sanders’ crushing victory in Nevada–and prospect of winning the nomination–to the fall of the French army at the Maginot Line during World War II. Or, in simpler terms–he compared the Jewish presidential candidate’s win to the triumph of Nazism over the Third French Republic.