Now the knives are sharpened - everyone is looking toward Michigan

Right now, time seems almost to stand still here in the West. The corona virus as well as paralyzes large parts of the country. But the Democrats' electoral movement continues with electoral meetings, which gather thousands of people, and knock on the door of possible voters.

That Sanders is currently experiencing the most challenging time to date, during the electoral movement, has no doubt. The 77-year-old also canceled several scheduled visits to Mississippi to further increase attendance here in Michigan. For everyone knows that if Joe Biden wins in the tried-and-true car state, spring is starting to look hard for Bernie Sanders.

When Sanders won Michigan four years ago, he attracted voters who did not like Hillary Clinton and her political legacy. This time around, the situation looks far more challenging, as Joe Biden seems to continue to receive strong support from black Democrats and white well-educated voters.

Sanders' tactic now is to turn up the attacks on Biden and point out how the former vice president, for example, voted through free trade agreements, which cost Michigan hundreds of thousands of jobs. The criticism of Nafta here in Michigan is also stubborn, among the many workers who have lost jobs at car factories in recent years. And winning the white working class is probably the only way to a success here for Bernie Sanders.

Michigan governs over 125 delegates and it weighs the absolute weight of the six states that are up for election today. Michigan, is hard-tried and reflects in many ways how different voters in the United States think. Here the abandoned houses border, street after street.

We are reminded of the tough economic changes when we suddenly pass outside a closed, huge, automobile factory. And nothing seems so strange that in the midst of a very American city, with all the welfare that is still here, to face all this.

Michigan is also the first state, in the sprawling, mythical American rust belt, to run for election. And concerns here can also pose problems in other troubled industrial areas, such as Ohio and Illinois.

Bernie Sanders was asked a few days ago if he was ready to jump off - if he didn't win in Michigan. The answer was one card: no. After all, Biden has suddenly turned this electoral movement. And the cold shower in Texas, during "Super Tuesday," was icing for Sanders.

Since then, Joe Biden has also been given a long line of important politicians to join behind him. It is so clear that the old traditional part of the Democratic Party wants nothing more than to highlight Joe Biden. And now another six states are at stake, but all eyes are on what is happening here in Michigan.