Hi, it's David. I want to tell you about a special live recording of the argument that's coming up.

It's happening March 9th at the time center in New York, and we'll be tackling two big topics.

First, social dysfunction. We're going to challenge Ross, as we like to do, to defend the premise of his new book, The Decadent Society,

and ask whether it even goes far enough.

Then, we'll talk about the presidential race. Super Tuesday will just have happened, which means it'll be a great moment to talk about the Democratic nomination.

And to look ahead to the general election.

Ready to jump into the fray? You can buy tickets at nytimes.com slash the argument live.

That's nytimes.com slash the argument live.

I hope to see you there.

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm Ross Douthit. I'm David Lee and Hart. And this is the argument.

This week, we break down the New Hampshire primary and look ahead to Nevada.

There's just such a yawning need for someone to lead, and it just boggles my mind that nobody has stepped into that breach.

Then, Valentine's Day. Is it the worst holiday of the year?

My feeling about holidays is that they engender stress and yet as human beings we need them.

And finally, a recommendation.

On Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary and he's now looking stronger in the polls of Nevada, which is the next contest.

Joe Biden's weakness means if anything, Sanders is now the favorite in Nevada.

So we want to start with a pretty simple question. Is Bernie Sanders on a march to the nomination? Michelle, what do you think?

It's hard for me to think of a scenario in which Bernie Sanders is stopped without the Democratic Party being blown up.

He's obviously the front runner. I don't know if he's the delegate leader. I think that's still mayor Pete, but he's likely to become the delegate leader after the next couple of contests.

And although it's a strange situation because in some way similar to the Republican contest in 2016, in that you still have a majority of the Democratic primary electorate that doesn't want to candidate as left as he is.

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