Klomentum

Klomentum, Klobmentum, Klobusurge, and Klobucharge are words coined in 2019-20 to describe or to promote the "surge narrative".
After the New Hampshire debate, conservative political commentator Jim Geraghty asserted that, 'the increasing talk of “Klo-mentum' reflects a growing desire among media and Democratic elites to see her become a candidate with a realistic shot, not the Minnesota senator actually becoming a candidate with a realistic shot."
Her supporters have debated whether the proper spelling is "Klomentum" or "Klobmentum." Both #Klomentum and #Klobmemtum are popular Twitter hashtags. After the New Hampshire Primary, journalist Alisyn Camerota asked Senator Klobuchar whether she preferred Klobusurge, Klobucharge, or Klomentum; Klobuchar responded, "I just want people to vote for me... So I don’t really care."
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The Columbia Journalism Review described Klomentum as a phenomenon that "has tended to peak after debates." In mid-January, University of Southern California political science professor Christian Gorse identified "Klo-memtum" as a "real" surge while on the day before the Iowa caucuses Salon dismissed Klomemtum as "barely visible."
Klomentum and Klobusurge moved into the headlines as the results of the New Hampshire Primary were tallied. In the words of Washington Post political columnist and data analyst David Byler, "Klobusurge. Klobucharge. Klomentum. Whatever you want to call it, it finally materialized on Tuesday night. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) finished third in the New Hampshire primary with roughly 20 percent of the overall vote, vaulting past former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). And even though Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg beat Klobuchar in the final tally, in many outlets Klobuchar’s resurgence became the headline story of the night." FiveThirtyEight published a podcast about how "Klobucharge" winning the New Hampshire narrative despite Sanders' victory.
Author and Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse saw hope for electing a woman President in the post-New Hampshire primary "wave of Klomentum."

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