He also pushed off bernie by having Klobuchar and Buttigieg stay in the race until right before super tuesday then drop out and endorse him. Buttigieg ran out of money but was polling well, Klobuchar was polling well in the midwest. Conversely Warren stayed in who was running on the more liberal platform which took from Bernie a bit.
The woman vote won't be apart of anything related to Biden. Biden is the not Trump vote. The D party really doesn't know where to go after. Newsome is an option but he's a California governor and will have a ton of **** against him.
I think if I were to bet now, most likely (if they run) candidates I see for winning the dem primary are either Warnock or Whitmer.
Both would get crushed by Trump - Biden is their only hope to save them from facing a super majority in Congress.