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Joe Biden has reversed his position with regards to accepting super-pac funding, as his fundraising as of late has been very weak. But his hope is that the big money establishment donations will be enough to power him over the finish line to the nomination.
By reversing course and dropping his opposition to super PACs, Joe Biden has all but admitted he’s getting swamped in fundraising. But it was a strategic retreat that could end up paying big dividends for his cash-starved campaign. Calls to a half-dozen maxed-out Biden donors Friday revealed that they would gladly dig deeper for the former vice president and contribute to a super PAC that enables them — and corporations — to give and spend unlimited amounts of money.
“Joe Biden has not raised as much money as the others through his own campaign efforts. But you have to understand, that’s basically how it works. Bernie Sanders had, what, 20,000 people at an event in New York? Suppose each one of those people gave $100,” said Joe Cotchett, a major Bay Area bundler for Biden. “Does Joe have the ability to have 20,000 people at a rally right now? The answer is no. But hopefully for Joe, it will come.”
100 days to Iowa, Warren+Bernie (39.2%) still well ahead of Biden (27.2%) in RCP avg.
I still say that for Bernie to drop out after some kind of agreement w/ Warren is a deal waiting to happen. That would open the left lane for Warren, and she would sail to nomination. Even though Bernie is an avowed socialist, we know that he favors Warren's approach, essentially Scandi-style social democracy, over what we have now. We know this from his comments about Scandinavian countries.
IMO Elizabeth Warren is now effectively the front runner. Bernie+Warren have been running consistently about 10 points ahead. If Bernie drops out, most of his support will likely go to Warren. Biden is damaged goods in several respects.
This prompts the question: can Elizabeth Warren win nationally with these stated positions:
•elimination of all private health insurance
•decriminalization of border crossings
•fee health care for illegal immigrants
•reparations for descendants of slaves
•ban on fracking
•gun control via executive order, bypassing congress
Good article here by Michael Barone lays out some of these positions. Most have been stated by Warren in the Democratic debates.
I really doubt that she has a prayer of winning nationally with this agenda. It plays in MA, but it won't play in Peoria.
IMO Elizabeth Warren is now effectively the front runner. Bernie+Warren have been running consistently about 10 points ahead. If Bernie drops out, most of his support will likely go to Warren. Biden is damaged goods in several respects.
This prompts the question: can Elizabeth Warren win nationally with these stated positions:
•elimination of all private health insurance
•decriminalization of border crossings
•fee health care for illegal immigrants
•reparations for descendants of slaves
•ban on fracking
•gun control via executive order, bypassing congress
Good article here by Michael Barone lays out some of these positions. Most have been stated by Warren in the Democratic debates.
I really doubt that she has a prayer of winning nationally with this agenda. It plays in MA, but it won't play in Peoria.
Maybe so. But the inconvenient truth is that Elizabeth Warren is damaged goods, too.
DNC is Determined to Ram Warren and Harris down the voter's throats and then lose to Trump. The hillary wing is making decisions based purely on their emotions at this point. A candidate from the 2016 bernie wing of the Party (like gabbard) or a grassroots fresh face (like bullock or buttigieg) is more likely to have a chance to possibly beat Trump, but the hillary wing is trying to "win with an establishment candidate", its an ego thing with the hillary wing. For example they hate the notion of a dem beating trump in 2020 but he/she is an non-establishment candidate who grassroots campaigned in the midwest, interior, southwest, rockies, west, etc. Such a candidate winning as far as the hillarycrats are concerned would not have that emotional "kick" or "ommph" in the minds of the hillarycrat. The Hillarybots want that emotional "kick" too, and that is what is causing them to demand candidates that have no grassroots support and that everyone else can clearly see are unelectable.
Not ingrained into the past and current political environment
Has ideas that don't alienate both sides of the spectrum. A Centrist.
An individual that can unite Parties.
Can ubify voter's and reel in Independents.
A strong candidate to win Midwest States.
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The front runner's agenda.
