Buttigieg, Biden lead the 2020 Democratic money race — see how the rest of the field stacks up Published Tue, Jul 16 2019 Key Points Pete Buttigieg led the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field in second quarter fundraising, followed by Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Sanders ended June with the most cash on hand in the field, followed by Buttigieg and Warren. Some candidates burned through cash faster than they raised it in the second quarter, including Beto O'Rourke, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar. Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden led the 2020 Democratic primary field in second-quarter fundraising, while the leading candidates entered July with a healthy store of cash, according to new campaign filings. Buttigieg hauled in $24.9 million from April through June, the best in the field of about two dozen candidates. Biden took in the second most with about $22 million, followed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders with about $19.2 and $18 million in contributions, respectively. For the fundraising totals, CNBC tracked individual contributions, a key way to gauge support for candidates. The exception is former Rep. John Delaney, the only candidate to self fund the vast majority of his campaign operation.
Buttigieg is just wasting peoples time and taking money that could be going to other candidates that can win.
Pete was the only Democratic candidate I would have considered voting for before Kamala did well in the debates. Why do you think Pete is a waste of time and money?
Mayor of a city with 100,000 residents, a huge and wealthy university at the edge of town and Petey can't tame the homeless problem or get his police force in line. Yup, he's ready to be the Dem nominee...because he's openly gay.
Wont get enough black voters.Hillary showed in 2016 a democrat needs a decent amount of black support to win .Even though she got 3 million more votes black voter turnout dropped from around 70% in 2012 to around 60% in 2016 and she lost.The racist police dept in Petes city,the police shooting and some homophobia in the black community means he'll likely gets less black voter turnout than Hillary imo.He wont even make it that far though he'll get crushed in the primaries but he'll be taking money and air time from other candidates in the meantime.
Wayyy to go Joe. What an idiot. There are six women running for the nomination. Normally, the way the game is played is that you announce that you will seriously consider having a woman, and then in that way you keep them all from tearing you a new arsehole along the way because they all want to be picked as VP as their Plan B. But no. Not Joe. He announces right up front that he is already considering women but not necessarily women who are running. I mean, that should be a given, but only an idiot would stick that in their face at this time. Joe gotta be Joe. And yes tards, I know. Joe be playing four dimensional chess and is a rocket surgeon. Could also be that he is just a fucking idiot who ran for president twice before but never got more than 1% of the vote in any primary anywhere because he is an idiot. Let the viewers and the voters decide. I am going with *IDIOT* for a $100 Alex. https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...n-qualified-to-be-president-who-arent-running
AHHHHHOOOOOOOOGA........AHHHOOOOOOGA...PREPARE TO DIVE. GOING DOWN. Frigging Joe just went FULL-BIDEN. Never go full-Biden!!!! Latest Biden blunder: ‘Poor kids’ are just as bright as ‘white kids’ https://nypost.com/2019/08/08/latest-biden-blunder-poor-kids-are-just-as-bright-as-white-kids/
It's gonna be death by a thousand cuts for Joe. Drip, drip, drip. None of this stuff is fatal but you gotta get on with lookin smart at some point. Heh. "Joe looking smart." I just made a little joke there I guess. ========================================================= FROM THE WASHINGTON POST Joe Biden’s mounting slip-ups and why they matter Biden says 'poor kids' are just as bright as 'white kids' Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden corrected himself in Des Moines on Aug. 8 after he compared children living in poverty to white children. (Reuters) By Aaron Blake August 9 at 12:26 PM Coverage of political gaffes is often overwrought. Politicians say lots of things with cameras and recorders shoved in their faces, and occasionally they’re going to misspeak. Generally, it’s on inconsequential matters that most regular people don’t actually care about, and it’s just an exercise in, “Look at the dumb thing this otherwise-smart politician just said!” But former vice president Joe Biden’s performance Thursday in Iowa has got to raise some eyebrows in his party — for a couple of reasons. For those unaware, Biden at one point said, “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids” — then tried to correct himself by saying “wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids.” Earlier in the day, he also referred to former British prime minister Theresa May as her predecessor from four decades ago, Margaret Thatcher — and not for the first time. He also said at one point that Democrats should “choose truth over facts.” Bill de Blasio ✔ @BilldeBlasio “Poor” kids are just as bright and talented as white kids? To quickly dismiss @JoeBiden’s words as a mere “slip of the tongue” is as concerning as what he said. We need to have a real conversation about the racism and sexism behind “electability.” … TODAY ✔ @TODAYshow Democratic front-runner Joe Biden raised eyebrows on the campaign trail after what appeared to be a slip of the tongue during a speech in Iowa. @MitchellReports has the latest. At least one of Biden’s 2020 Democratic opponents is highlighting the “white kids” comment, with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio suggesting that it might betray something more sinister in Biden. “To quickly dismiss @JoeBiden’s words as a mere ‘slip of the tongue’ is as concerning as what he said,” de Blasio tweeted. Biden’s problem here is twofold: his history and his path to victory in 2020. The “white kids” comment can’t help but conjure other moments in which Biden said things that were viewed as racially insensitive and stereotypes. The most infamous example was in 2007 when he called Barack Obama “the first mainstream African American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.” He also joked in 2006 that, “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ unless you have a slight Indian accent.” (The Washington Post’s Eugene Scott assembled some other examples here.) Layer on top of that Biden’s recent comments about his good working relationship with segregationist senators and his recently unearthed past comments about busing, and it’s not difficult for his opponents to craft a narrative. De Blasio more than hinted in that direction Friday; Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) have done so previously, and it will be interesting to see how they handle these latest comments, especially given that Biden continues to succeed in large part thanks to black voters. Whatever you think of these particular slip-ups, though — and the Thatcher and “choose truth over facts” gaffes would seem relatively innocuous — the fact that they keep happening is a bad sign for Biden. His calling card in the 2020 race, after all, is being the most electable Democrat, the guy with the stature and sure hands to take on President Trump. And even if you think Biden is a fantastic public servant and that none of these gaffes were particularly bad, what about the next one? What about the ones that take place after he’s the nominee? Biden has shown an almost unmatched ability to connect with audiences, but he’s also shown himself to be rather ill-disciplined when it comes to speaking off-the-cuff. He’s also shown, at a time when Democrats really want to drive home the idea that the resident of the White House is a racist, that he might not be the best messenger to make that case. This isn’t to say Biden’s comments are anywhere close to as problematic as what Trump has said, but they would seem to muddy the waters, at least a little. And Trump thrives on muddying the waters. Think back to 2012. During the GOP primary, it was known that Mitt Romney was capable of sticking his foot in his mouth. Generally, his gaffes were more of the awkward variety, and they weren’t enough to cost him the GOP nomination. Then, in the general election, came the “47 percent” video, in which he said that portion of the electorate was so reliant on the government that it would never vote for him and “take responsibility” for themselves. Would he have won without it? Probably not. But it was certainly the kind of impolitic remark you’d hope your nominee would avoid like the plague — even in settings that are supposed to be private, as Romney’s was. “We need to have a real conversation about the racism and sexism behind ‘electability,’” de Blasio said. It might also be time to question some long-held assurances Democrats have apparently had about Biden’s superior electability. Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Follow
Imo, the man is suffering from early-onset dementia. He’s physically aged in his looks over the past few years. I’m sure his son’s passing was very rough in him. Biden’s the only Dem candidate with strong ties to the old guard, hence his support. Will they replace him or prop him up for the election? May be too late to jump ship for the mainstream party. What’s obvious is the impossibility of Warren/Bernie/remaining field winning the election with their current giveaway platform. No tax paying citizen with a job will vote for them when they finally have to confess how it’s going to be paid for, HIGHER TAXES for EVERYONE.