Posted on 01/31/2020 5:33:37 AM PST by csvset
John Delaney has ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, more than two-and-a-half years after he became the first to announce his candidacy.
The former Maryland congressman and entrepreneur, 56, was a self-made multimillionaire before he entered politics.
Despite a large staff presence in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, and sinking tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune into his campaign, he never rose above the lowest tier of 2020 Democrats.
"I encourage the party to sharpen its focus on the growing opportunity inequality that exists in both rural America and struggling urban communities," Delaney said in a statement Friday. "The concentration of start-ups and investment capital in a small number of areas is troubling and smart public policy is needed to encourage entrepreneurs to start businesses everywhere."
Delaney received the most attention for his campaign during the second Democratic debate, when he hammered Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for their support of "Medicare for all" and the Green New Deal, calling the environemntal and health care plans unrealistic and fodder for attacks from President Trump.
Delaney during his campaign became one of the most vociferous critics of his party's left-wing, suggesting Sanders, Warren and other candidates were making promises to voters on health care and the environment that couldn't possibly be fulfilled.
Before running for president, Delaney served as a three-term representative for Maryland's 6th Congressional District from 2013 to 2019. Prior to entering politics, he founded several healthcare companies. His net worth is estimated at over $200 million.
But even Delaney's considerable wealth was eclipsed by the entrance into the race of former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, worth more than $1 billion, and Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor whose estimated wealth is more than $59 billion. Both have been free-spending in primary and caucus states around the country.
Delaney's departure leaves 11 candidates in the Democratic primary race. Voting kicks off Monday with the Iowa Caucuses.
How about someone with less hair?
People in Maryland didn’t know him either.
Never heard of it.
How many VP picks is he allowed to have?
Should have gone by his "boyhood nickname Juan". Hey, it worked for O"Rourke. Well, sort of worked.
He could have done well in NHampshire, skip Iowa. Iowa is where campaigns go to die.
No, really! We hardly knew he!
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
Songwriters: Mickey Newbury
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
I watched myself crawling out as I was a-crawling in
I got up so tight I couldn’t unwind
I saw so much I broke my mind
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in
Someone painted April Fool in big black letters on a Dead End sign
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind
Eight miles outta Memphis and I got no spare
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Yeah
yeah
oh-yeah
LMAO Delaney does not know how to fail quickly!
That is a hallmark characteristic of a bad leader—failing very slowly (and not learning from one’s mistakes).
Who? Yet another loser bites the dust. Hahaha.
I donated $2500 to whom?
OK, it wasn't really $2500, but it might have been. Tom who?
Joking aside, he was FOR ME, the LEAST UNACCEPTABLE candidate of the bunch.
He’s like the Joe Lieberman type of politician.
At least his policy proposals were NOT RADICAL and he isn’t a Trump hating, green new deal sprouting, total government healthcare takeover nut like the rest of them.
Which of course means that in today’s Democrat party, HE DOES NOT FIT.
I’m surprised it took him this long to drop out seeing that almost no one knows who he is.
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