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Several Joe Biden fundraisers jump ship from his struggling campaign to back Mike Bloomberg
CNBC ^ | PUBLISHED WED, FEB 19 20202:25 PM ESTUPDATED 21 MIN AGO | Brian Schwartz

Posted on 02/19/2020 12:45:55 PM PST by conservative98

Key fundraisers are jumping ship from Joe Biden’s struggling presidential campaign to instead support Mike Bloomberg’s ascending candidacy.

The development comes amid growing concerns within Biden’s affluent donor network that the former vice president is struggling to convince voters that he can defeat Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, for the Democratic nomination. The financiers are also impressed with Bloomberg’s self-funded operation.

Jon Henes, a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, has signaled to friends that he is shifting his allegiance from Biden’s campaign to Bloomberg’s bid to take on President Donald Trump, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, who declined to be named as these decisions were made in private. Henes is one of close to a dozen other Biden fundraisers who have already decided to move toward Bloomberg

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KEYWORDS: biden; bloomberg; whereshunter
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1 posted on 02/19/2020 12:45:55 PM PST by conservative98
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2 posted on 02/19/2020 12:46:04 PM PST by conservative98
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Man voters are going to end up with a lot of money in their pockets for their votes. Purchased votes, voter fraud, illegals, ballot harvesting, ..., who knows, maybe they can defeat Trump.


3 posted on 02/19/2020 12:48:00 PM PST by CatOwner
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*Many voters


4 posted on 02/19/2020 12:48:18 PM PST by CatOwner
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Sometimes we tend to give the dopes we’re fighting too much credit. Jumping on Mini’s bandwagon is one such occasion.


5 posted on 02/19/2020 12:49:54 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: conservative98

The money’s a lot better.


6 posted on 02/19/2020 12:51:55 PM PST by sanjuanbob (Dems=Demons)
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Biden without big money is a fish out of water.

This is Biden’s last chance—he has to score big, and he has to do it _now_.

Drama, drama, drama!


7 posted on 02/19/2020 12:53:21 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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Drama, drama, drama!

Manufactured drama. Biden never had a prayer.

8 posted on 02/19/2020 12:54:33 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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Wouldn’t the job of a “fund raiser” be trivial when working for a self-funded candidate?


9 posted on 02/19/2020 12:59:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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How much did Bloomturd pay them to jump ship?


10 posted on 02/19/2020 1:03:09 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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Time to blow taps for Joe Bidens’ campaign. The guy’s always been a loser. Just a minor blowhard senator from a minor state and a placeholder of a vice president.


11 posted on 02/19/2020 1:04:40 PM PST by Bullish (Covfefe Happens)
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Mike needs money?


12 posted on 02/19/2020 1:08:29 PM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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Mini-Mike doesn’t need “key fundraisers”.

He needs rabid, progressive, TDS morons to vote for a billionaire former Republican and NY oligarch.


13 posted on 02/19/2020 1:08:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Your eval of Biden is spot-on. He has never had any mo-Joe.


14 posted on 02/19/2020 1:13:52 PM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: conservative98

More proof of the one party system at work. They don’t see any difference between a Moderate Repuke and a Liberal From Deleware


15 posted on 02/19/2020 1:14:13 PM PST by wiseprince
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The fundraisers need a cut of the money?


16 posted on 02/19/2020 1:17:43 PM PST by conservative98
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The article doesn't say that they're giving money to Bloomberg, only that they are supporting his candidacy. Perhaps by endorsements. It does make Bloomberg attractive in the sense that they can make an endorsement, but don't have to risk any money, though I would guess that these people won't ever miss the money.

It would be funny, though, if they asked the Biden campaign for a refund!

17 posted on 02/19/2020 1:17:49 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Sounds like an old Yakov Smirnoff routine.

Een Soviet Union Bloomberg Land, political campaign pay YOU!

18 posted on 02/19/2020 1:18:50 PM PST by Rinnwald
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Count down to Deep State saying Biden should not be Prosecuted / pursued.

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19 posted on 02/19/2020 1:19:21 PM PST by AnthonySoprano
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Yeah...Mini-Mike needs the money.


20 posted on 02/19/2020 1:22:36 PM PST by moovova
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