Posted on 02/05/2020 3:00:38 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
DES MOINES -- Joe Bidens third presidential bid enters a critical stretch after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses sent the former vice president on to New Hampshire with a skittish donor base, low cash reserves and the looming threat of billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg and his unlimited personal wealth.
In New Hampshire on Tuesday, Biden insisted he had a good night in Iowa even as he trailed the top moderate candidate, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and the leading progressive, Bernie Sanders, according to initial returns from 71% of precincts. Biden was running fourth, close to Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who just days ago polled in single digits.
That leaves some establishment Democrats, including some Biden supporters, questioning his contention that hell reclaim clear front-runner status in the race against President Donald Trump once the primary fight moves beyond overwhelmingly white Iowa and New Hampshire to more racially diverse electorates. And its a reminder of how Bidens previous presidential campaigns never advanced beyond Iowa.
If he came in fourth, yeah, that could hurt, said Bill Freeman, a Biden donor from Nashville, Tennessee, who added that he hadnt even considered such a possibility heading into Mondays caucuses. Thats a bad night, no matter how you spin it.
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I must confess I do like the word malarkey. But Biden is such a tool. Anyone who thought he had a shot isabout as tone deaf and political blind as you can be. Now we can live a couple of days in the pretending that buttpig is a viable candidate. Listening to liberals in socal had been delicious last couple of days. They know their candidates suck and Trump has real accomplishments. It’s starting to set in they are facing a conservative super majority in all branches of government
“Why did Slow Joe run in the first place?”
I like a theory by a poster yesterday:
By running against Trump, that allowed democrats to claim that Trump’s investigation of the Bidens’ activities was done to damage his chances.
Did I get that correct, poster?
The stakes are significant for the Biden family, the Dems and some Repubs that were involved in what was/is a massive money laundering of international foreign aid through Ukraine. It's been going on for decades. Ukraine isn't the first rodeo.
That's my vast, right-wing conspiracy theory and I'm sticking with it.
DNC-e is going the way of the GOP-e.
“Biden is a tool.”
I agree with all you say which is better and more fully said than was my post.
After all the Biden & Son Ukrainian corruption articles before the caucus, I’m surprised Biden didn’t come in a ZERO.
TRUE. He's never gotten beyond the IOWA Caucus before.
lol good one
One theory is that Biden had to run in order to make the impeachment story work. Now, I don’t know if the timeline works, but I suppose it’s possible. After all, Obama did say, “You don’t have to to this, Joe.”
Gropey Joe is done. Its starting to dawn on the Democrat party establishment. Mini Mike has the charisma of a doorknob. It will be Breadline Bernie unless they blatantly cheat him out of it.
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