Posted on 02/12/2020 7:22:13 PM PST by conservative98
Joe Biden’s disastrous results in Iowa and New Hampshire have spooked Democratic donors who are preparing to jump ship and throw their money behind someone else—even as his campaign vowed Wednesday that the best is yet to come.
New York heavyweight donors raising money for Biden are alarmed by the former vice president’s fifth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary and are privately wondering whether he can make it to Super Tuesday on March 3.
“There’s a great deal of concern,” said a donor who is bundling contributions for a Biden fundraiser in New York Thursday.
“It wasn’t expected that he would perform great in Iowa or New Hampshire. But we did not anticipate that he would fare this poorly. It was a significant decline,” said the bundler, who requested anonymity.
Still, the Biden campaign was trying to project an image of strength Wednesday.
His camp released a new ad on social media that optimistically declared: “This is only getting started”;after he bolted from the Granite State before the polls had closed.
Biden even gave a speech to the supporters he’d abandoned in New Hampshire, from South Carolina on Tuesday night as the dreadful results rolled in and staff began panicking.
“This is horrendous. We’re all scared,”a Biden adviser told Politico. “I think we’re going to make it to South Carolina. I know we’re supposed to say we’re going to and we’re going to win. But I just don’t know.”
Andrew Cuomo is believed to have helped Biden’s struggling campaign raise money, but the feeling among Democrats is turning grim.
“The word that is going around most of my colleagues in politics is that it’s sad,” veteran Democratic consultant George Arzt said.“No one wants someone to end their political career on a down note. He is a very decent man.”
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“He is a very decent man”, said the Neanderthal!
Looks like he can go back to kissing his granddaughter.
I’d chip in to elect Joe to be the first catapultanaut across the mexican border.
It was the Trump Curse what laid low the rat frontrunner. impeachment’s sole victim (so far)
I think after being humiliated again in Nevada and South Carolina he’s done. He’s a demented old man who belongs in a nursing home.
Good answer.
New York money has nowhere to go, all the other Dems are communist/socialist. No choice but to pivot to Trump.
touching the kids - no problem
fondling the wife of another man - no problem
not a viable candidate - big problem
get your priorities straight folks
Oh Joe, we hardly knew ya.
More devastatingly poor results for that swamp creature are on the way.
More popcorn for everyone enjoying the show.
So these wealthy donors believed those 2018 Biden polls. Must be old money Trust Fund dimwits whom thank their financial advisors on an hourly basis.
But, but, I just saw his ad where he says “I don’t feel no ways tired...”—but isn’t that “cultural appropriation”?
“The word that is going around most of my colleagues in politics is that it’s sad,” veteran Democratic consultant George Arzt said.“No one wants someone to end their political career on a down note. He is a very decent man.”
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No he isn’t.
It’s still sad, he should have just stayed home.
The Kenyanesian Usurper told him he didn’t have to do this.
Could be they asked him to do this for their phony impeachment and now he can drop out.
But but but all those media outlets said hecwas the frontrunner.
He never was. Wishful thinking.
Methinks he’d be better off to set up a gofundme defense fund and drop out of politics.
Biden just came up with a new slogan about 10 days ago.
Biden slogan:I’m not going anywhere.”
Me: Dude.
Now he’s got a new one: “This is just getting started!”
Me: What, getting your ass kicked?
Joe Biden is politically dead meat as is Warren. Their support will go to Klobacher and or Buttiged. The final race is between Bernie, Klobacher and Buttiged and oddly Bloomberg with his immense cash reserves to totally fund his campaign in the primary and the election.
If Bernie does not get the nomination his supporters will sit home if Bloomberg is the nominee. They might rally around Klobacher and Buttiged. They will not rally around Bloomberg as he is a left wing capitalist which they abhor as they hate capitalism.
Oddly the only candidate that stands a snowballs chance in hell of defeating Trump is Tulsi Gabbard. The DNC will not allow her to win the nomination.
This election reminds me of a governors election in Louisiana in the 80s. Governor Edwards a totally corrupt man with ties to the Mafia was being interviewed by a reporter and was asked what was his chances of being re-elected? With his South Louisiana accent and drawl he said, “unless they catch me in bed with a live boy or dead woman I will be re-elected.” He was.
Later he went to jail for corruption after he was no longer governor. His jail sentence was most deserved.
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