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Biden campaign says he doesn't have to win Iowa
The Hill ^ | 09/03/19 | Max Greenwood

Posted on 09/03/2019 11:24:16 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Former Vice President Joe Biden doesn’t have to win the Iowa caucuses to capture the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, a senior adviser to his campaign said Tuesday.

“Do I think we have to win Iowa? No,” the senior adviser told reporters in a briefing, according to Politico.

“We think we’re going to win,” the adviser added. “We think it’s going to be a dog fight … But we think there are several candidates in this field, there’s probably three or four, that are going to go awhile.”

The Iowa caucuses will mark the first vote of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest and, as such, is seen as a critical test by many campaigns because of its ability to lend candidates early momentum.

SNIP


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa
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I take it their internal polling shows Biden can't win the Iowa caucus.
1 posted on 09/03/2019 11:24:16 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

He doesn’t have to win Iowa, nor anywhere else!


2 posted on 09/03/2019 11:26:41 AM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: relee

Obama told Joe that he didn’t have to do this at all.


3 posted on 09/03/2019 11:27:38 AM PDT by VanDeKoik ( In heap big peace pipe)
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“We think we’re going to win,” the adviser added. “We think it’s going to be a dog fight … But we think there are several candidates in this field, there’s probably three or four, that are going to go awhile.”

English Translation: All of our internal polls show that we are going to lose.

4 posted on 09/03/2019 11:31:09 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Biden is too lazy and/or old to campaign across the entire state and that is what is required to win their.


5 posted on 09/03/2019 11:32:47 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: yesthatjallen

He is holding out for the Delaware primary.


6 posted on 09/03/2019 11:38:51 AM PDT by kempster
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To: Bubba_Leroy

He’s dead, Jim.


7 posted on 09/03/2019 11:39:30 AM PDT by gasport (The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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To: gasport

That’s like Tennessee saying they didn’t have to beat Georgia State.


8 posted on 09/03/2019 11:41:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Biden is just a place holder. Wait for the bait and switch.


9 posted on 09/03/2019 11:43:42 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: yesthatjallen

They want to lower expectations. In the primaries and caucuses, exceeding expectations is what gives your campaign momentum.

So if they dampen expectations, and Biden ends up in 2nd place in Iowa, they can spin that as a victory.


10 posted on 09/03/2019 11:45:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: yesthatjallen

If Buttigieg wins the nomination, then he should choose Biden as his rung mate. I want a BUTT/PLUGS bumper sticker.


11 posted on 09/03/2019 11:45:17 AM PDT by o-n-money
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To: yesthatjallen

Joe. That’s crazy talk.
Keep talking!


12 posted on 09/03/2019 11:45:55 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: yesthatjallen

LOL! Groper confused in the cornfields? Does he even know what state Iowa is in?


13 posted on 09/03/2019 11:46:09 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: yesthatjallen

He probably doesn’t need to win New Hampshire or South Carolina either.


14 posted on 09/03/2019 11:47:20 AM PDT by euram
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To: yesthatjallen

LOL...is Creepy OLD Joe thinking that the fix is in, for him?

He may already be suffering from the Hildabeast “I AM The President!!” mental disease.


15 posted on 09/03/2019 11:49:36 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: dfwgator

Nice one.. felt kinda bad for the volunteers.


16 posted on 09/03/2019 11:56:53 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: VanDeKoik

Obama knows that Biden’s poor showing in the primaries will reflect on him. Obama was going to be elected even if he had Charles Manson on the ticket. First black, was his ace in the hole. The lord was with us when Killary was not elected.


17 posted on 09/03/2019 12:04:37 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: LS; yesthatjallen; SunkenCiv; Liz

I agree. If “they” are saying this now - conceding the possibility that the “leading democrat contender” cannot win Iowa, “they” realize “they” have no chance of winning Iowa.

Which opens the gate for the critical “First Three” (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina) primaries to be run up by extremist social-racist-democrat-communists.


18 posted on 09/03/2019 12:07:10 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Telling Iowa you don’t need them is a good way to not win Iowa.


19 posted on 09/03/2019 12:20:39 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: yesthatjallen

If my pick, AOC, does not win the Dem nomination, then dam*it I’m voting for Trump in the primary!(/s)


20 posted on 09/03/2019 12:24:47 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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