The day before New Hampshire, and everyone needs money to fund their last second get out the vote. If you’re a reader IN New Hampshire, it’s not too late to vote if you read this the MOMENT it’s posted!
Continue reading “Day 266: 2/10/20”Category: Daily
Day 263: 2/7/20
On Friday, the Democrats debated for the eighth time, attacks on various campaigns’ sources of funding were made or ignored, and Andrew Yang managed to forget to thank the Yang Gang.
However, also on Friday, Yang-themed BTE merch went up on the BTE store! Check out the site for some unofficial MATH gear! (or Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, or generic BTE gear)
Day 262: 2/6/20
Finally, we have a winner for Iowa! According to the Iowa Democratic Party, it’s Pete Buttigieg!
According to the Bernie 2020 campaign, it’s Bernie Sanders!
And according to Tulsi Gabbard, the DNC is in charge of every election and also federal holidays.
Continue reading “Day 262: 2/6/20”Day 261: 2/5/20
Iowa has taken up more airtime than the State of the Union, even with Nancy Pelosi’s speech-ripping gesture. Despite that, the candidates are turning toward the CNN town halls, the debates on Friday, and New Hampshire’s vote next Tuesday.
Continue reading “Day 261: 2/5/20”Day 260: 2/4/20
Still no full Iowa results as of the time of this writing, but we have 71% reported in and Pete Buttigieg is running victory laps despite Deval Patrick comparing him to Trump. Bernie Sanders is glum about his standing, and Joe Biden is ecstatic about his fantastic showing.
Continue reading “Day 260: 2/4/20”Day 259: 2/3/20
As of the time of writing, the Iowa caucus results have not been announced. This hasn’t stopped campaigns from hyping their supporters up or bracing for bad news. Mike Bloomberg is dismissive of Iowa entirely, and Elizabeth Warren has decided that this is the official start of the primary and caucus season. Pete Buttigieg’s team stuck around to clean up, and Bernie Sanders was shouting about being attacked before the caucuses even began.
Continue reading “Day 259: 2/3/20”Day 256: 1/31/20
It was the first FEC deadline of the year, and one of the candidates just couldn’t take the pressure. Mike Bloomberg had a little mental vacation in the middle of one of his emails, Elizabeth Warren kept trying to sell me a pin, and Joe Biden resorted to openly begging me for money.
Continue reading “Day 256: 1/31/20”Day 255: 1/30/20
Thursday was the day before an FEC deadline, and the email count is ramping up. Andrew Yang has some new merchandise for me, while Tom Steyer didn’t bother to get in my inbox–why would he need money? Bernie Sanders is fighting everyone and everyone is fighting him, while Pete Buttigieg remains the most consistently positive.
Continue reading “Day 255: 1/30/20”Day 254: 1/29/20
The asks on Wednesday were not a very diverse crowd. Every single one of the campaigns that emailed me asked me for money. How they asked varied, from the desperate (Joe Biden) to the creepy (Andrew Yang) to the optimistic (Pete Buttigieg).
Continue reading “Day 254: 1/29/20”Day 253: 1/28/20
Tuesday was pretty average, with a lot of hype about raising money just before an FEC deadline. One of the candidates was obsessed with money to have money. The answer may surprise you!
Continue reading “Day 253: 1/28/20”