On Valentine’s Day, I got fewer cutesy, loving emails than I expected. Of the three I received, Amy Klobuchar’s made me a little uncomfortable, Joe Biden’s made me a lot uncomfortable, and Pete Buttigieg’s made me smile.
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Day 269: 2/13/20
With only 8 candidates left in the race, my inbox is finally starting to calm down. Mike Bloomberg let me know he was turning 78 on Valentine’s Day, while Amy Klobuchar asked me to fill out a survey and Tom Steyer wanted to talk about reparations.
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The day after New Hampshire was quiet, as the field stared at the fallen campaigns of Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet. Joe Biden tried to cheer up his troops, and Elizabeth Warren encouraged her supporters to work through their grief. Bernie Sanders braced for new attacks, and Pete Buttigieg likes pizza.
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Tuesday was the first in the nation primary in New Hampshire, and Bernie Sanders pulled off a victory with not even 2% more of the vote than his runner-up, Pete Buttigieg. The story of the night is Amy Klobuchar coming out in third place, but it’s also of Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet ending their campaigns on the same day.
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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!
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Over the weekend, knives were out. Joe Biden attacked Pete Buttigieg, who defended himself and criticized Bernie Sanders’ dark money group, who attacked Buttigieg for his billionaire donors, which Elizabeth Warren joined in on getting upset about, while Tulsi Gabbard stabbed at Tom Perez, who isn’t even in the race.
Continue reading “Days 264 and 265: 2/8/20-2/9/20”Week 38: February 2-February 8, 2020
The Iowa Caucus was on Monday, and the eighth Democratic debate was on Friday, and in-between was a whole lot of confusion. Every candidate was trying to convince me to give them my money, and Deval Patrick insisted he had nothing to do with Iowa.
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)
Debate 8
In just a few minutes from this post going live, the eigth Democratic Presidential debates will begin on ABC. I’ll try to be live-tweeting and let you know if anyone is emailing during the debates.
The end of year FEC filings have been made public, and I’ve been pouring over the numbers. In honor of the 8th debate, I have created 8 fundraising-related charts to show you.
Continue reading “Debate 8”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.
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