Over this past week, three candidates dropped, more people got to vote, and the amount of emails I’ve been getting took a serious nose-dive. Everyone wants money, but only Joe Biden doesn’t seem to know how much he has.
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.
Continue reading “Day 270: 2/14/20”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.
Continue reading “Day 269: 2/13/20”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”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)
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”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”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”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”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”
But their emails! 