Published Wednesday, February 5, 2020 12:41AM ESTDES MOINES, IOWA -- Joe Biden's third presidential bid enters a critical stretch after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses sent the former vice-president on to New Hampshire with a skittish donor base, low cash reserves and the looming threat of billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg and his unlimited personal wealth.
"If he came in fourth, yeah, that could hurt," said Bill Freeman, a Biden donor from Nashville, Tennessee, who added that he hadn't even considered such a possibility heading into Monday's caucuses. "That's a bad night, no matter how you spin it." Alex Sink, a Democratic donor who hosted Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race, said many donors are holding back, waiting to see how Biden does. They are also keeping an open mind about Bloomberg, whose campaign asked Sink last week to attend an event in Tampa.
That never meant, however, that Biden could sustain a bad showing in Iowa and New Hampshire. The approach was also an expensive one, requiring deep campaign reserves to finance advertising and staffing in Nevada, South Carolina and delegate-rich states like California and Texas. Freeman and Morgan agreed that Biden needs to finish in the top 3 in New Hampshire and ideally as the top moderate. That reflects what had been the quiet hope of Biden's team heading into Monday's caucuses. They didn't necessarily expect to win outright. But they hoped that they could emerge from Iowa as the clear alternative to Sanders, a democratic socialist and leader of the left's progressive base.
Biden took the same approach Tuesday on the campaign trail, hammering Sanders as directly as he has in weeks. "It's time to get real about health care," he said as he compared his proposal to expand existing insurance markets with a "public option" to Sanders' "Medicare for All" idea. Sanders has been pushing single-payer insurance for "30 years now," Biden said, and "hasn't moved it an inch.
Democrats with the help of the media are preparing a landslide victory for trump, and yes they fully deserve trump. Only Biden can win over trump, NOBODY ELSE, but hey, they live in the stratosphere, as usual. They deserve a dictator. .
I have seen a couple of his speeches, he is in his late 70s and he is starting to have a lot of 'senior moments', as what happens in the natural progression of life. You did your time Joe, but it is time to hang em up.
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