The amount of votes you get is a function of your ability to campaign which is a function of your campaign warchest which is a function of your donor base.
Individually, it's no big deal, but these bundlers are coordinating with a large network of people that will also donate $2.7k to that candidate and suddenly it's not so innocent anymore.
if you don't think someone who maxes out donations every quarter or big time bundles don't have an undue influence on candidates you are kidding yourself
Not that I like Pete but can we not play spot the black person?
as funny as it is to to see this stupid attack being thrown at someone else, I agree
ok my bad, you can give 2700 in the primary and another 2700 for the general election
I'm not so sure. MSNBC is pushing him 24/7 with glowing coverage. He's going to stick around, for better or for worse.
I'm just saying his support seems to be non existent in the black community. You can't win the Dem nomination without the black community. He has time to do outreach, but it's most likely already too late for him.
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He literally just broke out. It's April 2019, not April 2020. Having to do work campaigning there does not mean it's "too late" 9 months before anyone casts a ballot.
Alot would have to change for him to be able to pull that support from Kamala/Beto/Biden/Bernie. I don't see how a gay white guy from the Midwest that likes country music is going to do it.
Do you not expect the field to winnow? Phish isn't country music, either.
The field will get smaller, but it's totally possible 3-4 of these candidates will run all the way to the convention.
Beto already beat him to it lol
But votes don't decide who gets to run. Money does and you know it.
What percentage of the population can afford to donate $2700 to a political campaign.
Public financing would be great. Without that system, I want candidates to play to win, not to play for moral purity, and I don't want people leeching off the middle/lower class.
Don't forget Pete's repeated usage of right wing terminology. He's deeply problematic when it comes to race as well.
Yes.
without public financing the alternative is that only candidates backed by the rich should be allowed
He's not talking about Sanders himself, he is talking about the base of his support not actively interfacing with Democratic politics because they see them as an enemy to be defeated instead of partners.
Imagine that, a socialist organization not liking capitalism and capitalist organizations.
