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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Obama fundraising chief backs Biden
Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2020, 12:20 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/24/obama-fundraising-chief-backs-biden-103221Rufus Gifford, one of the Democratic Partys best-connected fundraisers, is throwing his support behind Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, just before Biden and his rivals dive into an expensive stretch of early primaries and caucuses.
There are few Democratic donors or operatives with fundraising networks as vast as Giffords, and his connections could help Biden compete with fellow frontrunners who have tapped online small-dollar donors to outraise the former vice president so far. Gifford served as finance director for former President Barack Obamas reelection campaign, leading the record-setting push to raise $1 billion to win a second term for Obama in 2012.
Its time for me to come off the fence and support him officially. Ive been in a position where Ive had split loyalty in this race for a long time, Gifford told POLITICO in an interview. Weve been having this conversation for a year now as a country, and were back in the same place we were back a year ago, which is Joe Biden is a fantastic vice president and hed be an amazing president. So hes my guy.
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Gifford told POLITICO he has longstanding relationships with several candidates, and no matter what happens in the primary, he plans to help the Democratic nominee defeat President Donald Trump.
There are few Democratic donors or operatives with fundraising networks as vast as Giffords, and his connections could help Biden compete with fellow frontrunners who have tapped online small-dollar donors to outraise the former vice president so far. Gifford served as finance director for former President Barack Obamas reelection campaign, leading the record-setting push to raise $1 billion to win a second term for Obama in 2012.
Its time for me to come off the fence and support him officially. Ive been in a position where Ive had split loyalty in this race for a long time, Gifford told POLITICO in an interview. Weve been having this conversation for a year now as a country, and were back in the same place we were back a year ago, which is Joe Biden is a fantastic vice president and hed be an amazing president. So hes my guy.
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Gifford told POLITICO he has longstanding relationships with several candidates, and no matter what happens in the primary, he plans to help the Democratic nominee defeat President Donald Trump.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Obama fundraising chief backs Biden (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
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oasis
(49,428 posts)1. Dems in the know choose to go with Joe.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,799 posts)2. Great Endorsement
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. "It's time for me to come off the fence and support him officially."
Him and a bunch of others who've been "having this conversation for a year now," waiting for the race to solidify.
Who the frontrunner would be hasn't changed since the days when the declared candidates had to wait to really start campaigning, the media wait to seriously cover, and the donors wait to seriously donate, until everyone knew if the big blue elephant in the political room, VP Biden, was even going to run.
The days when duty called and he felt he had to answer.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)4. Go Joe.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden