MSNBC Anchor: Everyone's Drawing Huge Crowds in Iowa Except Biden (VIDEO)

[Quixote1818]

[msongs]

1. maybew its cuz they know him well already nt

[ChubbyStar]

3. Just like when a relationship has gone sour

Nobody is offering to make a cup of tea anymore, because they know him/her.

[Kahuna7]

14. Yeah. Same as with Hillary. We knew her. No need to go

to a rally. She already had my vote.

[HarlanPepper]

15. Yes, the same thing was said about HRC in 2016

And then she went out and beat Bernie by millions of votes while his fans were crowing about his crowds at meaningless rallies. rinse and repeat.

[Kahuna7]

17. A lot of those attendants were groupies who went from

rally to rally.

[HarlanPepper]

18. Yeah, that is true.

like the Grateful Dead or Phish fans.

[at140]

2. Surprise Surprise

Not!

[polichick]

4. Biden is a good guy - but it's not enough...

to be decent, even when Trump is anything but.

Biden seems to be running on nostalgia - for the Obama years, for bipartisan partnerships, for a (cough) “kinder, gentler” nation. And he’s the comfort candidate - some nice warm soup after the trauma of the Trump era. Comfort for weary, scared voters - but also for the corporate status quo.

The country needs vision and the kind of fearlessness that will inspire the people enough to break the stranglehold of the obscenely corrupt RepubliCONs. I worry that none of the Dem candidates has what it will take - but pray that all of them do.

[Quixote1818]

6. It's possible Bloomberg may start pulling from Biden if Biden has a poor showing in the first two

states giving Bloomberg a shot at the more moderate Dem vote.

[polichick]

7. The establishment is turning to Bloomberg - disgusting that they'd change the rules to get him

on the debate stage.

[book_worm]

12. Or I've heard he might start pulling Warren voters, too.

[ritapria]

5. Iowa Starting Line just reported

That Joe drew an enthusiastic rather large crow at a Cedar Rapids event this afternoon .. You can check their twitter account for a clip of the rally

[Donkees]

8. Joe's rather large crow tops Bernie's finch, fer sure :)

[R B Garr]

21. Omg, a bird contest now

Whose bird is better??

[Donkees]

22. Bernie's Parrot!

[R B Garr]

23. Those parrots are expensive.

Who can afford $500 on up into the thousands instead of paying bills, tuition, rent, you name it. Must be nice.

[UniteFightBack]

9. And YET he is still winning !!!! GO JOE. nt

[Blue_true]

10. A lot of older people have made up their minds.

They aren't coming out in the cold to see someone that they plan to caucus for.

My prediction? Warren surprises, she takes a buttload of college kids and young women from Bernie to finish second to Joe, with Joe getting a solid showing from older folks to win. Bernie finishes fourth, just behind Buttigieg.

[HarlanPepper]

16. Rallies are a 20th century construct anyway.

Completely meaningless. A recent example is Corbyn in the UK. Enormous crowds. Got smoked on election day.

[Blue_true]

19. Yes. It boils down to who is committed to vote.

People may stand in big rally crowds and get excited by the electricity, but don't show up to vote or caucus because it is freezing outside, snowing and the roads are slick. Bernie had much bigger crowds than Hillary in South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and California in 2016 and she smoked him in each of those states on primary day.

[book_worm]

11. Who cares? Everybody knows him

They said the same in '16 that Bernie got bigger crowds than HRC who had rallies in small venues, too. She still won the nomination.

[lynintenn]

13. He is not an exciting candidate.

Too many people in the primary so better candidates got no traction. Everyone is tired of old white men.

[flamingdem]

20. Not me - Go Joe!