Klobuchar: 'No scenario where I don't go on' to New Hampshire

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Politico

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Monday that there is “no scenario” where her campaign does not continue on to New Hampshire's primary contest next week, regardless of where she finishes in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses.

“There's no scenario where I don't go on,” she said in an interview Monday morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Klobuchar cited endorsements she’s racked up in New Hampshire, the first primary state, which include members of the state legislature’s leadership as well as the editorial boards of the three biggest newspapers in the state.

Klobuchar has consistently polled behind the fluid top tier of Democrats in the crowded primary field, but nevertheless has slowly risen in the polls in recent months as primary season drew closer and as the Democratic field winnowed. The Minnesota senator has repeatedly touted her electability relative to other 2020 Democrats, casting herself as a pragmatic, moderate choice. The New York Times, which co-endorsed Klobuchar and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), cited those factors in its endorsement of the Minnesota lawmaker.

“We have this incredible operation,” Klobuchar said of her prospects in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, arguing that the strength of her campaign has allowed her to absorb the blow of being off the campaign trail and back in Washington for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial over the last month.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Good!

[brooklynite]

2. Reasonable, but the question is: can she hold on to Nevada and SC?

Forward momentum will propel most people into New Hampshire, but holding out until Nevada is three weeks, with fundraising potentially drying up after a bad IA performance.

[musicblind]

4. Genuine question: Does she have good fundraising numbers or no?

I know I could look it up, but I'm running around with my head cut off at the moment.

[brooklynite]

5. She raised $11.4 M in the 4th quarter and has $4.9 M COH

Don't know what her IA/NH burn rate has been.

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6. There is a NV debate

That will help her as well.

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3. If she feels she still has a chance and can go on, she should.

I think that is healthy for our democracy. We aren't at a point where continuing would hurt the eventual nominee.