Biden team admit 'it's not going great'

[melman]

Link to tweet

[Sloumeau]

1. I think the Biden team is lowering expectations so that any results will seem comparatively good. :)

Every group has to decide how to set expectations.

[PatSeg]

2. I hope so

[Thekaspervote]

4. IA & NH mean little

Link to tweet

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[PatSeg]

9. Interesting statistics

I'm in New Hampshire and already mailed in my absentee ballot for Joe. I don't have a feel for how people will vote here though. We have an awful lot of republicans.

[Hav]

5. It rather sounds like a made up story for the gullible

with words and tone changed from one report of the story to the other for obvious purposes.
The original story claimed that staffers said they "felt" it's not going great and then that got changed to they admit it's not going great.

Does anyone really believe that just before people start to participate in an election, that staff members of a campaign run to journalists and tell them it's not going great? Before any actual votes came in? Ridiculous.

[Thekaspervote]

7. It's like someone said they overheard John Kerry saying he may have to jump into the race

[UniteFightBack]

20. +1000

[George II]

3. The Independent UK.

[Amishman]

10. This, surprised such a sketchy right wing source is allowed

Not fit for toilet paper

[mathematic]

18. The Independent is a right wing source on what planet?

It's ok that you don't know that the Independent is a left leaning paper. It's not ok that you claim it's some right wing source when it very famously isn't. Just look it up next time.

[Amishman]

21. My mistake, I had them mixed up with the Express

And the express is a UK right wing shit wipe

[groundloop]

6. I'm not putting much stock in Iowa, there's a little while yet before things start getting real.

AND this 'news' story tends to set off my bullshit alarm.

[Thekaspervote]

8. Good call!!

[George II]

11. It was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997....

....until it was sold to the Russian businessman and former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent

Hmmm.

[Mr.Bill]

12. The links in this post are pretty thin on substance. n/t

[katmondoo]

13. I am not interested in what people in Iowa vote for. It may or may not be relevant.

[nini]

14. Any state with a caucus isn't a major indicator

Good for bragging rights but I've never really freaked out over them either.

[FloridaBlues]

15. Who on his team said that? I think lowering expectations

[beastie boy]

16. Biden team admits nothing of the sort.

It is someone from the Independent who tweeted about someone from The Hill who quoted an unnamed Biden ally who claims that most Biden aides, whoever the fuck that may be, feel "it's not going to be great".

A far cry from the Biden team admitting "it's not going great".

[MineralMan]

17. Crappy source. No real results available.

This post makes no sense at all, melman.

[melman]

19. Says you

I say it's a perfectly legit source and it makes perfect sense to post it.

[ehrnst]

22. Attempt to create an aura of inevitability for someone else?