How Joe Biden has changed the race. Now Bernie Sanders is holding fundraisers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Bernie Sanders — who swore off big-money fundraisers and criticized Hillary Clinton’s fundraising as “obscene” during the 2016 campaign — is changing his approach as the scramble for Democratic campaign cash heats up.

The Vermont senator has decided to hold in-person fundraising events where donors of all means will be invited and the media will be allowed. He has also hired a fundraiser to oversee the effort, a position he did not have in his 2016 bid.

The moves, described by campaign sources to POLITICO, amount to an acknowledgment by Sanders that his online-only approach to raising money was leaving significant amounts of money on the table. That cash could be decisive in a primary with nearly two dozen candidates competing fiercely for money: Sanders’ top rival, Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, is raking in huge sums from major Democratic donors in the early weeks of the race with a slew of fundraisers.

The altered strategy is a sign that Sanders is running a different kind of campaign in 2020, shedding some of his resistance to a side of politics he’s instinctively repelled by.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/22/bernie-sanders-money-1337897

It's Joe world and we're just living in it. Some of us just don't know it yet.

[Cha]

1. lol.. "..shedding some of his resistance to a side of politics he's instinctively repelled by.."

uh huh..

[DownriverDem]

2. I only support true members

of the Democratic Party.

[leftofcool]

3. Ditto

[Gothmog]

18. Same here

[Lisa0825]

30. My response to a Bernie texter...

(whoever, whomever? gah!)

[Maru Kitteh]

37. Perfect response. Sums up how so many of us feel, present company included.

[onetexan]

33. +1 -K&R

[ananda]

4. I'm happy to support Joe Biden!

Period.

[stonecutter357]

5. millionaires and billionaires !

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Guess he needs the money after all.

[Blue_true]

24. Looks that way. nt

[George II]

7. Well whaddaya know!

[lunamagica]

8. Hypocrite

[Blue_true]

25. Reality.

I think that Senator Warren and Mayor Pete have cut deeply into his online cash stream, so he has to do face time with the true believers. I believe that that will eventually expose him and cause some of those people to bolt to Senator Warren.

[Kahuna7]

9. This is about optics. He's desperate to make sure he beats Biden's Q2 haul. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Probably

[kcr]

10. This should send a sizeable portion of his supporters to Warren

who actually walks her talk. Whether it actually will remains to be seen, given how often he gets a pass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. She is also an infinitely more thoughtful candidate whose positions are thought out.

[Eric J in MN]

16. Elizabeth Warren does events where

...people who previously gave any amount are invited.

Maybe Bernie Sanders will do something similar.

We don’t know the details yet, but I don’t think Bernie Sanders is going to do $2,800-per-ticket events like Joe Biden does.

[nolabear]

13. Think he'll have to justify it to the followers?

Or will everyone let it go? It was such a measure of purity.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. He will say it's a grassroots one.

[honest.abe]

15. Do as I say.. not as a I do.

[Eric J in MN]

17. DemocratSinceBirth - do you consider

...Joe Biden having this effect as good or bad?

[Blue_true]

26. I think that it is good, if Senator Sanders does like Senator Warren does.

When she go to a fundraiser in a city, anyone who has been a documented contributor can rsvp. This brings in the regular people and the supporters that have big wallets.

I am sure that Senator Sanders has very well off backers. If he does things like Senator Warren, it's all positive.

[mcar]

19. What does in-person fundraiser mean?

Aren't most fundraisers in person?

[Blue_true]

27. There are video fundraisers where the candidate only shows up

on a video, usually pre-recorded. Honestly I believe that face time between the candidate and all of that candidate's supporters is a good thing. If Senator Sanders does this right, he can draw critical contrasts to former Vice President Biden, but Senator Sanders' team seem to be panicking, I am not sure that they have a sound plan for the fundraisers.

[mcar]

29. I never heard it said that way

Makes sense. Thanks.

[comradebillyboy]

31. I'm not very impressed by the Sanders team either but

would you elaborate on why you think they are panicking? I can't always tell the difference between panic and incompetence.

[Fresh_Start]

34. true dat

can't always tell the difference between panic and incompetence.

[Blue_true]

38. Incompetence is when a person tries something out of the gate and completely screws it up.

Panic is when you try an old method, see it is not working then wildly thrash about for new ideas.

I am sure that there is abundant incompetence in Senator Sanders' campaign, we have seen some (inability to answer simple questions at important forums and appearances, seemingly determination not to aggressively reach out to Black democrats before holding events in cities where Blacks are a majority, ect), but with things like fundraising, that is pure sweaty panic straight-up.

[betsuni]

20. Status quo.

[oasis]

21. The incredibly shrinking $27 donor.

[SouthernProgressive]

22. Always someone to blame when he does something he wants to do in the first place.

[rgbecker]

23. 'Still, this is far from a full embrace of big money by the candidate

From the article;

"Still, this is far from a full embrace of big money by the candidate who loved to boast that his average donation in 2016 was $27. His campaign has dubbed the events he plans to hold “grassroots fundraisers.” They’re expected to have a relatively low ticket price, but larger donors will be able to attend and could potentially get face time with the candidate. '

[Blue_true]

28. So he will do them like Senator Warren is already doing them? nt

[donkeypoofed]

32. That kind of schedule is way more exhausting

What a very interesting turn of events! I never saw that coming. I still don't see him dropping out when he should, though. He tends to hold on too long. A long race is expensive.

[Partisan D]

35. I'm sure millionaires know other millionaires.

Dolla, dolla bills y'all!

[Maru Kitteh]

36. LOL! I guess millionaires n billionaires are now . . . what . very fine people? Cause it's okay

if Bernie does it?