Obama and Clinton's bundlers are betting on these 3 candidates

[DonViejo]

The biggest fundraisers in the Democratic Party have identified early favorites as the 2020 candidates jockey for resources.

By MAGGIE SEVERNS 07/18/2019 05:01 AM EDT

Big-money Democratic donors have jumped off the sidelines of the presidential race, and three candidates are the clear winners of their support: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris.

Each of those three candidates received more than 220 donations from top fundraisers who helped raise at least $100,000 (and sometimes many multiples more) for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign or at least $50,000 for Barack Obama in 2012, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission data. Members of this group of nearly 2,000 so-called “bundlers” have tapped their personal networks in the past to collectively raise tens of millions of dollars for Democratic campaigns.

But while top Democratic fundraisers donated more money in the second quarter than in the slow first three months of the race, many are no closer to choosing a single candidate: Close to 40 percent of the 810 bundlers who have donated to a 2020 Democrat so far have given to more than one candidate.

And while the Democratic field has largely fought to be the party of small-dollar donors in 2020, Biden, Buttigieg and Harris in particular have hustled for bundler support behind closed doors during the early months of the campaign.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/obama-clinton-rainmakers-2020-1418991

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Too bad, they aren't any of my favorites.

Too stogey. At least they have 1 woman on the list.

Ha ha, funny misspelling. Damn you spell checker.....I meant to spell stodgy.

[leftofcool]

2. I will take stogy, smart and compassionate in Mayor Pete over any of the them

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Yes.

[myohmy2]

3. oh dear...

"...Biden, Buttigieg and Harris in particular have hustled for bundler support behind closed doors..."

...the more things change, the more they remain the same...

...God Bless America...

[leftofcool]

8. It is the system we have.

Democrats have money too ya know? Some of us are millionaires and some do give to really good Democratic candidates. Some hold parties for other good Dems to bundle money. Get over it.

[BannonsLiver]

13. Purity doesn't pay the bills.

[progressoid]

4. Great.

Nothing get the electorate energized like millionaire bundlers.

[dalton99a]

6. Especially from Wall Street and the healthcare industrial complex

[leftofcool]

9. How do you know all the money comes from Wall Street

[loyalsister]

7. It's not a great look

Money in politics is one of our biggest problems. It's a necessary evil to raise a lot of money to win elections - not something to celebrate.

[George II]

12. ActBlue is essentially a bundler.

[progressoid]

14. Yeah, I remember getting invited to all those private, $2800.00 a plate dinners hosted by ActBlue.

[George II]

15. Thanks for that positive response.

[Autumn]

16. Yeah me too. I think they will be wrong again. nt

[Blue_true]

26. Go easy on George. ActBlue did send me a Christmas card when it was a small fundraiser.

I guess that I was among the first wave of people donating through the site. I remember being introduced via email to the woman that started the portal, she was fundraising for a candidate who won. I am really, really proud of being somewhere near the start for them, and I am even prouder that Mitch McConnell now fears them.

[saljr1]

10. I hope they are not too disappointed when

Liz wins the nomination. She has the best plans and a great grassroots campaign across the country, state by state and voter by voter.

[DonViejo]

19. What's your relationship with the Senator that entitles you to call her "Liz," a name only her

immediate family and close friends call her?

[BeyondGeography]

21. You're right...I hope Warren doesn't see that post

She would be so PISSED.

[DonViejo]

23. You missed the entire point of my comment but, hey, have fun! TONS of it...

Why Are Conservatives So Eager to Call Elizabeth Warren “Liz”?

By HEATHER SCHWEDEL

MARCH 21, 2019 11:53 AM

In a tweet about Elizabeth Warren’s entry into the presidential race last month, President Donald Trump referred to the Massachusetts senator with his favored epithet, “Pocahontas.” But he ended his tweet with a more common nickname: “Liz.”

Link to tweet

It is fair to assume there was no warm, friendly “Please, call me Liz” moment between Warren and Trump. He seems to have intended “Liz” dismissively, and conservative media has taken his cue. What initially reads as a harmless nickname actually brings up more than a few questions: Can it be a dig to call someone her own name? Does “Liz” lack the gravitas of “Elizabeth”? Is it a nickname Warren herself ever uses? And if it was intended as a slight, what does that mean for the many adult women who do prefer “Liz”?

The Liz/Elizabeth question is one that every Elizabeth must eventually confront (to say nothing of Beth, Lilibet, Betty, Libby, and so on). I consulted several Elizabeths and Lizzes for this article, all of whom had carefully considered opinions on the matter. “I don’t think you should give someone with the name ‘Elizabeth’ a nickname unless they are comfortable with it,” offered Liz Dueweke, who lives in the D.C. area. “It could be very personal to call her ‘Liz,’ like it is when people call me ‘Lizzy.’ ” Elizabeth Weingarten, a stalwart Elizabeth, told me via email that she bristles when anyone tries to “Liz” her: “I think this is inconsiderate, because ‘Liz’ and ‘Elizabeth’ are two very different names, and I don’t go by ‘Liz’ with anyone.”

So far, though, the news outlets that have used “Liz” in their headlines have mostly shared one thing in common. According to a Google News search, the outlets to run “Liz” pieces most recently have included the Daily Caller, the Washington Examiner, PJ Media, and Townhall—all of which are conservative sources. (To be fair, “Liz Warren” use is fairly common on Twitter, across ideological lines.) And then there was the Trump tweet, with “Liz” side by side with “Pocahontas.”

If “Liz” isn’t necessarily a sneer, why do some outlets and figures treat it like one? Why is a nickname a dirty secret? The tone is reminiscent of the glee conservatives took in dressing down Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez as “Sandy” earlier this year. Using a diminutive can be a way of talking down to someone, and when that someone is a woman, the gender component can’t be set aside. “Sandy” and “Liz” become code for “little girl” and all the immaturity and frivolity that implies. “Are they using it to make her seem less … serious? Accomplished?” asked Liz B., comparing “Liz” use to the way “honey” and “sweetie” are employed to condescend.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/03/elizabeth-warren-liz-conservative-nickname-sexism.html

[BeyondGeography]

24. So the poster was mimicking Trump in addition to being overly familiar

Wow.

[DonViejo]

25. Wow! Look at that, another comment right over your head and a strong indication you...

didn't and couldn't be bothered to read the entire comment. Don't bother responding to this comment, I've placed you where you appropriately belong, on my ignore list

[Blue_true]

27. Yeah, that would really mix up their game.

Warren will do perfectly fine raising small donations.

[Nanjeanne]

11. Interesting. Helps me move those 3 people down even lower on my list.

Which is sad to me because I had Harris on my list after Sanders and Warren.

[Cha]

17. Good.. Money is necessary.. I don't

care what the detractors says about Millionaires.

[BeyondGeography]

18. I salute the bunglers

[Gothmog]

20. I like two of these candidates-Biden and Harris

[Princetonian]

22. Nothing wrong with money if it is a means to an end -- the end of Chump.

Chump is raising money hand over fist. The perfect should not be the enemy of the good.