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Related: About this forumBooker Finds Every Lane Blocked in 2020 Democratic Field
In a less crowded field, Bookers skills at connecting with voters would be paying off already. But in this cycles Democratic presidential contest, every lane he tries to run in is blocked.
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Time -- and money -- is running out for Booker to make his bid for the chance to confront Trump. He has qualified for the Nov. 20 debate in Atlanta, but has not yet qualified for the December debate. If he doesnt, that lessens his chances of competing in the first nominating contest in Iowa on Feb. 3.
Other would-be contenders in the back of the pack especially Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and former Representative Beto ORourke of Texas shifted strategies before eventually dropping out. But Booker is soldiering on, sticking by his plan to build up enough quiet support to surprise the pundits at the Iowa caucuses and get a second look from voters in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina later in the month.
In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Booker remains stuck in eighth place, essentially tied with Tulsi Gabbard at 1.9%. With 165,000 unique donors and slightly higher numbers in some early state polls, he qualified for the October and November debate stages, but his overall haul of $18 million is still shy of what Sanders and Warren raised in the third quarter alone.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-06/cory-booker-finds-every-lane-blocked-in-2020-democratic-field?srnd=politics-vp
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LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)Al is a quiet elephant in the room that some candidates carry around.
I was very pro Booker until then.
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)unfounded accusation, it became obvious he wasn't ready for primetime. I may get over it, eventually, but I still haven't forgiven him for it. I once thought he might make a great, energetic running mate for Biden, but I now consider that avenue closed.
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