BREAKING: Yang begins to fire staff

[brooklynite]

Politico

Andrew Yang’s campaign fired dozens of staffers this week after an abysmal finish in the Iowa caucuses, according to four former staffers who were let go.

Among those dismissed were the national political and policy directors of the campaign, as well as the deputy national political director — all senior-level positions. The people who were fired worked across Yang’s organization, from his headquarters in New York to the now-disbanded Iowa operation.

Yang finished sixth in Iowa, receiving just 1 percent of delegates, according to the most recent count.

The future States aren't any more promising...

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Yang may do better in NH. He's an interesting guy and NH is quirky.

[bearsfootball516]

4. That's possible. I think he may just see the writing on the wall.

He's been an extremely interesting candidate, but he's never gotten a ton of support.

[brooklynite]

8. Currently polling at 2.2%

[scheming daemons]

2. Yang will be out of the race after NH

His supporters are "soft" Democrats. Half will simply not vote or vote Republican. The other half will scatter to the other Democratic candidates.

[redqueen]

3. I bet those were the people who were reported as having done awful jobs.

Apparently there were a lot of reports of sub-par performances from some early hires.

Glad he's cleaning house!

[MineralMan]

5. No surprise there. He never got any real traction

from the very start. Too unknown and too far from the center of Democratic practical philosophy.

[Jirel]

11. More importantly, he has no experience.

You don’t need an amateur as POTUS. We have one of those now.

[MineralMan]

12. Yeah, that, too.

[bluewater]

6. Yang had a good run and raised important issues.

Not to sound too premature, but the sense is his campaign might be winding down. Let me comment on how he helped define the debate this primary season...

His advocacy of a guaranteed basic income will have a lasting impact on policy. I expect it will become as important an issue as universal health care.

Thank you for your efforts, Andrew.

[calguy]

7. I like a lot of the stuff Yang had to say

but he was really never a viable candidate. The Iowa vote proved that. Best he cut his losses while he still can

[DeSmet]

9. Seretary of Treasury

He is good with numbers

[The Mouth]

14. Or commerce

I don't think any of us thought he would get the nomination, but I think he has brought himself to the attention of whoever does.

And he hasn't thrown shade at other candidates or their supporters to much of a degree, either.

[oasis]

10. A likeable individual. We haven't heard the last of him. nt

[Jirel]

13. Then let him run for another seat.

It’s arrogance to go from a non political background straight to a POTUS run, with zero experience in holding a single actual office and learning the ropes. I actually doubt we’ll see more of him. He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who’ll put his pride and impatience away, and run for county commissioner, statehouse Rep, or even a House seat.

[oasis]

18. Cabinet post maybe. Yang will likely campaign with the Dem nominee. nt

[OnDoutside]

19. I agree.

[Mersky]

15. I like Yang

Have enjoyed the challenging ideas he brought to the debates, even if I can’t see how they fit into the fight right now. I agree with him that addressing the effects of automation/tech on how we, as a society, value people’s time will require new thinking and nuance.

If he’s poised to leave the race, then I hope he’ll use his fantastic voice to inform his supporters to recognize how the Democratic Party is full of problem-solvers that can take on the bigger ideas. That will happen more fully than we’ve seen before, once the cruel and arcane tRump cultists are cleared out of the way to the creating of a better future.

[Sapient Donkey]

16. I find it awesome he did as well as he did and made it this far

I donated to his campaign well before he took off in popularity. Not because I thought he was likely to win, but because I was hoping him being on stage at the debates would make UBI more of a topic. I am still disappointed it was hardly ever mentioned unless Yang himself brought it up.

Buttigieg/Yang 2020 teeehee

[Jarqui]

17. I don't mind him but he's not getting much traction

Yang, Gabbard, Bennet, Steyer & Patrick are all on the outside looking in.
Steyer might get some delegates in NV & SC
Patrick should get some in MA

But none of them have the media attention to draw support for March 3rd -- super Tuesday - which means they will be hopelessly behind after about 20 contests with 19 more coming in less than 4 weeks after that when it will be about 2/3rds over.

I think we're down to someone from this group
Biden
Bloomberg
Buttigieg
Klobuchar
Sanders
Warren