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Showing Original Post only (View all)Morning Joe: Biden doesn't have an Iowa ground game to compete with Warren and Buttigieg [View all]
You need a unique ground operation to sign up and turn out and keep supporters in place on Caucus night, and Biden doesn't have one in place, while Warren and Buttigieg have invested heavy resources. David Axelrod said the same thing based on their performance at the Liberty and Justice Dinner, and it meshes with what I saw at the Steak Fry.
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NY Times/Siena (10/25 - 10/30) Biden 17 (4th)
Iowa State University (10/18 - 10/22) Biden 12 (4th)
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Morning Joe: Biden doesn't have an Iowa ground game to compete with Warren and Buttigieg [View all]
brooklynite
Nov 2019
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I doubt that Biden expected to do well in Iowa so I understand why he wouldn't
TexasTowelie
Nov 2019
#5
I know, but he knew New Hampshire was not going to be good to him. I hope he
dem4decades
Nov 2019
#11
Alternatively, he's proving yet again that he doesn't know how to build an effective campaign
BeyondGeography
Nov 2019
#13
And the proof of his ineffectiveness to build an effective campaign is... him topping every poll
beastie boy
Nov 2019
#33
Yes, Joe has lots of experience with that, so you'd think Iowa would be easy.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2019
#15
I don't thing DU has ever grasped that Iowa Dem Caucus goers are generally liberals/progressives
emulatorloo
Nov 2019
#37
I think he is deliberately ceding Iowa & New Hampshire and focusing on South Carolina & beyond. nt
tblue37
Nov 2019
#53
I agree with you but not with his plan. Unless he can make a huge statement in SC.
dem4decades
Nov 2019
#59
Not just in SC. If he can get to Super Tuesday intact iit may play out for him.
dem4decades
Nov 2019
#61
Zero chance Joe's strategy works... guess we'll see, but Bernie & Elizabeth, together, can't lose.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2019
#14
Bernie fans will be surprised that a number of HRC supporters are for Warren now
Otto Lidenbrock
Nov 2019
#30
Because they know Sanders has no chance to be the nominee, and it is a weak attempt to try to attach
still_one
Nov 2019
#31
In my view without a doubt that would be the case for Sanders. Warren I believe will move more to
still_one
Nov 2019
#45
No, in fact if both stay in theorectically it will be very unlikely that either wins the nomination
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#38
Yep. Here's a list of the 5 best places to visit in Texas, with Austin, San Antonio, D-FW, Houston &
highplainsdem
Nov 2019
#40
One dot everyone has at the highway intersection is Des Moines (major population/media center)
brooklynite
Nov 2019
#47
Looks like Buttigieg might have more offices than he needs in the Des Moines area, but I suppose
highplainsdem
Nov 2019
#25
Iowa caucuses are a rigged sham. States with real conventional style voting primaries
democratisphere
Nov 2019
#26
What I feel is amusing is they are using a republican to analyze how a Democratic candidate is doing
still_one
Nov 2019
#34
How the firefighters union looks to use their decades of Iowa Caucus experience to put @JoeBiden o
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#50
Morning Joe pulled this same shit on HRC back in the day. Don't fall for this.
Srkdqltr
Nov 2019
#56