Biden leans on maximum donors to fund 2020 campaign

[brooklynite]

Politico

Joe Biden raised more than one-third of his early campaign cash from donors who gave the maximum allowable amount, helping the former vice president rack up $22 million in the second quarter but opening him to criticism in a Democratic primary that has placed a high premium on support from small-dollar contributors.

Biden raised money in $2,800 increments while making frequent stops to glad-hand at the homes of rich donors, some of whom have known him for decades. He brought in more money from "max-out" supporters than rival Pete Buttigieg, whose $24.8 million haul topped Biden and the rest of the Democratic field in the second quarter. Buttigieg took in $4.8 million in checks from donors giving him the maximum contribution during the last three months.

Biden’s big money haul reflects his sway with some of the country’s most influential donors and fundraisers. It also shows a potential shortcoming for his campaign: He can’t return to donors who already gave his campaign the $2,800 maximum and ask for more, while rivals who are raising more checks in $10 and $20 increments can keep returning to small-dollar donors over the course of the primary.

Rivals such as Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, are using Biden’s frequent fundraising stops as part of an argument that Biden is not in touch with Democratic primary voters.

[wyldwolf]

1. "Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, (argues) that Biden is not in touch with Democratic primary voters."

Says Mr. Not a Democrat, lost the nomination by over 3 million votes and is currently running in 3rd or 4th place....

[Cha]

3. BS needs to tend to his

own campaign and not worry about Biden's supporters who find him very much in touch with them.

[SouthernProgressive]

2. All hands on deck. NT

[oasis]

4. It'll take money to beat Trump, and plenty of it. Do it your way Joe.

Citizens United has left us no choice.

[crazytown]

5. Trump campaign, RNC raise $105 million in second quarter

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/republican-national-committee-trump-fundraising-second-quarter/index.html

[OKNancy]

6. Fine with me. In these times it's stupid not to get all the money you can.

Rich people have as much right to donate as anyone else. Biden had plenty of low amount donors too.
Twenty-eight hundred isn't going to be some sort of bribe. That's a piddling amount in the scheme of things.
Beating Trump is the be all and end all.