John Delaney: When others drop out of the 2020 race, I will shine

[brooklynite]

Jewish Insider

Des Moines, Iowa — John Delaney is ready for his moment. The former Maryland congressman believes “the field is probably going to shrink soon, and that’s going to be a good moment” for his campaign. Once those who are running “thematically similar campaigns” drop out, he said, he’ll be able to take advantage.

Delaney has been running for president for more than two years. He’s spent millions of dollars of his personal fortune and repeatedly crisscrossed the state of Iowa — and is polling below the margin of error.

This process has left Delaney with frustrations about the 2020 primary. “We have several people running for president and they’ve never done any public service in their life,” Delaney told Jewish Insider in a recent interview. “Never served in office. Which is what our current president has. That’s crazy. And the American people should reject that out of hand. But they’re not.”

Delaney is particularly concerned that “the social media primary” has become the first contest of 2020. The Maryland Democrat argued “historically you had the Iowa caucuses first and the New Hampshire primary second. And those were vetting processes. That didn’t determine the president, but they told the American people: ‘We’ve kicked the tires on those individuals as human beings. And we’ve decided that these couple of people are really worthy of your serious consideration based on sitting down with them person to person.’”

[bearsfootball516]

1. This guy is delusional.

[True Dough]

2. Others? Like practically everyone?

He's got high hopes!

[TeamPooka]

3. and once Brad Pitt is out of the picture Jolie will want me.

[jcgoldie]

16. Psst

They got divorced in April... I think you and John need to hang it up!

[TeamPooka]

17. See! It's working!

[sacto95834]

18. Too Funny...

Delaney has too much money to burn.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. If everybody but Tulsi Gabbard drops out he might have a chance.

At least he won't have to compete with Mike Gravel.

[thesquanderer]

19. Gabbard is polling almost triple what Delany is.

He does better against Ryan, De Blasio, Gillibrand, Williamson, and Inslee.

If those five dropped out, maybe he could clean up and skyrocket to something approaching 2%.

It's undemocratically irritating that it seems like he's counting on candidates who are MORE popular than he is dropping out. The strategy seems to be to survive longer then more desirable candidates, based on having the money to essentially buy his way past these candidates who people actually prefer, since they can run out of money and he won't.

RCP averages:

30.8 Biden
18.0 Warren
16.8 Sanders
8.3 Harris
6.3 Buttigieg
2.0 O'Rourke
2.0 Booker
1.3 Yang
1.3 Gabbard
1.0 Klobuchar
0.8 Castro
0.5 Steyer
0.5 Bullock
0.5 Delaney
0.5 Bennet
0.3 Ryan
0.3 de Blasio
0.3 Gillibrand
0.3 Williamson
0.3 Inslee

[oasis]

5. "When the attacking Indians drop their weapons... I will shine"

Gen. Custer.

[crazytown]

6. I said, 'That's a Joke Son'

[bluewater]

7. It's Delaney Time!

[thesquanderer]

8. Unlike most, he has enough money to stay in as long as he wants, but...

...dems ain't buying what he's selling.

from https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/why-john-delaney-wont-drop-out-of-the-presidential-race

John Delaney declared his candidacy for President,...earlier than any of his opponents...he is the only candidate to have visited each of Iowa’s ninety-nine counties. He has held twice as many events in the state as anyone else, spent more than a million dollars on local television advertisements, and staffed up early, opening his eighth office there before the first debates.

And he still can't break 1%.

If you don't want a Warren/Sanders left candidate, you've got Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, Beto, Klobuchar, and others who are likewise more moderate/centrist. If despite everything above, no one is supporting him, I don't understand what he thinks he has to offer that those others don't, other than enough money to think it doesn't matter.

[Saviolo]

9. Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Go home already, John. You are not needed on this stage right now.

[Me.]

10. The Last Man Standing Scenario?

[Celerity]

11. he is bright but not shining

(Bajan putdown)

as in

[Renew Deal]

12. First one in, last one standing

[jcgoldie]

13. Spend both debates talking like a republican and then go on fox n friends and trash democrats

He will never shine.

[OnDoutside]

14. Lol !

[BootinUp]

15. .

[BeyondGeography]

20. It was just a flesh wound, right John?

[we can do it]

24. 🔥🔥🔥

[cannabis_flower]

21. What shines is...

His forehead!

[we can do it]

22. 🤣OFFS🤣

[peggysue2]

23. Guess this proves that even optimism can be overdone and . . .

slide right into delusional thinking. Gotta give it to Delaney for positive spin though.