On the trail: Two long-shot 2020 Dems vow to remain in the race

[brooklynite]

Concord Monitor

In interviews Thursday with the Monitor, Ryan and Delaney both acknowledged they won’t reach the polling and fundraising thresholds for next month’s third round of Democratic presidential nomination debates but aim to return to the stage for October’s fourth round of debates. Candidates have until the middle of next week to hit the criteria.

“We’re continuing to build it out so hopefully for the next one we’ll be back, which will be exciting to be on the stage,” said Ryan, an Ohio Democrat.

Ryan pointing to his performance in last month’s second round of debates, when he repeatedly criticized Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren – the Democratic Party’s top two progressive standard-bearers – over their Medicare-for-all plans.

“People are seeing me as the moderate alternative to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren,” he said.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. DeNile isn't just a river in Egypt.

[dem4decades]

2. Who is Delaney anyway? And i follow politics. Maybe he/ she should quit.

[elleng]

4. You don't follow politics enough, it appears.

'On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first Democrat to announce he was running for president in 2020. . .

After redistricting following the 2010 census, Delaney decided to run for the newly redrawn 6th District against 10-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. . .

During the primary, Delaney was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Comptroller Peter Franchot, The Washington Post, and the Gazette.[20][21][22]

On April 3, 2012, Delaney won the five-candidate Democratic primary field with 54% of the vote. The next closest opponent, State Senator Robert J. Garagiola, received 29% of the vote, 25 points behind Delaney.[23][24]

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Delaney defeated Bartlett by 59%–38%, a 21-point margin. He won the Montgomery County share of the district by almost 56,000 votes, accounting for almost all of the overall 58,900 margin of votes.

Delaney introduced legislation to end partisan gerrymandering. The Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 would appoint independent redistricting commissions nationwide to end partisan gerrymandering, make Election Day a federal holiday, and create an open top-two primary system.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Delaney_(Maryland_politician)

[MBS]

3. Sigh.

Delaney used to be my congressman and even I wasbarely aware of who he was, locally.i read that Delaney’s own campaign staff wanted him to quit in early August, but he refused.

[elleng]

6. He was my congressman too;

I worked on his campaign against Bartlett.

[evertonfc]

5. Good

I'm not a fan of either but it's to early to simply cede the race to Biden, Warren and Sanders. Bill Clinton didn't surge until a few weeks before first votes cast. Diffrent times, I understand but we have plenty of time.

[question everything]

7. Agree. Too much news is given to the "freebies"

and to the plan to eliminate private insurance. Before we lose many moderate and independents we need to assure them that there are still debates - about the candidates, that is..

[thesquanderer]

8. re: "People are seeing me as the moderate alternative to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren"

I thought that was Joe Biden...?

And if he falters, there are a number of other more-moderate-than-Sanders-or-Warren candidates in the race who are doing a lot better than Ryan, too.

Sure, there's always a chance that a low-polling candidate can catch fire and break through and jump ahead of numerous other similarly positioned candidates. I've seen no evidence that Tim Ryan has that potential.