Skeptical Democratic donors tell Joe Biden they will not raise funds for him

[brooklynite]

CNBC

Several top Democratic donors have told former Vice President Joe Biden that they won’t help him raise funds in the early stages of the party’s 2020 presidential primary, CNBC has learned. Their reason: skepticism that Biden actually can win the Democratic primary.

Biden, who has yet to announce whether he will run, has reached out to leading financiers over the past week to see whether they will help him raise money for a presidential run. His pitch: He will need their assistance to compete against candidates, such as Beto O’Rourke and Bernie Sanders, who have raised millions of dollars over the first 24 hours of their campaigns, according to people familiar with the deliberations.

However, during those calls, some high-profile donors told Biden that they will not commit to bundling for him, at least in the early stages of the primary, said the people, who declined to be named. The donors told Biden they’re not yet convinced he can overtake the younger, more diverse and progressive field, and that they are going to wait to see how he competes in the race, the people added.

The donors did tell Biden that they’re willing to write the $2,700 checks for his campaign, which is the most an individual can give directly to a candidate in an election cycle, according to the people.

[still_one]

1. I wonder how many people realize the CNBC was Roger Ailes baby, and that the author of this

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piece, who conveniently doesn't name who these suppossed donors are comes from Fox Business News:


https://talkingbiznews.com/1/cnbc-com-hires-schwartz-to-cover-political-fundraising/

https://www.biography.com/people/roger-ailes-51916


After CNBC absorbed FNN, I switched to Bloomberg. With personalities such as joe kernan, maria bartiromo, Rick Santelli, etc., it became pretty clear where CNBC was shifting. Away from business and straight news reporting, and more toward injecting political opinion into their format.

[Peacetrain]

2. Lots of stories coming from the unnamed out of the right wing..

Goes with the being the front runner in politics...being the front runner and not even officially in the race yet... I have read that the right and Trump are worried sick about Biden.. that is who they fear the most..

[still_one]

3. I agree with your assessment. The person who hasn't even announced is leading in the polls, and

this sudden concern some are reporting that "he can't win the primaries", seem like an extraordinary disconnect to me, unless their are other agenda's being exploited here

[brooklynite]

4. What you're saying is that CNBC is outright lying...

...as opposed to shading the news.

CNBC is owned by NBC/Comcast (which provides all that content people love on MSNBC) and has a content deal with the New York Times. Ailes left the channel over 25 years ago.

[still_one]

5. Where did I use the word lying? I stand by what I said. When unamed sources are used, as far as I

am concerned it is speculation and opinion

[brooklynite]

6. How many Trump stories have you discounted because of "anonymous" leakes from the WH?

Either donors told Biden they wouldn't support him or they didn't. You discounted the story on the basis of who ran it a quarter century ago.

[still_one]

7. and how many stories to you give credibility to with unarmed sorces?

When Bret Baier said in 2016 that according to his sources in the FBI an indictment against the Clinton Foundation was imminent, is just one of many I can provide:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fox-news-apologizes-for-falsely-reporting-that-clinton-faces-indictment/2016/11/04/8fd56f20-a2b7-11e6-8d63-3e0a660f1f04_story.html?utm_term=.3dc122fd7647

How much credibility should I give to David Sirota as an example?

Could it be that these "donors" have a vested interest in other campaigns, which is why they are nameless?

[brooklynite]

8. A news network with a link to the nation's largest and best known newspaper has credibility...

Fox News does not.

And if the donors have an interest in other campaigns, why did Biden call them?