Biden just proved to me

[JustAnotherGen]

Big money needs to be ripped out of politics.

When the candidate is solid, with integrity, a strong message, and high name recognition based on decades of service . . .

You don't need money to win.

You need you and your platform. They've texted twice a day for the past month.

They didn't need the money.

Reputation Wins.

[beachbumbob]

1. being outspent 40-1 by sanders in Texas PROVES this point very well

Big money won't buy off true democratic voters

[JustAnotherGen]

2. How much did Bloomberg spend?

Let that sink in.

[maddiemom]

5. Where DOES Bernie get all that money?

[wolfie001]

12. Well, susan sarandon would be one

[dhill926]

14. I'm not a Bernie supporter...

but I believe the majority of his support comes from numerous small donors....

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. What a wonderful message for the deep pocketed among us. For once, integrity wins.

[Squinch]

4. Citizens United needs to be reversed. Until it is, we need the money. Biden will

benefit a lot from Bloomberg's money in the general election.

Hillary had 70% approval rating going into the 2016 race. That's a good reputation. The republican machine beat her, and it takes money to override that.

Until we can reverse Citizen's United we need the money.

[Cary]

9. They cheated and stole the election with voter suppression

[Squinch]

17. But they also used Cambridge Analytica and billions in

ads and bots and scams to smear her name everywhere in social media.

That cost money.

A lot of it.

Russian money, republican money and Saudi money.

We are up against them plus anyone else who wants to cash in on Filthy Donnie's corruption this time.

[brer cat]

6. K&R

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Except that every Dem in country knows who he is. But

do agree in money part tho.

[DownriverDem]

8. Yep

The purists are crazy. As long as the money is needed, the Dems need the money to win. Go Joe!

[zaj]

10. Wrong. He earned that by spending 💰 over decades

He spent Obama fundraising money and tax payer money to get that reputation. This is the most unusual path to victory ever. It's hardly a lesson in money doesn't matter.

[Recursion]

11. It's like the Violent Femmes' first album

It went platinum before it ever charted. "Blister in the Sun" became a standard before it came a hit. Weirdest success story in the music industry.

[Farmer-Rick]

13. Except he has spent over $90 million already and has many PACS

And he got most of it from lawyers like Morgan and Morgan and MBNA a banking Corp.

And that does not include the money he gets from all his PACS.

No, he spent a lot but not as much as others. It still means you need at least $90 million and tons (especially for Super Tuesday) of PAC money.. so far.

[JustAnotherGen]

15. His ad spend in VA

I think I saw it was $173K.

So perhaps the PACs are holding their fire until the GE?

[Farmer-Rick]

16. No the PACs are out there but they are hard to calculate.

Unite the Country has already spent $8.9 million on Biden.

PACS are spending and now Bloomberg will be spending on Joe. I think the sexual harasser wants to be VP.