Holy shit, he did it.
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@Nina - about polls...
Early Saturday, Biden told senior aides it was “full steam ahead” for the campaign. But by later that evening, he had changed his mind following a long discussion with his two closest aides.
Steve Ricchetti, who’s been with Biden since his days in the Senate, drove to see the president at his house on the Delaware shore on Friday. Mike Donilon arrived on Saturday. The two men, both of whom had been by Biden’s side during key decisions about whether to seek the presidency in 2016 and 2020, sat at a distance from the president, still testing positive for Covid, and presented damning new information in a meeting that would hasten the end of Biden’s political career.
In addition to presenting new concerns from lawmakers and updates on a fundraising operation that had slowed considerably, they carried the campaign’s own polls, which came back this week and showed his path to victory in November was gone, according to five people familiar with the matter, who, like others interviewed for this article, were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. Biden asked several questions during the exchange.
The only other people with Biden in the residence when he arose Sunday were first lady Jill Biden and two other trusted aides: deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and assistant to the first lady Anthony Bernal. At 1:45 p.m., he notified a somewhat larger group of close aides that he had decided the night before to end his quest for another term, reading his letter and thanking them for their service. A minute later, before any other campaign and White House staffers could be notified, he posted the historic letter from his campaign account on the social media site X.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/21/why-biden-dropped-out-00170106
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The fun starts…
Now!
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Small donors have now given $46 miilion since Biden announced he is stepping aside.
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@ShiroKuro said in Holy shit, he did it.:
@Nina said in Holy shit, he did it.:
WTF:
Seriously, I always see it as "well-tempered forum" so sometimes when I see WTF elsewhere, I have to stop for a minute.
World Tango Federation.
As for the next VP candidate, thought I saw somewhere that the betting market favors Shapiro. But it's still within a day from Biden's announcement. Things may still change quickly and bigly.
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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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Both excellent statements.
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Harris’ newly launched campaign said it has raised $49.6 million in grassroots donations in the less than one day.
The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue processed $67 million in contributions on Sunday alone, according to an automated tracker. That was the single best day for the site since online record-keeping began in 2020.
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@wtg said in Holy shit, he did it.:
Cringeworthy
And Trump's is....impressive and presidential???
It’s not a comparison, it’s a statement. Your post was just a dodge.
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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@Mik said in Holy shit, he did it.:
@wtg said in Holy shit, he did it.:
Cringeworthy
And Trump's is....impressive and presidential???
It’s not a comparison, it’s a statement. Your post was just a dodge.
Sorry I hit a nerve. I was trying to be funny, and clearly you didn't take it as such.
Let's move on.
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@wtg said in Holy shit, he did it.:
Two Mikes comment.
Mike P.
Mike B.
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Biden interview on why he dropped out of the Presidential race:
Link to video
