Kamala Harris Wall Street donors mull whom to fund now

[brooklynite]

New York Post

Kamala Harris’s surprise exit from the presidential race is expected to spur a fresh round of jockeying for her wealthy Wall Street donors, sources told The Post.

In bowing out Tuesday, Harris said she was “not a billionaire” and “simply doesn’t have the financial resources to continue” the 2020 race.

The concession has left her monied financial backers scrambling to figure out who to support next — with some saying they expect the biggest beneficiaries will be Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., former Vice President Joe Biden, and ex-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“We are all asking each other what to do,” a Wall Street fundraiser who had been spreading his bets between Harris and Biden, told The Post. “I think most Wall Street Harris backers will support Biden or sit on the sidelines and root for Bloomberg,” this person added.

Democratic fundraiser and technology investor Mark Patricof told The Post he sees Harris’s support getting “split equally between Buttigieg and Biden.” Patricof, a Crestview Partners senior adviser, thinks Bloomberg could also pick up Harris supporters — but not until he proves himself a viable candidate.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Post?

[madville]

2. It won't be Warren or Sanders

So all that's really left is Joe, Pete, and Bloomberg.

[MrsCoffee]

3. No Bloomberg cannot pickup Harris supporters. What a fucking fantasy that piece of writing is.