Warren's campaign sounds the alarm as fundraising pace slows about 30% in fourth quarter

[RandySF]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign told supporters in an email on Friday that, so far, it has raised just over $17 million in the fourth quarter, a significant drop from her fundraising haul during the third quarter.

The memo asks backers to step up in giving to the campaign.

"So far this quarter, we've raised a little over $17 million. That's a good chunk behind where we were at this time last quarter," it says.

Warren finished the third quarter bringing in $24.6 million, which was much more than most of the other Democratic primary contenders, including former Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

If the $17 million total stands that would represent a 30% drop from the previous quarter. The quarter ends in four days.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/12/27/elizabeth-warren-campaign-sounds-alarm-as-fundraising-slows-down.html

[Demsrule86]

1. It is not surprising as she is not likely to be the nominee based on recent polls...why send money?

I think the attacks on Buttigieg which I believe were unfair hurt her and will hurt Sanders as well.

[Tiggeroshii]

4. I disagree they were unfair.

But the after affects hurt her and that general perception held. It is looking like she might have to find a horse to back soon.

[Demsrule86]

13. I feel they were unfair because she too did that sort of fund raising not that long ago...and why

attack Buttigieg for doing it? Personally, I see nothing wrong with fund raising and we need it to win elections.

[comradebillyboy]

2. She could book a fundraiser at that Wine Cave.

There is no shortage of irony in this story.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Ha!

[Cha]

8. Amen to that.. EW was part of the news on my laptop feed

from the Boston Globe saying "Warren reports a Sharp Decrease in fundraising".

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. I wonder if the other top tier candidates had a drop in fundraising this quarter

People had to allocate funds for Christmas after all.

Of course, if you're an investment banker, hedge fund manager, or someone else who can drop $5,000 for an intimate dinner in a wine cave...

[Gothmog]

5. I also got this e-mail

I gave to Warren before Biden got in to make my middle child happy

[Demsrule86]

37. I did too ...make my youngest happy, but she and the others are now Biden supporters.

[Gothmog]

7. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[Cha]

9. Gotta love the Hoarse Whisperer.. at least

do!

I don't care that Mayor Pete was at the Wine Cave!

Mahalo, Goth

[Gothmog]

10. Agreed

I love the Hoarse Whisperer

[Hortensis]

11. Expected. No one's able to climb out of what's turned out to be

a second-tier hole. And she's both a woman and made, imo, a serious mistake in going too far left to try to pick up some Sanders voters.

[Blue_true]

14. Yes, the tight embrace of Sanders' poorly defined proposals did it for me.

I was convinced that she could find a middle ground groove to the left of Biden, but more centered than Sanders, but then she kept embracing Bernie's non-starters.

[Hortensis]

20. Same. I like her big scope, but maybe VP or cabinet,

or helping things happen in the senate. Presidents don't write or pass legislation, after all.

[Blue_true]

24. I contributed to her this month, as I did Biden.

I am not ready to give up on Liz for President just yet, she naturally does things that I really like (like seek out expert advice). I just hope that she learned that embracing Bernie's horrid vision will gain her nothing and cause her to lose left-center people like me.

[Hortensis]

25. :) Nice to hear about the support and from people

who don't even begin to mistake her for Sanders and the "horrid vision" he can't give away.

Darned good thing for him he's not a capitalist trying to offload socialism to dollar stores.

[Blue_true]

29. Warren is not like Sanders.

I have come to view her as someone who believes in the inate decency that resides in every person. Bernie strikes me as someone who would be ok with a totalitarian method of suppressing dissent, I don't believe Warren would tolerate that.

Although I am 180 opposed to who they want as our nominee, I generally like the Berners that have populated the sight (as opposed to the ones that come in to cause shit), for some reason they have come to believe the system is screwed up and only Bernie can get it straightened out, a conclusion that I see nothing in his history to support. I like them because they seem to be the type that once they believe in you, they will absolutely fight to the mat for you, I have a soft spot for that, so even as I virulently oppose them, I also like them as people.

[Demsrule86]

38. She should stay in the Senate...GOP governor...and Mass can vote in GOP types as governor and

senator as well.

[Gothmog]

12. I just got a text telling me that Warren will not meet her target without donations

I gave to Warren a long time ago to make my middle child happy

[Blue_true]

15. I just contributed to Warren and Biden.

I considered Klobuchar and may come back to her, but for now it is Biden and Warren.

[betsuni]

16. "Vengeance is mine!" quoth the Wine Cave.

[Cha]

18. ..

[Joe941]

17. She had some missteps with MFA that really hurt her.

[marlakay]

19. Just read all the comments

Not one of our candidates is perfect.

I would vote for any though over who we have.

It sort of feels like most of the posters are happy when one candidate errors and makes theirs look good.

How about this, lets make all the candidates look good. Let’s tell people what democrats can do for them instead of Trump.

I know this is primary time but this one scares me, I fear they may cheat and we need to band together now not this summer.

[Skya Rhen]

21. Perfect advice for your candidate to heed, as well. The wine cave jab shows that she's not there yet

[marlakay]

22. I would agree actually told her

That when I donated to her last night.

After all the things Joe has said why did you need to tell me that?

[Skya Rhen]

23. Unlike Warren and some of her supporters, I don't tell people how to behave. I just call out

hypocrisy.

[Bradshaw3]

27. Ha!

Take a look in the mirror. Talk about irony.

[BlueMTexpat]

33. ...

[Bradshaw3]

26. It's like a game to them, which is sick

They don't care that all they are doing is screwing it up for their candidate.

[Bradshaw3]

28. I just donated to her

Won't be donating to Biden. The fat cats have his back.

[brutus smith]

30. Agree.

[BlueMTexpat]

32. +1! eom

[BlueMTexpat]

31. I believe that my

contribution will help.

[LakeArenal]

34. OMG. Is it a slump??

My guess is people aren’t donating around Christmas. But that’s just an opinion.

[wellst0nev0ter]

35. Clinton outraised Drumpf in the last election

Didn't put her in the Oval Office did it?



But if the article is true in that Warren's fundraising dip came as she escalated her attacks on oligarchs, then that pretty much proves the corrupting influence of wealthy donor money in politics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/campaign-finance/

[wellst0nev0ter]

36. Also, Biden pulled in just over $15 million in the 3Q

Yet he still remains the frontrunner.

Money isn't everything.