Amy Klobuchar 2020 campaign megathread

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

It's worth noting that Amy's elections have been in 2006, 2012, and 2018, which were all great years for Democrats.  In 2012 and 2018 she faced only unfunded, token opposition.  Her original election year of 2006 was a landslide year for the DFL.  So it's not like she's been running around toppling GOP titans while the rest of her state swings around.  Frankly she's never really had a serious electoral challenge.

Of course, this could be because she's so strong and popular that the GOP doesn't even bother trying to challenge her despite the swinginess of her state.  After all, Norm Coleman could have tried to take her down but didn't.

Klobuchar won every Congressional District in 2018, including 2 that flipped to Republicans.

[atheist4thecause]

10 Nevada endorsements for Amy Klobuchar: https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1229511623850762241

A former State Senator (Ernie Adler) and Chair for the Gaming Commission seem nice. It seems like she's getting rural area endorsements.

[atheist4thecause]

In the recent NPR/PBS/Marist poll for the national Democratic nomination, Klobuchar is above Buttigieg 9% to 8%. She's definitely starting to get the national attention she needed so she isn't starting so far behind in every state. I think one good 2nd or 3rd place finish would really cement her momentum. It's going to be tough, but she has a shot.
Source: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

[Mr. Morden]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/pro-klobuchar-pac-nevada-south-carolina-115875

A super PAC supporting Amy Klobuchar is dropping a seven-figure ad buy into Nevada and South Carolina, giving the Minnesota senator a much-needed financial boost.

The super PAC, called Kitchen Table Conversations, was formed late last week at a crucial moment in the race for Klobuchar, who has only days to build on her surprise third-place finish in New Hampshire before a slew of big-ticket Democratic presidential contests begin.

The group plans to air TV ads on broadcast and cable stations, as well as digital platforms, in Nevada and South Carolina, starting Wednesday. The group also plans to expand into the 14 Super Tuesday states later, according to a person familiar with the ad buy.

[atheist4thecause]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/pro-klobuchar-pac-nevada-south-carolina-115875

A super PAC supporting Amy Klobuchar is dropping a seven-figure ad buy into Nevada and South Carolina, giving the Minnesota senator a much-needed financial boost.

The super PAC, called Kitchen Table Conversations, was formed late last week at a crucial moment in the race for Klobuchar, who has only days to build on her surprise third-place finish in New Hampshire before a slew of big-ticket Democratic presidential contests begin.

The group plans to air TV ads on broadcast and cable stations, as well as digital platforms, in Nevada and South Carolina, starting Wednesday. The group also plans to expand into the 14 Super Tuesday states later, according to a person familiar with the ad buy.

Okay, that makes sense now. That explains why her total reported by NBC News was less than 7 figures, given that it was technically a PAC. I'm not sure why they didn't include this PAC when they included other PACs, but maybe their report wasn't meant to be all-inclusive.

It's awesome that they are expanding into Super Tuesday. I was wondering how she was going to compete because she can't get to all of those states, so I was thinking she would concentrate on a few states. This puts her in the game much more and her national numbers doubling in recent polls also give her a higher baseline to start with (presumptuously) in a lot of these states. If she can do well in Nevada then she can hopefully destroy this narrative of questioning whether she can bring in minorities.

[Hermit For Peace]

I miss having a president with dignity, like Obama had.

I miss being able to look up to my President with respect.

Amy has dignity. Watch her carry herself. Listen to what she says.

Amy does care about the people, not just getting in power.

She carries herself well and compared with Trump, well....there is no comparison.

What does Trump have on her? Whatever he thinks he has on Amy, he himself has no dignity and for the most part, commands little respect. What he offers is fear, spite, bullying....the usual Trump stuff.

Don't people want a real winner for President next time? 

[Rookie Yinzer]

She doesn't care about Black voters. That's why she's not getting the nomination.

[Hermit For Peace]

She doesn't care about Black voters. That's why she's not getting the nomination.

How many black voters are in the state of Minnesota? It's a pretty white place. Maybe the black population has not figured prominently inside her orbit, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about people in general. I think she cares about everyone, in a larger sense...she views people as people. That's the impression I'm getting.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

She doesn't care about Black voters. That's why she's not getting the nomination.

How many black voters are in the state of Minnesota? It's a pretty white place. Maybe the black population has not figured prominently inside her orbit, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about people in general. I think she cares about everyone, in a larger sense...she views people as people. That's the impression I'm getting.

Minnesota is about 6% black.  I was surprised to learn that Keith Ellison and Ilhan Omar were both elected from a CD that is only 17% black.

[Mr. Morden]

Klobuchar starts advertising in 7 Super Tuesday states:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/klobuchar-launches-ads-in-super-tuesday-states-116301

Amy Klobuchar is launching three new ads and going up with a seven-figure TV ad buy covering half of the Super Tuesday states on Thursday, joining a small group of Democratic presidential candidates advertising in the delegate-rich primaries looming on March 3.

The Minnesota senator’s campaign will start airing TV and digital ads on Thursday in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The campaign did not share details about how they will divvy up the buy among the states.

I also thought this was interesting:

Bloomberg, Steyer and Sanders are the only candidates up on the air in California and Texas, the two biggest delegate prizes on March 3.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Klobuchar:  To forget, specifically, to forget some information you really ought to know.

Klobuché el nombre de mi hijo

Mi amiga Klobuchó la dirección de su propia casa

Amy ha Klobuchado que México existe

[atheist4thecause]

Well, that was a horrific debate performance. It wasn't helped by clearly biased moderating. Thankfully, the debate happened at a bad time where most voting in NV has already happened. The next debate can't come soon enough. I hope she finds some oppo research on Buttigieg.

[Florida Man for Crime]

Klobuchar:  To forget, specifically, to forget some information you really ought to know.

Klobuché el nombre de mi hijo

Mi amiga Klobuchó la dirección de su propia casa

Amy ha Klobuchado que México existe

Between this and some other recent posts, you are starting to become a genuine quality poster, keep it up. Beautiful.

[NOVA Green]

Klobuchar starts advertising in 7 Super Tuesday states:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/klobuchar-launches-ads-in-super-tuesday-states-116301

Amy Klobuchar is launching three new ads and going up with a seven-figure TV ad buy covering half of the Super Tuesday states on Thursday, joining a small group of Democratic presidential candidates advertising in the delegate-rich primaries looming on March 3.

The Minnesota senator’s campaign will start airing TV and digital ads on Thursday in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The campaign did not share details about how they will divvy up the buy among the states.

I also thought this was interesting:

Bloomberg, Steyer and Sanders are the only candidates up on the air in California and Texas, the two biggest delegate prizes on March 3.

Interesting... had already posted a few weeks back about the massive Bernie ad buys for the Airwar in TX & CA (Glad our auto-payments have been put to good use).

Get that Amy's trying to take a giant bundle of $$$ and sink it into more inexpensive Media markets and States to keep relevant after Super Tuesday....

Just like back in the dayz when I used to play in high stake poker games with only a small wad of cash, gotta' choose when to throw all your chips into the pot...

Doubt the gamble will play but hell, she may well place better than Mayor Pete at the end of the day once the results roll in slowly, pay off the campaign debts and be a contender once again in '24....

Amy is looking like she was dialing for dollars...

[Florida Man for Crime]

The Minnesota senator’s campaign will start airing TV and digital ads on Thursday in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The campaign did not share details about how they will divvy up the buy among the states.

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Those are mostly southern states, with the exception of ME and OK, all have quite large African American populations.

That makes this a risky strategy for her. To be viable, she needs 15% support in each of those states. In particular in states with large African American populations, Klobuchar may struggle to be viable if she doesn't get a reasonable amount of support from Black voters. So it looks like she is taking a risk and hoping to do well enough to be viable even in states like Alabama where there is a strong chance that she won't be viable. In other words, this looks as though she is going for a win of some sort, as opposed to merely trying to pick up delegates. Because in quite a few of those southern states/congressional districts, she will probably get 0 delegates unless she surges in general by a substantial amount nationally (particularly with black voters). If she were only trying to win delegates, then it would seem to be smarter to concentrate more of her advertising in states where she could expect to at least be viable, rather than wasting advertising on certain states like Alabama above all, but also probably TN/AR. Viability might be at least a bit more feasible in NC/VA due to greater #s of non-southern White Dems in those states.

[NOVA Green]

The Minnesota senator’s campaign will start airing TV and digital ads on Thursday in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The campaign did not share details about how they will divvy up the buy among the states.

Those are mostly southern states, with the exception of ME and OK, all have quite large African American populations.

That makes this a risky strategy for her. To be viable, she needs 15% support in each of those states. In particular in states with large African American populations, Klobuchar may struggle to be viable if she doesn't get a reasonable amount of support from Black voters. So it looks like she is taking a risk and hoping to do well enough to be viable even in states like Alabama where there is a strong chance that she won't be viable. In other words, this looks as though she is going for a win of some sort, as opposed to merely trying to pick up delegates. Because in quite a few of those southern states/congressional districts, she will probably get 0 delegates unless she surges in general by a substantial amount nationally (particularly with black voters). If she were only trying to win delegates, then it would seem to be smarter to concentrate more of her advertising in states where she could expect to at least be viable, rather than wasting advertising on certain states like Alabama above all, but also probably TN/AR. Viability might be at least a bit more feasible in NC/VA due to greater #s of non-southern White Dems in those states.
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Thank you Sir for explaining it perhaps in a better fashion that I did!!!

[tinman64]

Klobuchar receives endorsement of the San Francisco Chronicle:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Chronicle-recommends-Amy-Klobuchar-in-15074770.php?fbclid=IwAR1Bx5ffLCkycrjZUoHuJkXaNaiVbxdD3cxH1-emdEIGW-wuJn4UgK9QTxw

[NOVA Green]

10 Nevada endorsements for Amy Klobuchar: https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1229511623850762241

A former State Senator (Ernie Adler) and Chair for the Gaming Commission seem nice. It seems like she's getting rural area endorsements.

Might help here beat the Pete down... but thus far looks like he has already invested heavily in the Rural Area.

Meanwhile both Pete and Amy look they will get "clobbered" within Metro LV, and picking up some random votes from Pete in Elko might add a few numbers to the mix. (Bernie might not play nearly as well in some of these rural DEM "Midnight Cowboy" Country deep in the heart of Mormon NV...

Metro Reno and Washoe is obviously a old curiousity shop, problem for the Center-Right Dems is that although in theory it is a toss-up County come GE time, the DEM base isn't gonna shift towards Right-Wing DEM candidates in Huge ways, especially since there are a ton of old White CA arseholes which got tons of dimes, while meanwhile we are cleaning their toilets at the hotels, giving them food & drink at the bars, and taking the rich Cali money with huge tips, which are gold for the workers that don't get paid hourly, but rather in tips bcs of State Labor Laws...

Washoe County casinos are less Union, and Reno is a bit more Cowboy Libertarian...  Some of those arsehole Californians decide to settle down, build some mansions in the hills, all the crazy crap rich folk do... fine many of them are decent blokes and tipped us well...

Not seeing Amy breaking through.... the Reid Machine is more focused on stopping Bernie, since Biden is underwater, Pete maybe has something going down....

WTF... Have no idea what is going on in NV, but def looks like a combo of Bernie and possibly Pete/Biden chasing on the heels....

Been forever since I have been to a dog match, buy if I had to through a few $$$ on a bet would def up my online betting on Biden numbers vs Pete in NV.

Maybe I am just a Middle-Aged White Dude off his rockers, but after the past debate Pete looks like a kid and Biden looks like an adult

[Shadows]

Congrats. Klobuchar got 3% of the Black vote which is more then Pete who got 2%. Klobuchar showed despite lower money she has a higher ceiling than Pete.

[IceSpear]

Klobuchar says she exceeded expectations in Nevada? Bruh, you got 3%. She's starting to enter Tulsi Gabbard-level delusion.

[Hermit For Peace]

I voted for Amy and mailed in my ballot. I think she is the best person for the job of President. She understands how change works, that you don't have revolutions and radical policies. Those get watered down and become unrecognizable when Congress gets their hands on them.

Change takes time, and you have to get everyone on board before you can move forward in any effective way. You have to compromise, debate, influence, and get things accomplished, and you don't do that by forcing people to buy into your unrealistic dreams.

I feel good about my vote. Sad to see yet another person I voted for not get the nod, though.

Instead, people are voting for dreams. So be it. We'll see how much dreams can get accomplished. Probably not much since Trump is going to win again next time and Bernie is going to be put out to pasture because of his advanced age. That's what I predict.

[cvparty]

Klobuchar says she exceeded expectations in Nevada? Bruh, you got 3%. She's starting to enter Tulsi Gabbard-level delusion.

klobmentum

[Mr. Morden]

Klobuchar campaign shares a memo on their Super Tuesday strategy:

https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1232017946337325059

https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1232017947952078856

In brief, they say they're targeting everything, so there isn't much information content here.  The main thing that's new is just the dollar figure.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

If it's a similar investment per state as Nevada, sounds way too late to be doing that in California/Colorado and maybe Texas.

Although I find it funny that Amy Klobuchar is doing more to invest in Super Tuesday than the former Vice President

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

She has to, America is ready for another female Veep. Warren is a socialist and Baldwin will compensate Senate majority. Teachers Union is a powerful group and will insist on Bernie and Klobuchar ticket. That's why she will win her homestate MN. Stacy Abrams can be UN secretary like Susan and Condi Rice