New book on how Biden barely won

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To add on to that, there was a whole bunch of Bernie supporters asking Warren to drop out to consolidate the "progressive" voting bloc but crying foul when others did the same.

And also making out like Warren was some sort of John Delaney centrist whose decided when she was 18 that her ambition in life was to stop Bernie.

Never mind the fact Bernie asked Warren to run in 2016 and only ran when she refused

Warren was Bernie’s first choice!

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Remember that in the primary, Biden was saved by the Democratic establishment rushing to stack the deck in his favor in late February/early March.

Lol he was going to win SC with or without an endorsement. That win would have propelled him to victory regardless because the majority of Democrats did not think that Bernie was electable

That was also an effect of Biden being relentlessly promoted by the mainstream media after SC. If Buttigieg & Klobuchar had remained in the race until on or after Super Tuesday, Biden would likely not have taken the lead he actually did, and the narrative following that might have been Sanders in the driver's seat instead of Biden.

Candidates dropping out because they didn't see themselves having a shot in the coming states does not equate to "the establishment" stacking the deck for Biden. Bernie couldn't win a one on one race. That's not "the establishment's" fault.

Pete was literally on Face the Nation or Meet the Press that Sunday morning talking about his plans moving forward. Dropping out a few hours later after conversations with Carter and Obama was not among those plans. Both Pete and Amy had a full slate of campaign stops scheduled for that week. There was absolutely no reason, at that point, to drop out before Super Tuesday. None.

Now, the thing is I don't see that as a negative. It's just political maneuvering.

Honestly what I'm most interested in. That was coordinated by someone or someone working for someone else or some group. Buttigieg et al dropping out while Warren stayed in. There's a very clear play going on there. May not come out in this book but it will someday. (Apparently, there's 3 more of these books in process.)

Source?

One of the book's reviews I read yesterday. Wasn't in the Hill or WaPo piece. Might be Politico's article. Says they'll come out rest of this year going into 2022.

Do you have a source about three more books coming out

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I ordered the book on Amazon. 10 dollars and free shipping if you have prime. Its 30 dollars at Barnes and Noble and Target!

Anyway, I have read the first half of the book, the first nine chapters

A few things that stand out

-Biden was deeply hurt Obama didn't want him to run in 2016 and Obama even told aides he was afraid that Biden would embarrass them both

-Since Hillary lost, Biden knew he wanted to run and was always sure he would. But at some point he hesitated until the Nazi march in Virginia

-Biden had an impressive team of experienced campaign managers but they bickered a lot. And they had no power, Biden had to approve everything. And he hesitated to the last minute with almost everything from campaign HQ to the announcement to catering.

-Obama really liked Beto O'Rouke and preferred he had won the nomination

-Sanders also knew he wanted to run since Hillary lost but also hesitated. He would only run if he knew he could win.

-The Sanders campaign did think they could win unlike 2016, but knew from the start they would lose a head to head race and their victory depended on a divided field going into the convention.

-The Biden campaign was incredibly incompetent for most of 2019

-The relationship between Warren and Sanders have been tense ever since 2018 when they both realized the other was running

-Warren and Buttigieg both thought they could win outright, but Klobuchar and Bloomberg were hoping to be compromise candidates at a contested convention

-When Sanders had the heart attack, all his campaign aides thought he was going to drop out. Instead, he seemed more energized in the hospital and that surprised them.

- Many of Biden's aides thought he was done after New Hampshire and might drop out. The campaign had 15k in the bank while the other campaigns were spending that in a day per state.

-Hillary seriously considered jumping in the race around December 2019 and so did John Kerry, but neither went farther than some discussions with staff. Bloomberg entering ended both these ideas.

-Harris was gunning for VP since the start.  Only after the whole busing comment at the first debate did she think she had a chance.

-The Buttigieg campaign were the ones who demanded CNN nix the Seltezer Iowa poll the Saturday before the caucus. They called CNN and said they would sue if released. The poll had them at 3rd and it would hurt them.

-The Biden campaign was afraid they would not get second in Nevada. Had they came in third, they were afraid their victory in South Carolina would be numbed.