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Another one bites the dust.
Pete's out of the race.

KKGator 9 Mar 1
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Amy Klobuchar Drops Out of Presidential Race and Plans to Endorse Biden
Ms. Klobuchar made her decision hours before Super Tuesday. She shocked the primary field with a third-place finish in New Hampshire, but ultimately could not compete with better-funded rivals.

[nytimes.com]

I think it's easy to see what is going on here.

To a Non-US citizen, the whole thing is as clear as pea soup.

A lot will depend on what happens tomorrow.

@Petter I think Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and Tom Steyer have all dropped out to support Joe Biden and give him more of a boast running against Bernie Sanders. I don't see Elizabeth Warren or Michael Bloomberg making much noise and they will probably be dropping out soon.

@balou Thank you. I shall continue to spectate, with bemusement.
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Looks like there are six democratic candidates left in the race. Out of all of these, I'm surprised that Tusli Gabbard is still running when she doesn't have much support.

Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren
Amy Klobuchar
Michael Bloomberg
Tulsi Gabbard

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Please keep making comments. They are most enlightening.

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EDIT: the ad preceding this on YouTube was a Bloomberg ad. 😉

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I never cared for candidate Pete. I have read stories about his questionable past.

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Tom Steyer is out too. I know, Tom who?

I think Steyer had already decided that if he didn't do well in the SC primary, he was going to stop his campaign.
There are things about him that I like, but I never believed he had an actual shot the nomination.

That's odd because I saw a couple of advertisements for Tom Steyer over and over yesterday.

@balou I saw three for Pete last night, AFTER he made his announcement.
Pretty sure the ad time had already been purchased well before his decision
to get out of the race.
Money was already spent, and contracts already signed.
I can't imagine that any network would say, "Oh, you're out of the race? Here's your money back."

@KKGator That's a good point you make.

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I'm following all this as an interested bystander.

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Best move he's made since he announced his run.

Good riddance.

Bye!!

@Bierbasstard

Don't hold your breath.

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Maybe a VP slot or perhaps Secretary of State???...Intelligence and common sense like his cannot be left by the wayside. He needs to be part of the Democratic Administration and he needs an important post. WE NEED HIM !

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I think his overture to unity will be well rewarded by Joe if he overtakes Bernie. I think Joe might be assembling a Cabinet that has campaigned well and is tested. He can count on them to be tight and leave the Senators in The Senate. We're going to need The Senate. This might be very strong strategy so I'll be more interested now.

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I hated that little weasel, but I'm sure he cut a deal with Biden to either be VP or a cabinet post for dropping out and giving Biden less competition for the centrist vote. Wish Warren would drop out and endorse Bernie, but based on her record I doubt she would be progressive enough to do that. She has always in the past been more interested in her own ambition than in getting a progressive as prez.

Interesting theories.
We'll see how it all shakes out.

@KKGator

Pete made a back door deal for sure.

Shady Pete. I don't trust him at all. And his policies?

What policies?

@DavidDuhon

I think that sums it up.

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