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New: A divided inner circle. A fateful misread of S.C. and Super Tuesday. A candidate who would not broaden his message or reach out beyond his powerful faction.

Bernie Sanders had the nomination within his grasp – @jmartNYT & me on how it slipped away 👇
nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
The Sanders team was divided over many important decisions, but most of all on how to handle Biden.

One faction constantly pleaded with Sanders to go on offense. Others saw it as a futile exercise – Bernie & Jane liked the Bidens and their word was final.
nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
Sanders's pollster outlined this (prescient!) scenario in mid-January, in the latest of many appeals he made for Bernie to go on the attack.

But there was no consensus about what to do next, and Sanders never made the inroads he needed with black voters.
As Sanders rose to the top, a wide range of allies urged him to modulate his message and make overtures to the middle of the party.

How wide a range? Well, it included @AOC @johncusack and @PeterWelch

But Sanders didn't adjust course
nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
There was frustration at the highest levels of the campaign with a group of aides and allies who lobbied relentlessly for Sanders to nuke Biden, well past the point that the candidate had made it clear he did not want to do so.

One major clash came in late January ...
A word people used repeatedly, describing Sanders's post-Nevada decision-making, was hubris nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
Florida Dems reached out to Sanders just before the NV caucuses to propose opening a dialog – about all the "revolution" and "socialism" stuff that doesn't play great there

Sanders's campaign was initially receptive. Then came the @60Minutes interview ...
nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
There's a lot in here – I hope you'll spend some time with the story this weekend, even with so much else going on

Sanders got so, so close. But even at the peak of his strength, there were deep flaws in his candidacy that helped his rivals overpower him.
nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
“EXPAND EXPAND EXPAND”

Bit of an update here with more detail on the Cusack appeals to Sanders👇 nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
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Alex Burns
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NEW: How Bloomberg spent $10 billion+ building a political & philanthropic empire

His wealth has forged alliances, earned goodwill – & muzzled critics who fear or depend on him

From @nkulish & me, the most detailed account ever of his influence & power👇
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@nkulish Bloomberg's money is an enormous deterrent against dissent.

In 2018, Emily's List debated uninviting Bloomberg from a major event after he questioned #MeToo, but decided it could not risk alienating him.

He has given the group $6mm over the years.

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@nkulish In 2015, Center for American Progress researchers wrote a report on U.S. Islamophobia, w/a 4300-word chapter on the Bloomberg-era NYPD.

When the report was published, the chapter was gone.

By then, Bloomberg had given CAP ~$1.5mm. That number has grown.
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New: How Bloomberg’s multibillion-dollar foundation built a vast network of mayors, some of whom now lead his campaign

He has given $350mm to cities for arts, health, climate, schools, more

“When you start to engage with Mike, you are with Mike forever.”
nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/…
Bloomberg’s most important early endorsers are all mayors, in cities containing 2.6 million Americans.

Every one of those endorsers attended a Bloomberg boot camp for mayors at Harvard. Most of them have received grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/…
No mayors say they have felt coerced to endorse Bloomberg. There is widespread, genuine loyalty and goodwill towards someone mayors see as a uniquely powerful and reliable ally.

“It’s given him a great, great deal of credibility,” @SteveBenjaminSC says
nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/…
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Alex Burns
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New: IOWA poll shows Warren with a slim lead, with Bernie (steady), Buttigieg (rising) and Biden (fading) knotted close behind her

A defining feature of the race is a generational divide in what Dem voters want in a nominee – tons of details here 👇
nytimes.com/2019/11/01/us/…
Voters' second choices can be crucial in Iowa

Warren is the 1st or 2nd choice of 47 percent of Dems there, while Bernie at 34, followed by Buttigieg at 31 and Biden at 28

Only 1 in 10 Iowa Dems names Biden as their second choice
nytimes.com/2019/11/01/us/…
In Iowa, Warren is the clear favorite candidate of women, voters under 30 and people with college or postgraduate degrees.

Sanders's support is also strong with young voters. He leads among men and outpolls Warren among people who did not attend college.
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What happened in '68? Why, the DNC decided that it knew better than 80% of Democratic voters and the delegates chose Humphrey - and the Anti-War protestors didn't like the pro-War candidate that they wouldn't vote for, and The Establishment didn't like that, man
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% support among likely voters (change v last month)
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Biden: 25 (+1)
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Yang: 3 (+1)
Bullock: 2 (+1)
Klobuchar: 2 (+1)

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% of Democratic primary voters considering voting for each candidate (over last month):

Warren: 55%
Biden: 47
Sanders: 39
Harris: 30
Buttigieg: 28
Booker: 18
O'Rourke: 16
Yang: 13
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Castro: 11

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Gabbard: 23
Biden: 22
Delaney: 21
Steyer: 20
Sanders: 19
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