Booker Tells Staff to Raise $1.7M By End of Month Or It's Over

[DrFunkenstein]

Cory Booker could be the next Democrat to drop out of the race for the presidential nomination.

In a “now-or-never” memo to supporters and staff, campaign manager Addisu Demissie said Booker need to raise $1.7m by the end of the month or he would have to drop out of the race.

“Without a fundraising surge to close out this quarter, we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward,” Demissie wrote in the memo, published online on Saturday morning. “The next 10 days will determine whether Cory Booker can stay in this race.”

Booker, who is in Iowa this weekend, tweeted: “It’s an unusual move for a campaign like ours to be this transparent, but there can be no courage without vulnerability. I want people to see where we are and understand that we have a pathway to victory, but I can’t walk it alone.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/21/cory-booker-2020-campaign-president-funding-

[oldsoftie]

1. Well then, its over. nt

[padah513]

2. Reminds me of those televangelists you see on the television

Send us x amount of dollars or we're gonna be off the air!

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I can't believe that they didn't think of this long term, when they got into this process. ...

Perhaps running for president/national office takes more money than they realized? Good luck to them in raising money/continuing w/ this process, but perhaps their efforts are better spent elsewhere?

[thesquanderer]

8. You can't predict what your fundraising will be.

If a debate had brought him a great moment, he'd have more money by now.

[SKKY]

4. I have been waiting for the past three months...

...for Booker to have his moment and he never really did. I guess we’re all a bit more baked in than I thought. I wonder where his supporters will go if he does bow out.

[DrFunkenstein]

5. He Had a Solid Third Debate

But probably needed more than that.

[SKKY]

7. Do you remember the Republican primary where they had, like...

...15 candidates or something, and it seemed like everyone “had their moment”. Hell, I recall even Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain had their moments as “the leading candidate”. Ours has been pretty much set and, with Warren being the exception, hasn’t moved a great deal. I wonder why.

[aikoaiko]

6. I appreciate Booker's run to date. He showed courage.