"We're in the last 30 days of the campaign, and that's when people who are losing start attacking."

[highplainsdem]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/08/progressives-pre-iowa-assault-biden-095934


Last few paragraphs of that article:

At the same time, Biden also appeared to have stopped a tailspin in Iowa, where he’s either tied with or marginally behind Sanders, who has a slightly bigger lead in New Hampshire, which votes Feb. 11.

Steve Schale, the head of a super PAC dedicated to helping Biden win, said the polls tell the story of why progressives are suddenly targeting Biden.

“We’re in the last 30 days of the campaign, and that’s when people who are losing start attacking,” Schale said. “It’s not surprising they’ve taken more of a negative turn when they realized that Joe Biden after basically a year of being attacked is still the frontrunner.”

In case DUers are wondering about the anti-Biden onslaught from the left, it's due to their desperation.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Right!! And it has been non stop from a certain campaign

[PatSeg]

2. Yes, historically that has been true

They tend to start out all congenial and friendly. It rarely lasts.

[George II]

3. Truer words have never been said.

[Skya Rhen]

4. Very desperate!

[Sloumeau]

5. highplainsdem, thanks a bunch for posting this! :)

Desperation Song link:

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[karynnj]

6. Not to mention, it is not enough for Sanders to essentially get a tie/ narrow win in Iowa and NH

In fact, that would be LESS good than he did in 2016. In 2016, HRC won a very narrow victory in Iowa and then Sanders won NH by a huge margin. That surprised everyone, but it did not put him in a position to win enough delegates in the remaining states.

Although Sanders has avoided attacking Warren, i predict that Sanders people will soon be attacking Warren more than Biden. Warren stands in the way of Sanders coming close to his 2016 results. While some of her support is from people for HRC in 2016, much of it was for Sanders. There could be a huge interaction between NH and Iowa. NH could hinge on how Sanders and Warren did compared to each other in Iowa. To have a chance, I think Sanders must not just do very well in Iowa, he needs Warren to underpreform. Attacking Buttigieg or Klobuchar would be more likely to help Biden or Warren.

In Iowa, one question will be how Sanders supporters are spread over the state. If his support is similar to Howard Dean's in 2004, there will be lots of support "lost" because he falls below 15% in areas he is weaker in. Given 4 strong candidates, that might happen more than usual. In that case, the second choice of voters for candidates that fail to reach the threshold at their caucus will be extremely important.

years ago, an Iowa paper published a poll with the second choice of each candidate's supporters. I think it was 2008. I would love to see that for this year.

[The Valley Below]

7. We should not ced the term "progressive" to describe those who attack the Democratic Party.

[LongtimeAZDem]

8. Agreed!

[Gothmog]

9. This makes me smile

[Cha]

10. They're So DESPERATE!

[UniteFightBack]

11. Iowans and all Democrats need to vote with their HEAD. nt

[Blue_true]

12. Why are the people that are attacking called "progressives"?

I am a progressive and what they are doing is foul. Call them whatever, they are not progressives.