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Welcome to 2020 Vision, the new Yahoo News column covering the presidential race. Reminder: There are 311 days until the Iowa caucuses, and 585 days until the 2020 presidential election.The Buttigieg effectBuoyed by an impressive appearance at a CNN town hall, Pete Buttigieg is becoming something of a sensation in this very early stage of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
And earlier this week, Buttigieg stopped by “The Breakfast Club,” a nationally syndicated radio show that has become a must-stop for 2020 candidates looking to reach an audience of mostly young black listeners. On the show, Buttigieg discussed a number of hot-button topics, including Chick-fil-A and its founder’s controversial stance against same-sex marriage.He even joked that he could unite the gay community and fast-food chain.
“He is the longest of shots, the darkest of horses,” the Miami Herald noted. “What media coverage he’s been able to nail down so far has focused mostly around the question of why. As in, why do this?” • He lashed out at both probe itself and congressional Democrats who are vowing to continue it. “After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead,” Trump said. “The Democrats now have to decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullshit.”
It’s not so much a push for fundraising as it is for bragging rights. Both Sanders and O’Rourke are vying for the mantle of the candidate with the most grassroots support. In its first 24 hours, the Sanders campaign raised nearly $6 million from just under 225,000 people, with an average donation of $27, according to a Sanders campaign release. O’Rourke’s campaign narrowly exceeded that first-day haul, collecting $6.1 million from donors who gave an average of $47.
If the race will be decided on policy papers, the clear leader in the field is Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts senator has spent the last few months rolling out legislative plan after legislative plan. Her latest is meant to appeal to individual farmers by targeting agribusiness, an issue that could be of particular interest to caucus-goers in Iowa, where the plan was introduced in an exclusive article in the Des Moines Register.
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