https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1150955756461707266
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Beto O’Rourke, who had entered the race with the promise of being a financial powerhouse, raised only a fraction of the front-runners: $3.6 million
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to put that in perspective...p booty raised almost *8x* that.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1145661313634508801
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Pete Buttigieg seizes on top-tier status by raising $24.8 million in second quarter - CNNPolitics
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that shows how much voter/donor enthusiasm has left the beto campaign.



>im guessing in his head hes thinking once more moderates drop
>out his numbers will go up.


oddly enough...i dont think moderates really view him as moderate. and progressives (now) dont view him as progressive. hence his standing.



>since he already qualified i dont see him dropping out before
>then.
>
>gotta take his no on the senate with a grain of salt. he said
>the same thing about running for president right?

true. the longer he waits to eventually flip flop could hurt him tho. especially if the party/voters are getting behind the other senate candidates like mj hegar. beto trying to ride back into a senate race on a horse could look like more of that 'white male audacity' shit thats been haunting him.


>if biden drops out who does the establishment and moderates
>back?

prolly between harris and p booty. we really gotta stop using terms like 'the establishment' tho. liz warren is closing in on biden and gobbling up endorsements who see her more and more as a winning horse. you dont do that without appealing to the mainstream dem party (voters and politicians). thats 'the establishment'.