Joe Biden

There are lots of places to go to find the people you want to give to your campaign, and frankly, better ways to make a connection with them than an unsolicited message that's annoying them at the dinner table.

I think we have to say at the top of this that obviously any politically charged investigation is illegal and shouldn't happen and is awful and not something that we should accept as normal and discuss as like, oh, what are the politics outcomes for this? I feel, you know, really a lot of sympathy for the folks who are putting in the hard work

I think we have to say at the top of this that obviously any politically charged investigation is illegal and shouldn't happen and is awful and not something that we should accept as normal and discuss as like, oh, what are the politics outcomes for this? I feel, you know, really a lot of sympathy for the folks who are putting in the hard work

At ActBlue, it's essentially a public utility for Democratic campaigns, especially the campaigns that are the smallest and need to get their infrastructure up and going. It's a turnkey option for people who are just starting out their campaign to try to do anything in the electoral process. And yeah, it shouldn't be taken lightly that they're a target.

At ActBlue, it's essentially a public utility for Democratic campaigns, especially the campaigns that are the smallest and need to get their infrastructure up and going. It's a turnkey option for people who are just starting out their campaign to try to do anything in the electoral process. And yeah, it shouldn't be taken lightly that they're a target.

Well, I think if you're going to be in the position where you are a public utility, and for all intents and purposes, kind of a monopoly on the thing, you have a different kind of level of responsiveness that you need to bring to the conversation when you're, in a sense, the only game in town. So I think there's more stuff that they could be doing. I really hope that the investigation and

Well, I think if you're going to be in the position where you are a public utility, and for all intents and purposes, kind of a monopoly on the thing, you have a different kind of level of responsiveness that you need to bring to the conversation when you're, in a sense, the only game in town. So I think there's more stuff that they could be doing. I really hope that the investigation and

illegal targeting of them is not so much of a distraction that all the other work isn't prioritized to help improve the ecosystem around democratic campaigns and fundraising. But it's really up to all of us as donors to make sure that the organizations we give to are behaving ethically and rewarding those who do behave ethically.

illegal targeting of them is not so much of a distraction that all the other work isn't prioritized to help improve the ecosystem around democratic campaigns and fundraising. But it's really up to all of us as donors to make sure that the organizations we give to are behaving ethically and rewarding those who do behave ethically.

And then hopefully some actors around get together and help change the gravitational pull of this system a little bit as we go into the next cycles.

And then hopefully some actors around get together and help change the gravitational pull of this system a little bit as we go into the next cycles.

Yes, it is especially problematic when campaigns that are having a great moment and make decisions about their budget around the money that they're raising right now. encounter a moment where that slows, you wind up chasing, right? And I think this is something that we've seen in different primaries and general elections over the last few cycles.

Yes, it is especially problematic when campaigns that are having a great moment and make decisions about their budget around the money that they're raising right now. encounter a moment where that slows, you wind up chasing, right? And I think this is something that we've seen in different primaries and general elections over the last few cycles.

And it's something where if you have internally given your fundraising or your fundraising team has accepted a goal of X and they see that they're only going to get to 80% of X, a lot of campaigns don't have enough of a checks and balances on their strategy for fundraising and how it works.

And it's something where if you have internally given your fundraising or your fundraising team has accepted a goal of X and they see that they're only going to get to 80% of X, a lot of campaigns don't have enough of a checks and balances on their strategy for fundraising and how it works.

connects to their actual budget and money spent, that you wouldn't actually have people go out and try to spend $1.20 to raise $1 to hit a goal number.

connects to their actual budget and money spent, that you wouldn't actually have people go out and try to spend $1.20 to raise $1 to hit a goal number.

And not that people would even necessarily do that intentionally, but just because of how you've instrumented your system of where you spend money to raise it, you are over-predicting what the dollar you spend to bring in a dollar of donation is going to be. And so you wind up holding the bag at the end. So in a sense, you have spent too much money to raise too much money.

And not that people would even necessarily do that intentionally, but just because of how you've instrumented your system of where you spend money to raise it, you are over-predicting what the dollar you spend to bring in a dollar of donation is going to be. And so you wind up holding the bag at the end. So in a sense, you have spent too much money to raise too much money.

You should have just settled for raising slightly less money. MARK BLYTH, JR.