Joe Biden

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

I think if you're talking about campaigns specifically, investing in the candidates who are giving their time to you is a good filter for me. So candidates who are spending time speaking with you and producing content for you that isn't asking you for money is an important part of the equation.

I think if you're talking about campaigns specifically, investing in the candidates who are giving their time to you is a good filter for me. So candidates who are spending time speaking with you and producing content for you that isn't asking you for money is an important part of the equation.

And so if you see a candidate who's spending time engaging grassroots folks in ways that are about more than money, And fundraising, that it's about organizing, that it's about policy, that it's about narrating what's going on in the campaign or what's going on in politics generally. Those are the campaigns that usually are going to be good and in good places to go.

And so if you see a candidate who's spending time engaging grassroots folks in ways that are about more than money, And fundraising, that it's about organizing, that it's about policy, that it's about narrating what's going on in the campaign or what's going on in politics generally. Those are the campaigns that usually are going to be good and in good places to go.

I think also folks who are building organization on the ground, like... It is not easy to be a field organizer, as you know from all these years ago. It is not a lucrative thing to go work on a campaign as an early job or even as a job later in life if you're taking a break from whatever else you're doing. The difference between being able to

I think also folks who are building organization on the ground, like... It is not easy to be a field organizer, as you know from all these years ago. It is not a lucrative thing to go work on a campaign as an early job or even as a job later in life if you're taking a break from whatever else you're doing. The difference between being able to

hire one more person to just scratch out like a good busy work week for a campaign is such a big deal and just not that much money in the scheme of things. And so folks who are hiring and doing real organizing on the ground, those are the campaigns that I would give the extra dollar to.

hire one more person to just scratch out like a good busy work week for a campaign is such a big deal and just not that much money in the scheme of things. And so folks who are hiring and doing real organizing on the ground, those are the campaigns that I would give the extra dollar to.

campaigns and candidates are living and dying by what they can predict they're going to be able to spend.

campaigns and candidates are living and dying by what they can predict they're going to be able to spend.

And so when you have these moments, even though it's not, well, it's an election year here in New Jersey, but even though it's not an election year for Congress or for Senate yet, the sooner you give and the more times you give to a candidate that's doing something that you believe in, it's so much signal, right?

And so when you have these moments, even though it's not, well, it's an election year here in New Jersey, but even though it's not an election year for Congress or for Senate yet, the sooner you give and the more times you give to a candidate that's doing something that you believe in, it's so much signal, right?

right to that campaign to invest more in what they're doing that got to you that made you inspired but also that to give them the confidence to build and hire that next organizer or build out the open one more campaign office in order to build out you know earlier and better for the election that's going to be next year so like this is sometimes it feels like you're sort of

right to that campaign to invest more in what they're doing that got to you that made you inspired but also that to give them the confidence to build and hire that next organizer or build out the open one more campaign office in order to build out you know earlier and better for the election that's going to be next year so like this is sometimes it feels like you're sort of

on the receiving end of like a kind of the bank teller, you know, machine opens up and it's like, okay, here's this fundraising email. And then everybody goes away inside.

on the receiving end of like a kind of the bank teller, you know, machine opens up and it's like, okay, here's this fundraising email. And then everybody goes away inside.

But like, they're really watching and making decisions based on whether you gave today, how much you gave, how many times you get, like all that stuff is getting extrapolated by good campaigns to make their bets about how they can best win. So I would encourage everybody to, you know, when you're feeling it, give to the, give to the folks you love. Anything else you want to share?

But like, they're really watching and making decisions based on whether you gave today, how much you gave, how many times you get, like all that stuff is getting extrapolated by good campaigns to make their bets about how they can best win. So I would encourage everybody to, you know, when you're feeling it, give to the, give to the folks you love. Anything else you want to share?

The grift on the Republican side is like – I find that Democrats were often not talking enough about these things that are fixable. And when we're engaged in our self-critique, it's a lot of your things that aren't necessarily fixable. and are just the way they are. So I think this is one where we can do things.