One person familiar with President Biden’s thinking cautioned that he had not yet made up his mind to leave the race, after three weeks of insisting that almost nothing would drive him out.
Local small-business-tyrant donors putting funds into some small-town mayoral race don't. But the wealthy donors involved in federal matters will donate to both, so that whoever ends up in office is beholden to them regardless of lawn sign colour. These legal bribes aren't gifts, they're investments.
If I told you that you'd make a guaranteed $1,000,000 back in a few years by making two $50,000 donations today, anyone with $100,000 lying around would take that deal in a heartbeat.
The richest people in the room aren't calculators, they're people, and I'm willing to bet that a certain chunk of them think their wealth is the direct result of their ability to gamble correctly. When they make a bad bet it hurts them in the feels.
Because donors don't want to waste money
bribingdonating to someone who is guaranteed to loseLocal small-business-tyrant donors putting funds into some small-town mayoral race don't. But the wealthy donors involved in federal matters will donate to both, so that whoever ends up in office is beholden to them regardless of lawn sign colour. These legal bribes aren't gifts, they're investments.
If I told you that you'd make a guaranteed $1,000,000 back in a few years by making two $50,000 donations today, anyone with $100,000 lying around would take that deal in a heartbeat.
Embarrassment, at a certain point.
The richest people in the room aren't calculators, they're people, and I'm willing to bet that a certain chunk of them think their wealth is the direct result of their ability to gamble correctly. When they make a bad bet it hurts them in the feels.