DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ARE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON TV AND RADIO ADS AND THEY
MAKE EVERYONE LOOK MICKSCOPIC.
TOM STEYER OFFICIALLY QUALIFIED
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE IN
IOWA NEXT WEEK.
THE DEADLINE TO QUALIFY IS
TODAY, AND HE HAS MADE IT.
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO
TODAY’S DEADLINE IT REALLY
DIDN’T SEEM TOM STEYER WAS GOING
TO MAKE IT ONTO THAT DEBATE
STAGE.
STAGE. HE WAS IN LOW SINGLE DEDIGITS,
HE NEEDED BETTER NUMBERS IN AT
LEAST TWO POLLS, BUT THEN LAST
NIGHT, LAST MINUTE ALMOST OUT OF
NOWHERE HE CAME IN REALLY CLOSE
TO THE TOP OF THE POLLS IN TWO
EARLY STATES POLLING THIRD, TIED
WITH ELIZABETH WARREN FOR THIRD
IN NEVADA AT A WHOPPING 12%.
DOUBLE DIGITS, RIGHT, 12% TIED
FOR THIRD.
FOR THIRD. AND LOOK AT THIS, SECOND PLACE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
JOE BIDEN’S WAY OUT IN FRONT.
BUT LOOK WHO’S IN SECOND.
TOM STEYER, 15% IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. FRANKLY, A SURPRISE FOR POLITICS
GEEKS, RIGHT, FOR THOSE OF US
WHO POUR OVER EACH NEW POLL, A
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE. BUT IF YOU ARE A TV WATCHER IN
THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA OR THE GREAT STATE OF
NEVADA, IT WAS PROBABLY LESS
SURPRISING TO YOU BECAUSE CHECK
THIS OUT, A LOT WITH THE FRESH
MEMBERS WE GOT TODAY ON TOTAL AD
SPENDING FROM ALL THE
CANDIDATES, WE ALSO GOT A BREAK
DOWN WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE
SPENDING BY STATE, AND IT MAKES
THE PUZZLE EASY TO SOLVE.
SO FAR THE CANDIDATES COMBINED
HAVE SPENT $17 MILLION ON
POLITICAL ADS JUST IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
17 MILLION IN TV AND RADIO ADS,
SOUTH CAROLINA ALONE.
HERE’S HOW YOU SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
OF THAT 17 MILLION SPENT IN
SOUTH CAROLINA $14 MILLION OF IT
WAS SPENT BY TOM STEYER.
THAT’S HOW IT WORKS.
TOM STEYER HAS SPENT MORE ON ADS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAN PETE
BUTTIGIEG HAVE SPENT ON ADS.
SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN
$11.6 MILLION IN TOTAL SPENT ON
POLITICAL ADS IN NOVEMBER BY
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. OF THAT $11.6 MILLION TOTAL
SPENT ON NEVADA ADS,
$10.4 MILLION OF THAT SPENT BY
TOM STEYER.
TOM STEYER. HIS NEVADA-ONLY AD SPENDING IS
MORE THAN ALL OF THE AD SPENDING
BY BIDEN, WARREN AND KLOBUCHAR
COMBINED NATIONWIDE.
COMBINED NATIONWIDE. SO I GUESS IT MUST BE NICE TO
KNOW HE GOT HIS MONEYS WORTH,
THAT SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN THESE TWO STATES
WORKED.
WORKED. WE’VE GOT MORE NEWS THAN THAT.
TODAY MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCED
EVEN IF HE DOES NOT HIMSELF WIN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION, HE SAYS HE WILL
THROW THE WEIGHT OF HIS CAMPAIGN
BY WHICH I MEAN THE GAZILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT COME ALONG WITH
IT, HE SAYS HE WILL THROW HIS
MONEY BEHIND WHOEVER IS THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE RUNNING
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, AGAIN EVEN
IF IT IT IS NOT HIM.
TODAY MY COLLEAGUE SECOND DEGREE
IF HE TOO WOULD KEEP HIS MONEY
IN THE RACE EVEN IF THE EVENTUAL
NOMINEE IS NOT NAMED TOM STEYER.
MR. STEYERS SAID IN RESPONSE,
QUOTE, THE QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER I WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE CAUSES,
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SOMETHING
I’VE ALWAYS SAID I WILL DO,
WHICH I THINK IS A YES.
MAYBE.
MAYBE. BUT THAT LEAVES US WITH A WILD
AND BAFFLING DYNAMIC IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RIGHT NOW.
TWO BILLIONAIRES POURING WHAT
SEEMS LIKE ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF
MONEY INTO THE RACE, SOUNDING
LIKE THEY’LL KEEP THE MONEY
FLOWING FOR WHOEVER IS IN THIS
RIGHT THROUGH NOVEMBER.
BUT AT LEAST IN THE CASE OF TOM
STEYER IN THIS NEXT DEBATE, IT
SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THE REASON
HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE DEBATE