Finishing in front of either Biden or Warren in Tuesday’s primary would add new life to Klobuchar’s candidacy, following a fifth-place result in Iowa. Finishing in front of both of them would almost certainly have a catalytic effect on the Minnesota senator’s campaign.
“I don’t have the biggest bank account in this race, I didn’t have the biggest name ID going into this,” Klobuchar said at a rally Monday. “But what I have is grit.”
It is possible that Klobuchar’s late surge is coming too late. She is polling in low single digits in the next two nominating states, Nevada and South Carolina, where her competitors have been amassing organizations for months. It is unclear whether Klobuchar will have the money or the time to catch up, or an organization that can capitalize.
In campaign appearances in recent days, Klobuchar has described her disappointment about the outcome of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while celebrating the “moments of bravery” she witnessed, including Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s vote to convict.
Her description of the proceedings at times grows emotional. And it is not hard to imagine that Klobuchar is in the midst of her own brave, but ultimately unsuccessful endeavor.
Yet following the Iowa caucuses, Klobuchar’s advisers dispatched staffers to Nevada. And her performance in the debate on Friday resulted in another infusion of money — more than $3 million in two days.
“As you probably heard, we’re on a bit of a surge,” she told a large crowd at the historic Exeter Town Hall.
Renewed interest in Klobuchar here has stemmed largely from the Friday debate, at which she derided Pete Buttigieg, the former South Bend, Ind., mayor, as a “cool newcomer” and suggested it was more difficult to govern than to lob insults at Washington politicians.
Source: politico.com
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