Email of the Week (v2)

It's Thursday, and time for our Email of the Week.

Most of the 2020 Dems I'm following were focused on tonight's debate, if they were fortunate enough to have qualified, or on the next one, if they were not so fortunate. They're also focused on polling, and on Iowa, and on fundraising.

On the fundraising thing, there's some noticeable grumpiness from the Sanders camp - shocker, I know - that while he's got a boatload of donors, he doesn't have as much money as the others who either are the billionaire class, or sucking up to them.

With email subjects such as We risk falling behind, We're facing a dilemma, We don't have as many contributions as we'd hoped..., Not great, and 2800/16=175, he's sounding a bit desperate. That email with math in it? That's trying to show that for every $2800 check another candidate receives, he'll need 175 donors if they give only the average $16 that he's received per contribution so far.

And you thought Andrew Yang was the math guy...

I was actually surprised to not get a whole lot of emails about the impeachment. Only Elizabeth Warren made it in by the deadline with anything related to Wednesday's all-day session in the House, which one article I read said at times made it seem that the Democrats and the Republicans represented different countries.

Here's our email of the week, from the Massachusetts senator.

Today was an important day for our country and our democracy. The United States House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and so did my colleagues in the Senate and in the House. And we owe it to the American people to do our jobs and get to the bottom of this. Come the new year, I will be a juror in Donald Trump's Senate trial, and I'll uphold my oath. Because nobody is above the law — not even the president of the United States. But it's important to remember that Trump is just the worst symptom — not the cause — of a rigged, corrupt system. A system that rewards the rich and powerful and leaves working people behind. 2020 is our chance to change that. Our chance to take back the reins of our democracy and put political and economic power in the hands of working people. We're up against big problems, and we need big ideas to solve them. That's what we're fighting for. And together, we'll win. — Elizabeth