20 candidates is the current threshold, and if anything there is “excitement”. He’s anything but a “dark horse” in name recognition, but if as Axios indicates, he takes on Trump, Biden will be a stalking horse if he brings clarity to the media framing of Individual-1. He can for example remind the nation that #TrumpRussia is far worse than the “Third-Rate Burglary” that was Watergate.
Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential bid on Thursday, a source close to the vice president tells TPM.
Biden will join the fray with a video announcing his third bid for president. His team is still nailing down details for his first campaign appearances, but a Monday trip to a union hall in Pittsburgh will be part of the official rollout.
“Thursday is a go,” the source said.
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A candidate will either need to register at least 1 percent in three different polls in 2019, 14 days prior to the debate or raise money from at least 65,000 unique donors, having a minimum of 200 contributors in each of at least 20 states.
The two measures will be combined in the event that more than 20 candidates qualify, but the fundraising measure is a component that's never been used before.