UNDERNEWS: Biden's reelection campaign off to slow start

May 3, 2023

Biden's reelection campaign off to slow start

Axios - President Biden's re-election campaign is off to a slow start — months behind the 2012 pace of Barack Obama, the last president to win re-election, Axios' Alex Thompson and Hans Nichols report. Biden announced his 2024 bid before his campaign team was ready. Now, aides are hustling to build an organization that could take on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who announced his campaign nearly six months ago. The campaign is relying on the DNC for personnel support and money. All of Biden's ads and the announcement video were paid for by the DNC. In 2011, Obama's re-election announcement was paid for by his campaign. More

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