CNN’s Dana Bash Calls Pete Buttigieg’s Dropout a Signal to Competitors: ‘It’s Time to Consolidate’ Around Biden

EXCERPT:

BASH: "They’re so high. For Joe Biden, for Bernie Sanders, and really a big question mark about what Mike Bloomberg is going to do. What Pete Buttigieg did was try to lead the way. He’s saying, without using these words, 'I’m the guy who won Iowa. I came from nowhere with a name nobody could pronounce, with no national base, no national and natural fundraising base. And look at how far I came. And yet I understand the reality of math. I don’t see a path forward.' And so the signal he is giving to others including somebody with a lot of money, the deepest pockets in the world, Mike Bloomberg, is, 'Okay, guys. It’s time. Let’s pull back.' He’s not actually endorsing Joe Biden. I can tell you there’s a lot of encouragement, people begging him to do so from around Biden world, but he’s making clear that it’s time to consolidate."

(via Mediaite)