By then, calls had been coming in for Patrick, asking him to think about jumping in late. The pieces all seemed to line up: His wife had responded well to treatment. Biden was pathetic. Sanders was talking about the right problems, but not the right solutions. Warren was coming off more strident and determined to outsmart everyone than the thoughtful, pragmatic person he knew from Massachusetts. Buttigieg wasn’t catching with Black voters. Harris and Booker weren’t catching with anybody.

— Battle for the Soul by Edward-Isaac Dovere (Page 252)