I thought the contry wouldn't be ready for Pete Buttigieg but I've changed my mind

[Tribetime]

After the big ugly bill we need somebody that can go on fox news and tell what's going on and stick it in their face

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He certainly is the man to do just that, my dear Tribetime!

He is young, quick on his feet and knows so much. He will make a great President.

[a kennedy]

23. and he's got an easy style of delivery.....no "better then you" vibe.

Get’s his point across without being in your face. He’s just easy going but effective.

[Sun-Moon]

2. I think he would be an amazing President.

[Silent Type]

3. Have read several recent polls on possible Dem presidential candidates and he's right at top.

[madville]

9. Yep, Harris's post election support has declined

She has gone from high-30s just after the election down to around low-20s. Pete has been trending up, got to 20% and is hanging around high-teens.

[lovesfruit]

4. Yes, please!

Would love to see more from him, and hope he emerges as the front runner. I highly recommend looking up the various podcasts he’s been on. He’s a genuinely good person, with a true love for public service.

[Jack Valentino]

5. He can 'stick it in the face' of Faux News viewers,

but that certainly won't make them vote for him--- probably the opposite,
other than the very tiny minority who might still have
two brain cells left to rub together....


I love Pete, but I don't have faith enough that the 'country has changed' enough
that he could win a presidential election now--- particularly when all the evidence I see
points in the opposite direction

[elleng]

6. 'we need somebody that can go on fox news and tell what's going on and stick it in their face'

[yellowdogintexas]

22. He is perfect to be our pit bull. A nice gentle one but he is so good a sticking it to them

and he does not hesitate to go on their programs.

[Dan]

7. If the conservatives in the nation went ape-shit over a Black man

What do you think they would do about Pete (regardless of qualifications). Look at Hilary, the most qualified person that I have ever seen but she was a woman. My religious female friend that voted for Trump said about her - she was married to Bill and blamed Hilary for Bill’s indiscretions.

Unless we break the hold of MAGA, the religious right and the bigots - we probably won’t get the best candidate, we are stuck with what is acceptable.

But, let’s see what the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL does to the nation - thats when the MAGA world will realize that they have been royally screwed while screwing the rest of us.

And finally, ICE might be the GOP secret weapon - a police force that will disappear us under the guise of the law.

[Tribetime]

10. Obama won twice

[Dan]

12. Yes, he did :)

But, we got an organized resistance in the Congress and Media to that - and that is why we have Trump.

Plus, I won’t discount the role the Russians played in our politics. All in all, we see the Citizens United, the Oligarchs and their puppets in why we have Trump.

[EnergizedLib]

14. It's hard to take them seriously over morality concerns

Look what they’ve supported since 2015.

[Wanderlust988]

8. He can't even win a statewide race, why would he win the Electoral College?

His base is yuppie coastal America. He would never win Georgia or North Carolina....NEVER. It wouldn't even be competitive.

[Tribetime]

11. Well.We have primaries to see what will happen

[tinrobot]

16. Quite a few have won the Presidency without a statewide office.

[Pris]

17. People cling to white men as saviors

And this is why our democracy is sinking.

[Celerity]

28. And some think that nominating another woman will surely work 'this time', and not set us up for a third female loss in

a row (in just 4 cycles as well).

I am a cis-gendered queer, mixed race black, atheist female and in 2028 I will only advocate for a straight, white, christian male as our nominee.

2028 is our last shot before the post 2030 census reapportioned House (and thus the Electoral College map as well) kicks in in 2032 and ratfucks us hard.

We are staring at a negative 20, maybe more, net Blue to Red or Pink state US House seat swing, which will make winning both the House and POTUS a lot harder for us.

We simply MUST win POTUS, the House, and (a heavy AF lift if we do not chip away at it in 2026) the Senate in 2028, and then have 2 years to try and roll back vast parts of the Trumpian nightmare damage.

Hopefully we can win the House all 3 times (2026, 2028, and 2030) before the 2032 and beyond maps kicks in. Hopefully we can take back the Senate in 2028 and even hold it in 2030.

IF we lose POTUS again in 2028, things are looking truly grim going forward.

The country is now (post the 2012/2013ish beginning rise of new hyper divisive, algorithm-driven social media archetype, now rocket-fuelled by AI) even more entrenched (and getting worse, with younger males especially, including all races, now running headlong into the clutches of the right) in its misogyny.

Running a female POTUS nominee yet again, for the 3rd time in 4 elections, is far too great a risk, given the stakes, for me to condone.

[ms liberty]

30. This right here.

[Bettie]

33. I agree

and it kills something inside me to do that.

Misogyny is the most powerful force in this country. Racism is second.

[Deuxcents]

13. Pete can stick it to em in about 5 languages..we've got to business to take care of so Pete can run..if he wants to

It’s gonna take all of us..not one person is gonna get us out of this mess but I’d be very happy to support him if and when the time comes

[videohead5]

15. The biggest problem is

That he was a part of the Biden administration. The Democrats need an outsider. A governor would be much better.

[W_HAMILTON]

25. It's not even been six months and people are already realizing how good we had it with Biden.

Working in the Biden administration won't be the albatross that you think it will, especially with over 3.5 years of this bullshit administration left to go.

[videohead5]

31. Voters

Unfortunately, the American people see the Biden administration in not a very good light. That is why Trump won. We all know that President Biden had nothing to do with inflation, and that it was caused by the aftermath of the pandemic, but a majority of the voters blamed the Biden administration. That's hard to overcome.

[W_HAMILTON]

32. They won because they weren't happy with their current situation and blamed Biden for it.

Now, just a few months removed from the Biden administration, they are even UNHAPPIER with their current situation and it's the Republicans that are in complete control of the federal government that they are directing their anger towards.

[speak easy]

18. The country is not ready for any member of the Biden Administration's cabinet.

[Tarzanrock]

19. Adlai Stevenson got hammered twice.

Hubert Humphrey got hammered. George McGovern was obliterated. Mondale ran with a woman and was massacred. Bu$h, Sr. decisively defeated Dukakis -- a smart, articulate liberal governor similar to Buttigieg. Gore ran with a Jew and lost to the $hrub. $hrub beat Kerry. The Turd beat two extremely intelligent and well qualified women, Hillary and Kamala, a black woman married to a Jew. It's pretty damn clear that for the past 75+ historical years that this country does not elect "liberals;" it does not elect people who have funny names; and, it does not elect 'tickets' which have women candidates on those tickets. Given that indisputable history -- it is damn difficult to imagine that this country, in this Fascist time, is going to now somehow elect an openly 'gay' man who is married to another 'gay' man and that all of the Bible Thumpers; Catholics; Evangelicals; Pentacostal assholes; Baptists and all other assorted 'religious' whackos are now going to somehow vote for a 'gay' guy with a name like 'Buttigieg."

[Wonder Why]

29. I agree. It's obvious that competence, honesty, ethics,clear articulation and good character are

great characteristics voters should look at, but that doesn't have a great relevance when it comes to winning an election. That's been proven by history.

Glorious defeat may make good reading by historians but is still a loss.

But it's not just the "religious" wackos. There are those of any religion and those with no religion, Deists, Athiests and Agnostics who feel the same way.

And, of course, there are those who may like some or many of his policies but who vote their own self-interest on the economy, defense, "America First", security and safety and go for someone else like what has happened now and in the past.

Many people will ask "How will he protect MY interests?" and the country be damned.
Will I and my family benefit economically?
Will I and my family feel safe (not "be safe&quot from criminals?
Will I an my family feel secure (not "be secure&quot from foreign invasion and war?

[DET]

20. Love Buttigieg, But...

He’s too damn erudite for most of the country. I don’t think the issue is so much that he’s gay, but that he’s educated and articulate. The Honey Boo-boo voters can’t relate. I really had no idea how many stupid, ignorant people we have in this country. But it’s a problem, and I don’t know how to solve it.

[Wanderlust988]

21. Pete is very cerebral. He's great, but not sure he has that common touch like Bill Clinton n/t

[Hope22]

27. If our aim is a Honey Boo Boo candidate...

…we have lost win or lose!

[William769]

24. I've been calling for Pete all along.

[W_HAMILTON]

26. I like him a lot, but I think we need someone more aggressive.

Newsom would have been perfect, but then he started playing footsie with the MAGA types, so he's no longer at the top of my list.

I wouldn't have thought I would have ever considered Pritzker, but he fits that aggressive mold that I want in our next candidate.

Shapiro would be another one that I would give a good look at.

Either way, the person that gets my vote in the next Democratic Primary will be the one that pledges to be the most aggressive in going after the MAGA criminals, rooting them out from all our agencies and departments, and rolling back everything Trump and his Republicans implemented -- and then some.