Mayor Pete

Pete Buttigieg, or Mayor Pete--I think everyone calls him that because no one can pronounce his name ("boot-eh-judge"). The name is Maltese--I was wondering about that.

He's very well-spoken and intelligent and seems to have an even temperament. He has a lot of great ideas and his platform seems reasonable. I'm just curious, though, whether he has a prayer of getting the nomination--or whether he would have a decent chance of winning if he did.

I know our Trumpers will scream that he's just another liberal from the deep state who wants to destroy the country with SOOOOOCIALISM blah blah blah. So what they have to say isn't important. What I'm wondering is whether he has enough gas in the tank to rise from fourth or fifth place to the top spot.

You see, I think Bernie's support is too demographically narrow, and the country isn't ready for Warren's health care plan. Biden has been weakened by the Ukraine scandal (however unfairly) and his continual verbal gaffes. Other candidates--Harris, Booker, etc.--don't really have the traction. But Mayor Pete is slowly rising.

I think he might be a candidate that everyone could accept. Of course, that wouldn't include very many Republicans--they HATE gay people--but I can see the Democratic party coalescing around him. Of course, if he wound up running against Trump, Trump would immediately make up some childish, insulting nickname for him (like "Fairy Pete" or something) and use it in every third sentence. But that might actually backfire on him.

I do worry about the Breakfast Bloviator Effect--when I overheard that guy in the coffee shop say he "would never vote for a bitch." Just as there are some (horrible) people who would never vote for a woman, I'm sure there are some people who would never vote for a gay man or woman (like that scumbag councilman in deepest darkest Tennessee, and the people who applauded him). Would that alone doom his chances?

Of course, I don't care who the President has sex with, even Ivanka or Monica, but I do realize it would really twist some conservatives' panties if we had a gay President. I just wonder if that would really make a difference, since almost all the haters are diehard Republicans anyway.

I like him the least. It has nothing to do with him being gay. My number one issue is healthcare.  Of all the top polling Democratic candidates, his healthcare plan is the worst. It is really awful. He takes the worst elements of the current system (public and private) and then combines them into Medicare for those that want it.  If he is at the top of the ticket, I will not vote for a Presidential candidate or I will write in David Miller as President and Fritz as Vice president. 

With Warren and Sanders, when one of them drops out, most of their supporters are likely to go to the other. That gives them a substantial advantage over Buttigieg or any of the other remaining contenders. Sanders has come back strong since his heart attack. I am leaning towards him as my favorite candidate at the moment. 

Compared to the collection DemocRat imbeciles seeking nomination, writing in my and/or Fritz's names would be a monumental upgrade to anyone the Rats nominate, but, I would rather one vote for President Trump, as I will.  The Socialist Sanders is totally delusional and anyone voting for this idiot is just as delusional. MAGA

he's my first choice.   Warren and Sanders are biting off too much IMO.   

A Miller-Fritzie administration would be amusing, as they would try to strangle each other on day one. Maybe atop the inauguration podium.

Stalker continues to use his incredibly ingenious and clever nickname/insult for the Democrats. He also repeats "MAGA" like a toddler whining "Daddy"---over and over. He offers his worthless opinion when I told him that his opinion doesn't matter. He's like the dog who farts near the dinner table. We have to tolerate him, because even the Trumper scum should have a voice. We know he'd vote for Trump no matter what--duh. He'll never get any less stupid. What he had to offer--that he plans to be a loyal Trump lackey--added nothing to this discussion. Nothing he says ever does.

PJ, I think Warren and Sanders are making very sensible proposals, but those proposals won't sell. However, they've dug in too deep to abandon them now. I think they will best function as agents of change rather than enactors of it--much as Bernie already has been. Mayor Pete seems quite "electable" to me.

Mark, I think it's our duty as Americans to vote for whatever Democrat wins the nomination. Stay home, you contribute to Trump's victory. Hillary lost in part because many embittered Millennial Bernie-heads stayed home. We can't repeat that blunder. Another four years of Trump could very well destroy this country--as Trumper idiots cheer.