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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    Nothing is that *bad* about him. There's just no good reason for him to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate. He doesn't say or do anything that other more qualified, more electable Democrats don't also say and do.
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    A "checkbox" that a candidate is capable of winning an election is absolutely essential. Whoever the party nominates is asking the Democratic Party to trust them with being the ONE person the party nominates for president in the next four years. The penalty for choosing wrong is losing the...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    Well, let's start with electability and then talk about qualifications: If we are giving Pete Buttigieg a pass on demonstrating that he's actually able to win an election, because Republicans gave Donald Trump a pass on that in 2016...then what exactly is the sales pitch for Pete Buttigieg? I...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    People might want to carefully think through the logic in "Donald Trump got elected with no prior electoral history, therefore any random person with no prior electoral history will do." Especially if they don't like Donald Trump!
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    How did that work out? Do you think Donald Trump has been a good president?
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    The most important thing he will gain, which he doesn't have already, is demonstrable evidence that he is capable of winning a statewide election in a competitive state. He doesn't need to wait until he's 80 but he should wait until he has won a statewide office at least once. Ability to win...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    Among the sitting governors who will be under 72 on the next Inauguration Day (i.e. roughly the pool of candidates from whom Dems should be nominating a president), here are the ones who overperformed by double-digits relative to the PVI of their state: 1. Andy Beshear, Kentucky (20.1%...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    I would support the DNC implementing a rule to not let anyone run in the presidential primary who will be age 72+ on Inauguration Day. It requires more than zero years of experience. "Fair consideration"? He has never won a statewide election. Doing so ONCE, to prove that he's capable of...
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    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he'll 'take a look' at running for president

    I am amazed that 49 of the 50 governors have positive net approval ratings, and yet the President and Congress seem to almost always be underwater.
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    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he'll 'take a look' at running for president

    I hope he runs for president. He would be a good nominee.
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    Wait... Is Gavin Newsom your vision of what centrist Democrats want? :ROFLMAO:
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    I have no idea why you brought up Gavin Newsom out of the blue, or where you got the idea that I supported him. TBH, I find candidates like Gavin Newsom to be quite repulsive. But whatever. When you're posting once every 6.8 waking minutes, I'm sure you don't have a lot of time to think about...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    You are aware that other Democrats exist besides Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom, right? That there isn't some binary choice between them? That neither of them have even announced their future political plans yet, and probably won't until after the midterms?
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    The main reason Pete Buttigieg didn't do better in the 2020 primary was...why would he? He was the 38-year-old Mayor of South Bend, Indiana...running against seasoned professionals who already dominated all the primary lanes. Anyone who wanted to vote for an establishment candidate could vote...
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    Did Buttigieg make a mistake not running for Michigan Senate/Governor?

    Assuming you are awake 16 hours per day, you have posted here more than once every 7 waking minutes, every day for the past month.
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