I was bummed to hear the push back on Pete because of the "gay stuff". If anything it's gunna help bring in the lefties that are upset with biden and the Gaza stuff. He checks so many boxes... he doesn't have the baggage that the others do, he has name recognition, he appears on fox news on the reg and kicks their ass, he's a veteran, he…
I was bummed to hear the push back on Pete because of the "gay stuff". If anything it's gunna help bring in the lefties that are upset with biden and the Gaza stuff. He checks so many boxes... he doesn't have the baggage that the others do, he has name recognition, he appears on fox news on the reg and kicks their ass, he's a veteran, he won iowa in the 2020 primary, he is so well spoken and quick, he's young... the list goes on. He could bring in so many different types of voters.
Also... Who are all of these voters that are going to be resisting a gay president or vp? Are those voters even gettable? If that's the hot topic for them I assume they are comfortably sitting in trumps camp already. I doubt the majority of independents, dems, and gettable voters would care, or it wouldnt be a top issue for them.
Pete's quite the salesman too.
Not to mention... people love making history and we make the history we create. Thats why dems are in this shit sandwich to begin with. Politics as usual doesnt work now and they are absolutely worst when it comes to political strategy. Lets not assume things and insert this made up obstacle. Dems need a new strat. Lets all grow some balls eh?
Pete/Harris 2024 or... Harris/Pete 2024. Either works.
As a senior with 40+ years voting moderate Republican (homeless since Trump) I would love me some Pete at the top or as VP. But if it’s Biden I’m there for it. #neverTrumpfromthejump.
Well, I think Pete would be fine, but as a left-winger, most of the fellow left-wingers who are upset w/ Biden about Gaza enough to question voting for him think Pete is a centrist sell-out who worked for a consultancy firm that see as hollowing out the middle class after volunteering to go shoot brown people, and then being pro-cop in a small city with issues with it's police force, then trying to appeal to centrist boomers to move forward his own political prospects.
Pete's base are Gen Z & Millennial's parents, not actual younger voters. The fact their parents might point out how much Pete has accomplished at such a young age probably turns him off to them even more.
I love Pete, my preference would be Harris/Buttigieg 2024... But I think a lot of "moderates" would blink at a gay VP and the left actively hates him for being too corporate or even not "gay enough" whatever that means.
I think back to Obama and how his presidency released a lot of racism that was just below the surface. So when you ask about Buttigiege I remember about that. Who are these people who won't vote for a gay man...it's those people who maybe never voiced out loud that they cringe at the thought of homosexuals living among them. You see it showing up in school board elections...concerns about gay agendas, grooming, trans children. It's there.
No doubt they exist. My point is that they are voting for trump anyway. Those school board meetings... same thing. I'm not talking about those people. They are too far gone. I'm talking about the winnable votes the people that are in the center, undecided, "double haters", etc. Perhaps Sarah Longwell should host a focus group on this question with those voters...
I was bummed to hear the push back on Pete because of the "gay stuff". If anything it's gunna help bring in the lefties that are upset with biden and the Gaza stuff. He checks so many boxes... he doesn't have the baggage that the others do, he has name recognition, he appears on fox news on the reg and kicks their ass, he's a veteran, he won iowa in the 2020 primary, he is so well spoken and quick, he's young... the list goes on. He could bring in so many different types of voters.
Also... Who are all of these voters that are going to be resisting a gay president or vp? Are those voters even gettable? If that's the hot topic for them I assume they are comfortably sitting in trumps camp already. I doubt the majority of independents, dems, and gettable voters would care, or it wouldnt be a top issue for them.
Pete's quite the salesman too.
Not to mention... people love making history and we make the history we create. Thats why dems are in this shit sandwich to begin with. Politics as usual doesnt work now and they are absolutely worst when it comes to political strategy. Lets not assume things and insert this made up obstacle. Dems need a new strat. Lets all grow some balls eh?
Pete/Harris 2024 or... Harris/Pete 2024. Either works.
As a senior with 40+ years voting moderate Republican (homeless since Trump) I would love me some Pete at the top or as VP. But if it’s Biden I’m there for it. #neverTrumpfromthejump.
Well, I think Pete would be fine, but as a left-winger, most of the fellow left-wingers who are upset w/ Biden about Gaza enough to question voting for him think Pete is a centrist sell-out who worked for a consultancy firm that see as hollowing out the middle class after volunteering to go shoot brown people, and then being pro-cop in a small city with issues with it's police force, then trying to appeal to centrist boomers to move forward his own political prospects.
Pete's base are Gen Z & Millennial's parents, not actual younger voters. The fact their parents might point out how much Pete has accomplished at such a young age probably turns him off to them even more.
So... who's your ideal candidate then?
Kamala/Beshear, Kamala/Cooper, Kamala/Walz all seems fine to me.
Walz is my governor he's done a bang up job I must say.
Yes! Pete could take on JD. What a contrast
I love Pete, my preference would be Harris/Buttigieg 2024... But I think a lot of "moderates" would blink at a gay VP and the left actively hates him for being too corporate or even not "gay enough" whatever that means.
Nope.
I think back to Obama and how his presidency released a lot of racism that was just below the surface. So when you ask about Buttigiege I remember about that. Who are these people who won't vote for a gay man...it's those people who maybe never voiced out loud that they cringe at the thought of homosexuals living among them. You see it showing up in school board elections...concerns about gay agendas, grooming, trans children. It's there.
No doubt they exist. My point is that they are voting for trump anyway. Those school board meetings... same thing. I'm not talking about those people. They are too far gone. I'm talking about the winnable votes the people that are in the center, undecided, "double haters", etc. Perhaps Sarah Longwell should host a focus group on this question with those voters...