Opinion: Beto who? It’s the week of Pete Buttigieg.
Christine Emba here this week. Yes, I’m a millennial. Yes, I speak for all of us. No, I’m not sorry for killing chain restaurants. Next up: the electoral college.He’s a Rhodes scholar, Navy veteran, the young mayor of a midsize city , and apparently moonlights as an Arabic translator for hospital patients in tragic need.
What are his chances of actually winning the nomination? Still slim — his experience is in governing a midsize city, he’s unusually young, and he’s still not really a household name. That said, in a field as wide as this one, anything could happen.Continuing in her role as the most policy-oriented candidate, Warren rolled out yet another substantive proposal, this one focusing on family farms and antitrust measures for agriculture. Is anyone listening? Hard to tell.
Kirsten Gillibrand released 12 years of her tax returns and called President Trump a “coward” from a stage outside a Trump-branded high-rise in Manhattan. She’s clearly trying to goad the president and increase her visibility, but it’s getting harder to pay attention to any candidate whose name doesn’t begin with the letter B.
Meanwhile, rumors of Stacey Abrams as a potential Joe Biden VP pick continue to fly, and her team continues to bat them down in ever-sharper terms terms. One adviser: “What makes it particularly exploitative is that Biden couldn’t be bothered to endorse Stacey in the gubernatorial primary. Now he wants her to save his a--. That’s some serious entitlement.
Don’t forget to click on the yellow highlighted text above to expand the Ranking Committee’s annotations. Agree? Disagree? Share your thoughts in the comments. We’ll see you for the next ranking. Until then, watch your back: We millennials are everywhere. One might even become president.David Byler: Pete Buttigieg could become the first gay president. Americans are ready for one.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Opinion | Pete Buttigieg has broken through the noise on community and religionThe Democratic candidate makes a plea for integrating faith and ideology.
Read more »
Opinion | What Democrats can learn from ButtigiegOpinion: What Democrats can learn from Buttigieg
Read more »
Beto O'Rourke could be a threat — to Biden on his right and Sanders on his leftThe Texas Democrat sent a message by campaigning this week in midwestern states that cost Democrats the White House in 2016.
Read more »
Beto O' Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Pete Buttigieg in miniature coming to a website near youPresidential hopefuls former Rep. Beto O' Rourke, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Cory Booker, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg are in miniature and coming to a website near you.
Read more »
Analysis | The Trailer: What we learned about Buttigieg 2020 this weekendIn this edition: The Pete Buttigieg moment, the Mueller report and voters, and not quite an AIPAC boycott.
Read more »
Why some Democrats say: Don't sleep on 'Mayor Pete' ButtigiegThe South Bend mayor is having a moment with Democrats, from the blue-checkmark salons of Twitter to the house parties of the early-voting states.
Read more »
Pete Buttigieg is having a momentPete Buttigieg can tell that things have changed.
Read more »