Bro please, do it. Get that state wide win under your belt. It’s a primary where you are dominating and you got the fund raising power.
sadsimulator on
Part of me thinks he should or for the governor of MI (said by a non-MI resident), but I can see why he wants another shot for president — he’s young, clean-cut, and can speak in a way that some “median voters” understand. Just hope he doesn’t kill his political career doing so. A bird in the hand…
SilverSquid1810 on
Bad decision imo. I love Buttigieg, but I just don’t see him winning a presidential primary anytime soon.
He’s still not known on a national level outside of people who are already very politically engaged. His political experience has been serving as the mayor of a small city and Secretary of Transportation. It’s not *nothing*, but it’s also a fairly unimpressive resume for someone seeking to be president. He hasn’t yet proven he has the ability to work with a legislature or govern executively over anything larger than South Bend, Indiana. That’s not to mention his lack of experience with actually *winning* elections. Impressing the overwhelmingly white and college-educated Democratic primarygoers in Iowa and New Hampshire does not necessarily make you a good general election candidate.
Also, I just really don’t think he’s what America is looking for right now, experience aside. First and foremost, he’s obviously gay, which unfortunately would still probably be a major liability. Just think how much “traditional masculinity” has seen a resurgence in recent years and entered the popular zeitgeist- a gay man is not going to impress the Joe Rogan crowd. And while he is phenomenally well-spoken, I feel like his specific demeanor may actually be detrimental. He comes across as aggressively white-collar and intellectual, which is of course endearing to wine moms and r/ Neoliberal members, but just really does not match the anti-elitist, populist sentiment that is utterly pervading our politics at the moment.
If he loses this- which I expect him to- that’s probably a major blow to his future odds. He’s still relatively young, sure, but he would have failed two presidential runs by that point and he has no other office to fall back on. That would be a hard setback for even the most talented politician.
ThisPrincessIsWoke on
Phew. He can stick to governor. And no hopes of presidential office please
btk7710 on
He clearly has his eyes set on running for president and understands just how bad of a look it would be to not only carpetbag, but then ditch the state for The White House two years later. He’s polling in second place behind Kamala right now for the 28’ nomination. He really doesn’t need to run for anything as long as he stays in the media spotlight.
Drewbacca__ on
Michigan gov race is starting to get crowded with Whitmer officials (SoS Benson and Lt Gov Gilchrist), but no ones really thrown their hat in the ring for the Senate spot
StrngBrew on
At this point half of the Democratic Party is going to run for president next cycle
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Bro please, do it. Get that state wide win under your belt. It’s a primary where you are dominating and you got the fund raising power.
Part of me thinks he should or for the governor of MI (said by a non-MI resident), but I can see why he wants another shot for president — he’s young, clean-cut, and can speak in a way that some “median voters” understand. Just hope he doesn’t kill his political career doing so. A bird in the hand…
Bad decision imo. I love Buttigieg, but I just don’t see him winning a presidential primary anytime soon.
He’s still not known on a national level outside of people who are already very politically engaged. His political experience has been serving as the mayor of a small city and Secretary of Transportation. It’s not *nothing*, but it’s also a fairly unimpressive resume for someone seeking to be president. He hasn’t yet proven he has the ability to work with a legislature or govern executively over anything larger than South Bend, Indiana. That’s not to mention his lack of experience with actually *winning* elections. Impressing the overwhelmingly white and college-educated Democratic primarygoers in Iowa and New Hampshire does not necessarily make you a good general election candidate.
Also, I just really don’t think he’s what America is looking for right now, experience aside. First and foremost, he’s obviously gay, which unfortunately would still probably be a major liability. Just think how much “traditional masculinity” has seen a resurgence in recent years and entered the popular zeitgeist- a gay man is not going to impress the Joe Rogan crowd. And while he is phenomenally well-spoken, I feel like his specific demeanor may actually be detrimental. He comes across as aggressively white-collar and intellectual, which is of course endearing to wine moms and r/ Neoliberal members, but just really does not match the anti-elitist, populist sentiment that is utterly pervading our politics at the moment.
If he loses this- which I expect him to- that’s probably a major blow to his future odds. He’s still relatively young, sure, but he would have failed two presidential runs by that point and he has no other office to fall back on. That would be a hard setback for even the most talented politician.
Phew. He can stick to governor. And no hopes of presidential office please
He clearly has his eyes set on running for president and understands just how bad of a look it would be to not only carpetbag, but then ditch the state for The White House two years later. He’s polling in second place behind Kamala right now for the 28’ nomination. He really doesn’t need to run for anything as long as he stays in the media spotlight.
Michigan gov race is starting to get crowded with Whitmer officials (SoS Benson and Lt Gov Gilchrist), but no ones really thrown their hat in the ring for the Senate spot
At this point half of the Democratic Party is going to run for president next cycle