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'Why not me?' Big-city mayors watch with envy as Buttigieg surges
Why not me? Big-city mayors watch with envy as Buttigieg surges
The irony is that the South Bend mayor is being taken seriously and the New York mayors not.
By DAVID SIDERS
05/12/2019 06:49 AM EDT
Updated 05/12/2019 10:40 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES No mayor has ever ascended directly to the White House. So, Pete Buttigiegs surprising performance in the Democratic primary has been met with a dose of excitement in the nations city halls along with some humility.
Buttigieg, the mayor of Indianas fourth-largest city, has been steeped in television coverage, raised millions of dollars and been photographed with his husband, Chasten, for the cover of Time magazine.
Meanwhile, New Yorks Bill de Blasio, the mayor of the nations largest city, is having difficulty persuading anyone the media, his own constituents to take his potential run for president seriously.
Everybodys going to laugh at him if he runs, said Doug Herman, a Democratic strategist. The irony is that the South Bend mayor is being taken seriously and the New York mayors not.
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But what Buttigiegs success brought to light more than anything is that the particulars of the position were never all that important that the lane that once appeared to exist for mayors was, in fact, incidental to the office.
Hes not carrying the flag for mayors, said Rebecca Katz, a progressive consultant who advised Cynthia Nixon in her primary campaign against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year. Mayor is part of his qualification, [but] hes running as a millennial, hes running as a veteran, hes running a historic candidacy as the first LGBTQ candidate. So theres a lot of things that make Buttigieg special.
Still, she said, "I think when mayors, when other elected officials look at his actual qualifications, its easy to see how they could look in the mirror and say, 'Why not me?'
Still, she said, "I think when mayors, when other elected officials look at his actual qualifications, its easy to see how they could look in the mirror and say, 'Why not me?'
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/12/pete-buttigieg-2020-mayors-1317436
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'Why not me?' Big-city mayors watch with envy as Buttigieg surges (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2019
OP
Mayor Pete is being taken seriously becaus he is a serious intelligent candidate.
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2019
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nycbos
(6,034 posts)1. That is because we New Yorkers know de Blasio.
The only people don't think his campaign is a joke is members of his own family.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,648 posts)2. Mayor Pete is being taken seriously becaus he is a serious intelligent candidate.
He is a thoughtful, empathic, intelligent, mature man who has a lot to offer the office of the presidency. He knows history and seven languages. He is a trail-blazer.
People who support his candidacy see him this way. I believe that once he takes the debate stage, he will emerge very strongly.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)7. This!
Exactly.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)3. Buttigieg is a novelty at the moment
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,648 posts)4. I think he's more than a novelty, but time will tell. n/t
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mobeau69
(11,147 posts)6. LOL. Ole Joe's 1987 run was a novelty!
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