Politics Can Pete Buttigieg beat Trump?

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  1. ABM

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    Pete probably got paid by the DNC to pull out. Warren, OTOH, will be fighting to the bitter end...and holding out for a potential brokered convention.

    Gonna be fun to watch.
     
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    I still think Bernard will struggle for delegates in the south. I see Joe doing well there.
    He didn’t do well against Hillarius there either.
     
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    I love Trumpers making shit up out of nothing and saying it probably happened.
     
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    Does Bernie seem like a happy guy to you?

    Time will tell, but I think that was a deliberate choice. A good politician tries to appeal to the most people while turning off the fewest. The best way to do that is to be vague - if you can get away with it. If you don't have a significant record in public service, you can potentially define your candidacy as a shiny new thing that different people can interpret in different ways, rather than a set of policies and positions, votes and mistakes that you have to defend.

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    Honestly, yes. He doesn't suffer fools and he has righteous indignation, but he reminds me strongly of an ex-colleague of mine (an older Jewish guy from the Bronx) who would fly into rages about things and then ten minutes later be whistling happily.
     
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    Can Buttigieg beat Trump?

    Short answer: No.

    Long answer: Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope.
     
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    *cough*crandc*cough*

    j/k ;)
     
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    Is that "happy", or "bipolar"?

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    Not now.
     
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    Only if the two poles are "happy" and "angry". I can't imagine Bernie ever moping, that's for sure.
     
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    Mine too, as a Trump voter.

    Too bad he wimped out so soon, as I thought he might get second place on Super Tuesday..

    Sadly, he is reinforcing a stereotypical insult about homosexuals.
     
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    Way to go all Pole on us..

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    Hillary won that vote by 3 Million voters.
    Trump got incredibly lucky with 70,000 votes spaced in just the right places else he'd be in jail for something or other in New York state and city.
    Biden is way ahead of Trump in every credible poll, I think about 6 or 7 polls. Way ahead. That's how I know Biden will cream Trump.
     
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    Pete actually would have been a tougher candidate running against POTUS Trump than the horrible 3 that are left.
     
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    Funny that you got a like from our bipolar trump fan.
     
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    You need new material.
     
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