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Pete Buttigieg drops out of the Democratic presidential contest

Former Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg walks to speak with members of the media, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Plains, Ga. AP Photo Former Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg walks to speak with members of the media, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Plains, Ga. AP Photo

Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential campaign, people close to his campaign said on Sunday.

The path for the young, ex-mayor of a small Indiana city became improbable after disappointing finishes in the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary. Despite gaining more delegates than front-runner Bernie Sanders in Iowa, Mr Buttigieg failed to catch on with non-white voters.

On the campaign trail, Mr Buttigieg presented himself as a representative of a younger generation ready to take over from septuagenarians such as Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. He also touted his service as a Navy intelligence officer, including his duty in Afghanistan, which he said gave him credibility on national security.

He won the Iowa caucuses and placed second in New Hampshire but had trouble in the next two states, where non-white voters came into play. Mr Buttigieg came third in Nevada. And he came in fourth in South Carolina, with just 2 per cent support from African Americans, who account for majority of the state’s Democratic voters.

He failed to build a diverse base of support because he was known for firing the African-American police and fire chiefs in South Bend, Indiana where he was mayor.

Mr Buttigieg’s biography made him something of a wunderkind among the Democratic contenders. He graduated from Harvard University and then was a Rhodes Scholar. He was the youngest mayor of a city with a population over 100,000 when he was elected at age 29 and is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan.

He was also the first openly *** presidential candidate to win delegates toward the nomination.

Mr Buttigieg came out as *** while running for re-election for mayor, which he won handily, and his husband Chasten joined him on the presidential campaign trail.

The candidate’s cerebral approach to issues drew an enthusiastic response with some audiences but failed to connect with the wider Democratic electorate. Though he was able to fund raise large amounts — he brought in the second-biggest haul of any candidate in 2019 behind Bernie Sanders — by the end of his run the campaign was bleeding cash.

His lack of experience beyond the local level drew scrutiny from other candidates in a race hyper-focused on electability and unseating President Donald Trump. Mr Buttigieg had lost his bid for state treasurer of Indiana in 2010 and in 2017 withdrew his bid for chair of the Democratic National Committee on the day of the election.

A super PAC backing Senator Cory Booker poked fun of the candidates’ similar resumes in an ad. Mr Booker also was a Rhodes Scholar and served as mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a city with more than twice the population of South Bend, before becoming a US senator. “He’s a Rhodes Scholar. A successful mayor. A uniter,” the ad began before flashing to an image of Mr Buttigieg. “No, not that guy. It’s Cory Booker.”

Mr Buttigieg played up his youth as an asset, offering himself as a candidate for generational change.

“I bring a different perspective,” Mr Buttigieg said in a January debate in Des Moines, Iowa. “There are enlisted people that I served with, barely old enough to remember those votes on the authorization after 9/11, on the war in Iraq. There are people now old enough to enlist who were not alive during those debates.”

Mr Buttigieg was handicapped by lack of support from African-Americans. a key Democratic constituency. He had fired South Bend’s first black police chief who had been recording telephone calls of other officers allegedly making racist remarks in 2012. The officer later sued for racial discrimination. The racial tensions in South Bend only intensified in June 2019 when an officer shot and killed a black man. Mr Buttigieg briefly left the campaign trail to return to South Bend to address the crisis.

As the campaign went on, Mr Buttigieg also received criticism for pivoting mid-race from positing himself as a progressive to a moderate, younger alternative to Joe Biden. He previously expressed support for Medicare for All but then campaigned for “Medicare For All Who Want It,” which would allow for private insurance in addition to public options.

Nationally Buttigieg averaged 5 per cent to 8 per cent in the RealClearPolitics average, peaking at 11.8 per cent in late November. He had no trouble raising money. In the entirety of 2019 Mr Buttigieg brought in $76.2 million.

Now, Mr Buttigieg is a former mayor and former presidential candidate who hasn’t set out his future course in or out of politics.

Mr Buttigieg, 38, gained traction after a CNN Town Hall in March where he criticised Vice President Mike Pence’s fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity. Pence served as governor of Indiana while Mr Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

“His interpretation of scripture is pretty different than mine to begin with,” Mr Buttigieg said in March. “My understanding of scripture is that it’s about protecting the stranger and the prisoner and the poor person and that idea. That’s what I get in the gospel when I’m at church and his has a lot more to do with sexuality.”

(Disclaimer: Michael Bloomberg is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.)

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1 hour ago, Pitcher said:

The candidate’s cerebral approach to issues drew an enthusiastic response with some audiences but failed to connect with the wider Democratic electorate.

 

:facepalm3:   :facepalm3:   :facepalm3:

 

Well, DUH!!!

 

WHAT, pray tell, was Ole "hot" "seat" Pete "thinking" REGARDING THEE Democratic Electorate!!!

 

Democratic Electorate.

 

Brainless Socialists.

 

NOT that Ole "hot" "seat" Pete is THEE "answer" IN ANY REGARD.

 

:facepalm3:   :facepalm3:   :facepalm3:

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13 hours ago, Pitcher said:

Tom Steyer is gone too.  Whose next?  Amy Klobuchar, Bloomberg, Warren?  Will Warren give her support system" rel="">support to Sanders or Biden?  

 

Other than Warren, the others are closer to the middle in Democratic ideology, so it would stand to reason Biden would benefit more from the them dropping out.  Of course that could all change after Super Tuesday.

 

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Pete may have left too early....think about the average age of the front runners....they could all die of old age before the convention....

 

As many here know I'm  Gabbard supporter.......her plan at this time is to keep going as she has several platforms that need to be heard.....ending the useless, endless wars.....revamping the election process...(length and dollars).......term limits....and a restructured DNC.....I doubt the DNC will give her a voice in July at the convention....but common sense usually rises to the top when things get b.c ad enough!    CL

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2 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

Pete may have left too early....think about the average age of the front runners....they could all die of old age before the convention....

 

As many here know I'm  Gabbard supporter.......her plan at this time is to keep going as she has several platforms that need to be heard.....ending the useless, endless wars.....revamping the election process...(length and dollars).......term limits....and a restructured DNC.....I doubt the DNC will give her a voice in July at the convention....but common sense usually rises to the top when things get b.c ad enough!    CL

 

I agree, Gabbard will not be heard from very much if at all... Pete is 39... He will be back I'm sure. I'm not saying he is the guy, but you right that the elderly need to go home and spend time with their great grand kids... America needs to let go of the old regimes....

 

B/A

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3 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

Pete may have left too early....think about the average age of the front runners....they could all die of old age before the convention....

 

As many here know I'm  Gabbard supporter.......her plan at this time is to keep going as she has several platforms that need to be heard.....ending the useless, endless wars.....revamping the election process...(length and dollars).......term limits....and a restructured DNC.....I doubt the DNC will give her a voice in July at the convention....but common sense usually rises to the top when things get b.c ad enough!    CL

 

Keeping this in mind....Biden (77) and Bloomberg (78) Trump (73) Warren (71)....Ronald Reagan was age 69 when he was first elected POTUS, the oldest in history to that point.  

 

GO RV, then BV

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13 minutes ago, bostonangler said:

 

I agree, Gabbard will not be heard from very much if at all... Pete is 39... He will be back I'm sure. I'm not saying he is the guy, but you right that the elderly need to go home and spend time with their great grand kids... America needs to let go of the old regimes....

 

B/A

 

Congresswoman Gabbard has a plan for the long term....a firm foundation is neccessary to build a strong house......

CL

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4 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

 

Congresswoman Gabbard has a plan for the long term....a firm foundation is neccessary to build a strong house......

CL

 

It's too bad really.  I think Tulsi Gabbard is an honorable person who would serve us well in the White House....but sadly she's got about as much support as Jill Stein had in '16.

 

GO RV, then BV

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1 minute ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

It's too bad really.  I think Tulsi Gabbard is an honorable person who would serve us well in the White House....but sadly she's got about as much support as Jill Stein had in '16.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

Just a kid at 38.......she and Pete have a long path yet ahead to travel......CL

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3 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

 

Just a kid at 38.......she and Pete have a long path yet ahead to travel......CL

 

Agreed....the worst thing she should could do for her political career would be to run as a third party choice and split the Dem vote, effectively handing a 2nd term to Trump.  Though her numbers are pretty low, every vote matters.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

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23 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Agreed....the worst thing she should could do for her political career would be to run as a third party choice and split the Dem vote, effectively handing a 2nd term to Trump.  Though her numbers are pretty low, every vote matters.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

As I understand it no 3rd party plans at this time......and honestly as much time as she's received from Fox........Trump would likely be the one who would be hurt more if she did attempt a third party run....

JMO.     CL

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3 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

 

As I understand it no 3rd party plans at this time......and honestly as much time as she's received from Fox........Trump would likely be the one who would be hurt more if she did attempt a third party run....

JMO.     CL

 

Not sure I agree with your assessment, CL....It's a proven fact that Donald feasts on a large diet of Fox News, so if he felt even the slightest hint that Gabbard was cutting into his base via Fox News, there would be hell to pay.  As always, just my opinion.

 

I also had read Tulsi has no plans for a third party run....But in politics, things are always subject to change on a moments notice.

 

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27 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

 

As I understand it no 3rd party plans at this time......and honestly as much time as she's received from Fox........Trump would likely be the one who would be hurt more if she did attempt a third party run....

JMO.     CL

 

Dang....The negmeister is so pent up he's negging you now just for having a cordial debate with me....That's some serious angst right there, I tells ya, CL.  :lol:  I think he/she is trying to force your hand.

 

GO RV, then BV

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7 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Dang....The negmeister is so pent up he's negging you now just for having a cordial debate with me....That's some serious angst right there, I tells ya, CL.  :lol:  I think he/she is trying to force your hand.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

No worries......I'll just continue to hand out those purple cups......seems there is an unending supply of them.. 

CL

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30 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Wish that were true.....but thanks for the cups, which I assume came from you.  :peace:

 

GO RV, then BV

 

You always get cups or confused faces from me.....on occasion when someone really get on a roll I'll drop some red......but rarely.......and of course I have given myself a vacation from a few posters from time to time......just for fun....CL

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Ole "hot" "seat" Pete has a sibling or alias???!!!

 

Buttigieg Drops Out…

Posted on March 1, 2020 by sundance

Pete Buttigieg, aka Alfred E. Newman, has suspended his bid for the Presidency.

…”a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters.” (link)

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The move to drop out makes sense within the most likely Club pattern to support Joe Biden.  Buttigieg drops out now ahead of Super-Tuesday allowing less fragmentation of the vote.  It will be interesting to see if he follows a Club plan to endorse Joe Biden because Buttigieg previously wrote high praise for Bernie Sanders.

Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar will stay-in to block Bernie’s delegate count in Massachusetts and Minnesota respectively (both states vote on Super Tuesday).  Klobuchar will likely drop-out after Tuesday.  Warren might follow.

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1 hour ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Dang....The negmeister is so pent up he's negging you now just for having a cordial debate with me....That's some serious angst right there, I tells ya, CL.  :lol:  I think he/she is trying to force your hand.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

Yep...Just noticed that myself...He's negging you, CL and B/A as if there's no tomorrow...He/ she is most definitely in the compulsive stage........

 

Side-effect being ...It's snowing here ....

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1 hour ago, Shabibilicious said:

Donald is getting nervous....

 

I do not believe he is nervous.  If anything he is already planning for the next 4 years.  If he losses he gets to go be a billionaire and brag about how good he did all while he bashes the Dems for the witch hunt.  

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Associated Press

Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden

SARA BURNETT
Associated PressMarch 2, 2020, 1:32 PM EST
 
 

Election 2020 Amy Klobuchar

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., visits with attendees after speaking at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday, March 2, and endorsed rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid.

She is flying to Dallas and plans to join Biden at his rally Monday night, according to her campaign.

Klobuchar was the third presidential candidate to drop out of the race in less than 49 hours, following Pete Buttigieg’s departure late Sunday and Tom Steyer's exit late Saturday. Their decisions reflect an urgent push among moderates to consolidate behind Biden as a counter to progressive rival Bernie Sanders.

Klobuchar outlasted several better-known and better-funded Democrats, thanks to a better-than-expected third-place finish in in New Hampshire. But she couldn't turn that into success elsewhere, as she struggled to build out a campaign that could compete across the country and had poor showings in the next contests.

The three-term senator had one of this cycle's more memorable campaign launches, standing outside in a Minnesota snowstorm last February to tout her “grit” and Midwestern sensibilities. Klobuchar argued that her record of getting things done in Washington and winning even in Republican parts of her state would help her win traditionally Democratic heartland states like Wisconsin and Michigan that flipped in 2016 to give Donald Trump the presidency.

She was hoping to own the moderate lane of a Democratic field that grew to some two dozen candidates. But that got much tougher when Biden joined the race in April, starting as a front-runner and remaining there. Klobuchar also was quickly overshadowed by Buttigieg, a fellow Midwesterner who shot from being the largely unknown mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to a top contender on a mix of intelligence, strong oratory and youthful optimism. Buttigieg dropped out on Sunday, saying he no longer had a viable path to the nomination. He has not endorsed anyone.

Klobuchar entered the race with low name recognition compared with many of her rivals, a disadvantage she was still citing a year into her campaign. Outside Minnesota, the lawyer and former prosecutor was best known for her questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Klobuchar asked Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow teenager when both were in high school, if he ever had so much to drink that he didn't remember what happened. Kavanaugh retorted, “Have you?” Klobuchar continued, unruffled, and Kavanaugh later apologized to the senator, whose father is recovering from alcoholism.

Even before she got into the race, Klobuchar was hit with news stories claiming she mistreated her Senate staff, and she had a higher-than-usual turnover rate in her office. Klobuchar said she is a “tough boss” but countered that she has several longtime employees, including the manager of her presidential campaign.

She also face questions over her prosecutor past. In January, The Associated Press published a story about Klobuchar's office in Minneapolis having prosecuted the case of a black teenager accused of the 2002 shooting death of an 11-year-old girl. Klobuchar has cited the story to show her toughness on crime. But an AP/APM Reports investigation uncovered new evidence and myriad inconsistencies, raising questions about whether Myon Burrell was railroaded by police. The issue followed Klobuchar on the campaign trail, with protesters forcing her to cancel a rally in suburban Minneapolis days before Super Tuesday.

Klobuchar campaigned on her productivity in Washington, where she led more than 100 bills that were signed into law. And she criticized the more liberal candidates in the field, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders, for running on promises she said they couldn't keep.

Rather than advocate for “Medicare for All,” for example, Klobuchar favored expanding the Affordable Care Act and working to reduce prescription drug costs — changes she said had a chance of passing and would make a significant impact. She supported making community colleges free but said she wouldn't promise to do the same for four-year colleges and universities because the U.S. cannot afford it.

“I've got to tell the truth,” she said during a CNN town hall at a college campus, where she acknowledged her position may be unpopular with younger voters.

Klobuchar was one of the first candidates to outline a plan for addressing addiction and mental health, an issue she described as personal because of her father's longtime struggle. Her accounts of growing up with a father suffering from alcoholism and watching him be forced to choose between prison or treatment were some of the most compelling moments of speeches, interviews and discussions with voters. Klobuchar said that her father described getting help as being “pursued by grace” and that it's an opportunity all people fighting addiction deserve.

But Klobuchar couldn't match her top competitors in fundraising. She raised about $11 million in the last quarter of 2019 — roughly half of what Sanders and Buttigieg received. The lack of finances early on in the campaign meant Klobuchar wasn't able to expand her operation on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire until months after her rivals. She then scrambled to put an operation in place in Nevada, South Carolina and the 14 states that voted on Super Tuesday.

Still, there were bright spots, including strong debate performances that helped bring in new donors. Her campaign credited Klobuchar's showing in a debate days before the New Hampshire primary with helping her clinch a better-than-expected third place in the state's primary, topping Warren and Biden. Klobuchar said she raised $12 million in the next week.

During one debate she addressed sexism in the campaign, questioning whether a woman with Buttigieg's experience would qualify for the stage. She also pushed back at fears of a female candidacy, saying, “If you think a woman can’t beat Donald Trump, (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi does it every day.”

In January, she earned endorsements from The New York Times, which also endorsed Warren, and the Quad-City Times, one of Iowa's largest newspapers. But Klobuchar was sidelined for much of the last few weeks before the Iowa caucuses when she — along with fellow candidates Warren, Sanders and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — was stuck in Washington for the Senate impeachment trial.

She continued to rack up endorsements even as her campaign struggled, getting the backing of newspapers including the Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times and the New Hampshire Union Leader.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/klobuchar-ending-her-presidential-bid-183214593.html

 

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1 minute ago, Pitcher said:

 

I do not believe he is nervous.  If anything he is already planning for the next 4 years.  If he losses he gets to go be a billionaire and brag about how good he did all while he bashes the Dems for the witch hunt.  

 

Perhaps....but he'll enjoy no more "executive privilege"....and people are still interested in those tax returns, compounded with the money he will have personally made while sitting in the White House.  His safe haven will be gone....Poof.  As always, just my opinion.

 

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