Posted on 03/21/2019 8:08:53 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update, Part II (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
By now, we all know that Irish Bob O’Rourke is a fake “rising star” in this year’s Democrat presidential nominating contest. Irish Bob always was little more than a pure media creation, and he is now struggling on the national stage mainly because the same media that created and supported him in his 2018 run against Ted Cruz has now moved on to campaigning for Kamala Harris and The Commie.
But there are two real rising stars in the Democrats’ nominating battle, and their names will probably surprise you: Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg.
I talked about Yang and his insane plan to just cut a $1,000 monthly check to all American adults in Tuesday’s Campaign Update, but he’s worthy of further discussion, because he’s exactly the kind of candidate who could suddenly catch fire in this race, especially if he were to perform strongly in the first couple of debates this summer.
His personal story is very compelling, especially to younger Democrat voters: He’s a first-generation American in his family, the son of parents who legally immigrated from Taiwan. He’s young (44), he’s good-looking, he’s intelligent, he’s articulate, he does well on television, and he’s really good at sticking with his talking points and avoiding giving direct answers to question, a talent Democrat voters really, really love.
The fact that he’s a businessman would enable Democrat voters to insincerely brag about not nominating their usual standard-issue politician, and the fact that he’s not an old white guy would definitely appeal to the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez followers who believe old white men are responsible for all of their own failings in life. If he were a woman or a trans-gender, the Democrats would simply call off their primaries and nominate him by acclamation, but as it is, he ticks off an awful lot of the boxes one must tick off in order to attract the votes of the demented Democrat base.
Yang is not showing up in the polls yet, but as I noted on Tuesday, he has been attracting high turnouts for his events and he has already collected enough money from a large enough number of contributors to qualify for the first debate in June.
Bottom line: This is a very smart guy who is worth keeping an eye on.
Pete Buttigieg, the 37 year-old, publicly gay Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is another very smart guy who deserves some attention in this race. Yeah, he’s a white male, but he’s not old, so he gets a pass from the AOC “blame everything on old white guys” crowd, which is a rapidly-growing segment of the Democrat base.
Here is another young, good-looking, intelligent and articulate guy who does extremely well on television. How well does he do on television? He spent 12 minutes this past Sunday morning being peppered with pretty tough questions by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, and never missed a beat. Never once strayed from his preferred talking points, never hesitated to give an evasive non-answer to Wallace’s direct questions. The man has a very high degree of equanimity, which is going to come across your TV screens during the upcoming debates.
On top of all of his other attributes, Buttigieg is also a Rhodes Scholar, a Harvard graduate, and a commissioned Naval Intelligence Officer who spent seven months in 2014 serving his country in Afghanistan. I personally have no use for Harvard graduates, but Democrat voters think it’s all gnarly and stuff. From that perspective, it’s quite a resume’.
Buttigieg has also reportedly raised enough money from enough individual contributors to qualify for the early debates, and has also begun showing up in the polls, turning up with 3% support in this week’s Emerson poll. If he can perform as strongly in those early debates as he did on Sunday with Chris Wallace, this is a guy whose campaign could really catch fire.
To be clear, I don’t agree with either Yang or Buttigieg on anything from a political standpoint. Their policy proposals – packing the supreme court is Buttigieg’s favorite issue right now – are your standard-issue Democrat/socialist lunacy.
But just looking at their respective backgrounds and personal attributes, and doing so from the perspective of the demented Democrat voter base, these two guys seem the most likely to rise in the race as no-chance candidates like Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Booker and Warren inevitably drop out. One or both could really catch a wave and jump into the top tier by the time Iowa and New Hampshire come around next January.
It’s going to be a fun – and frightening – process to watch.
That is all.
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Buttigieg does butty gigs.
This is going to be a great campaign
With a name like that - Buttigieg and field days would be numerous
Look let’s have 50 of these clowns get up there and I’ll battle it out for a year and a half this will be fun to watch
lots of popcorn
As I often opine on here:
Never, never NEVER underestimate your opponents, real or potential. Anyone who does deserves to lose.
“packing the supreme court is Buttigieg’s favorite issue right now” Probably not the best phrasing for a gay guy named Buttigieg.
Any of these freaks is capable of being nominated by the Lunatic Left ... and Big Media will go all out lying, cheating, and manipulating to get whichever one elected.
“Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg.”
Both are more concerned about male genitalia than actual policy.
Can’t really tell from the pic in #5 if he’s a packer or a packee.
As a Celtics fan, he reminds me far too much of Brad Stevens for comfort.
The phrasing was not unintentional. I was wondering if any keen observer would catch it. Good job!
You’re better off not thinking about it.
For the MSM, Kamala is the chosen one.
You did good job there.
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