I am totally blown away by Pete Buttigieg

[ailsagirl]

I fervently hope he runs in 2024-- I think he'd be a fantastic president!!!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

1. 2004? n/t

[Renew Deal]

4. He can beat Bush

[ailsagirl]

7. Oops-- I thought that looked funny!!!

I've fixed it

[Aristus]

2. 2024, maybe?

[Me.]

8. Run Against VP Harris?

[Aristus]

25. No.

The OP originally read '2004.'

[Me.]

32. But She'll Be Running In 2024

[Aristus]

39. Good. He can be her VP choice.

He can check the 'openly gay' box.

James Buchanan was so deep in the closet he needed a periscope to see out.

[Me.]

51. Perfect

[SheltieLover]

3. He is amazing!

I am sure Joe has a special place for him & Beto in cabinet.

Perhaps Kamala's VP in 2024?

[Happyhippychick]

5. His mom said the same thing but realized he'd only be 22

😀

[Brother Buzz]

12. You win the thread!

[Happyhippychick]

17. 😀

[PTWB]

6. He wont be old enough in 2004, sadly.

He’d have given Kerry a run for his money!

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. 2024 - You think Biden will not run for a 2nd term?

I'm hoping he will be popular and still healthy. Pete may have to wait.

[Renew Deal]

14. Many of us assume he will not

at 82

[ailsagirl]

16. Pete's young-- he will wait

[tblue37]

19. If Biden is one-term, Kamala will run in 2024.

[Trumpocalypse]

10. You want him to primary Biden?

[onecaliberal]

11. No, I like him but Biden/Harris will be running in 2024.

Or Harris and someone else.

[OneBro]

13. Yes, 2024 will be Harris/Buttigieg.

Biden will bow out after a term of fixing the hell that Trumpvangelicalism hath wrought, allowing the next generations to take the wheel.

[blueinredohio]

15. That sounds amazing.

[spinbaby]

22. Oh, I hope

What a team they’d make!

[ailsagirl]

27. That's what I was thinking

Biden will have his hands full trying to make even a dent in all the damage dump has perpetrated

[roamer65]

50. That is a ticket I can definitely vote for with enthusiasm.

[Iliyah]

18. 2028 . . ...

In the meantime I hope President Biden duly appoints Pete in a suitable position.

[tblue37]

20. 2032--after Kamala completes her two terms.

[JanMichael]

21. So fuck Harris if Biden decides he doesn't want to run again?

Wow.

[Bettie]

23. That was my thought too

WTF?

[JI7]

35. How are any of them going to win the black vote against Harris ?

speaking of being realistic.

In fact the needy chance for them if they want to actually win the nomination in the future is as VP to Harris.

Just like Biden being VP to Obama helped him.

[dsc]

52. the same way Joe did one presumes

they vote for them instead of her. She dropped out this time, in no small measure due to voters in SC saying meh. Now after being VP that might well change, but it might well not. I do think Biden is unlikely to run in 2024 given he will be 82. I don't think he would have run now if not for Trump (I mean even if another GOP candidate had won in 2016 as of course he wouldn't challenge an incumbent Hillary). Harris may well be the heir but Booker could be instead or maybe someone else.

[Yeehah]

38. People are not allowed to support other candidates?

Why would you think that way?

[JanMichael]

55. 2020 hasn't ended yet. Pimping Pete 2024 seems gauche under the circumstances.

1. Biden (who was not my primary vote) may run in 2024 and I will not primary a sitting Dem at this stage of our crumbling democracy. Don't be a Pete Nader.

2. 2024 is not in play right now, 2020 is, and the slate is set.

3. If Biden is not running in 2024, and 1/2021 to 11/2024 sees some positives, the republicans will go as dirty as they can so a sitting VP with no real scandals (and I imagine high profile) should have high support. A nasty primary could make 2024 look like 2016.

4. The idea of a non-white male - specifically a woman of color - President is beyond past due in the USA. Harris will be the first non-white male VP in history and the first woman VP. That is historic just like President Obama's presidency was historic.

5. Starting 2024 primary hopes now is gauche.

[Yeehah]

57. Yet you chimed in to scream foul against Buttigieg and "pimp" (your words) Harris

How gauche!

[JanMichael]

58. No pimping a 2024 candidate in 2020 is what I don't like. The primaries are over.

If you said you liked Pete a lot and think he would make a good President, which I think he would, that's cool. But 2024 is morbid plus should Biden/Harris win we've got 4 years to see if Harris (not my primary vote either) is as good as Biden thinks she is.

[tritsofme]

49. If Biden does not seek reelection, I fully expect there will be a competitive Democratic primary.

I highly doubt that an incumbent VP will clear the field.

[SharonClark]

24. He should run for a state-wide office or a House or Senate seat first.

[moonscape]

26. He can't win anything state-wide in Indiana n/t

[smirkymonkey]

37. Which makes me wonder, why the hell does he even live in Indiana?

He really needs to get the hell out of that god-forsaken state, for his own good. Sorry, Hoosiers, but you guys kind of drag us down as a state.

[Crepuscular]

42. Because he grew up there

He lives in Indiana because that is where he grew up but his days as a Hoosier may be numbered. He and Chasten recently bought a house in Michigan, in Chasten's home town, so it's very possible that he may run for office in Michigan at some point in the future. His immediate future will be some post in the Biden administration.

[smirkymonkey]

43. I hope he does move to Michigan, or better yet a northeastern state instead of a midwestern

state. I think he will have a much better chance.

[carpetbagger]

56. but the UN ambassador lives in...

[FakeNoose]

33. Pete Buttigieg is the future of our Party

I hope he runs for Governor in Indiana, or perhaps (even better) Senator.

He will be eligible to run for President again, of course, but he'll be unbeatable when he's running as "Governor Pete" or "Senator Pete."

[roamer65]

54. He would make an amazing Governor of Indiana.

[moof]

34. He will be senator after the 2022 midterms

correct ?

[JI7]

36. Only if he moves to a different state

[moof]

40. help me out, is this wrong ?

Voters in Indiana will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 8, 2022.

The election will fill the Class III Senate seat held by Todd Young (R), who first took office in 2017.

https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana,_2022

[JI7]

44. It's a right wing state. He isn't going to win there.

[moof]

45. so Joe Donnelly could do it but not Pete ?

not that familair with Joe D. but it's hard to think that Pete is not his equal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

[JI7]

46. He lost re- election .

[moof]

47. The Shawshank Redemption

[dsc]

53. Donnelly ran against a man who called rape a blessing from God

I know there are some who disagree and I respect their point of view but I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. I just struggled with it myself for a long time but I came to realize: Life is that gift from God that I think even if life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.[90]

And Murdock also opposed the auto bailout which was a huge boon to Indiana.

that is the one and only reason he won. He also was against abortion, against marriage equality, and a very conservative Democrat. Oh and Murdock the candidate he beat, beat Pete when Pete ran for treasurer against him. Though to be fair, Pete out performed other statewide Democratic candidates that year (2010).

[Different Drummer]

41. I like him. I even voted for him by absentee ballot in the primary here in Georgia.

Unfortunately, he withdrew from the race the next day

[Blue Owl]

48. +1

Mayor Pete rules!