With noise about President Biden’s low polling numbers?
The media is beginning to reach out for possible Democrats that ‘might’ be standing by to run if Biden does not embark on a second term….
Transportation Sec. Buttigieg will be overseeing BILLIONS in money going out around the country…
He’s become a focal point ….
While Buttigieg says he’s not contemplating the race to be Biden’s successor, inside the West Wing, others are imagining it for him. His name is sometimes discussed by aides as a natural Democratic presidential nominee in 2028 — or 2024 if the president opts not to run.
“Nobody in the West Wing shuts that down,” said one person with direct knowledge of the conversations. “It’s very open.”
The chatter has frustrated some staffers of color who see it as disrespectful to Kamala Harris — the first Black woman vice president — and think senior officials should tamp it down. Some of Buttigieg’s former campaign staffers also question whether challenging Harris is feasible given how critical the Black vote is in any Democratic primary, and how Buttigieg struggled to attract those voters the last time around. But there is some existing infrastructure waiting in the wings.
The political action committee he formed in the aftermath of the presidential race, Win the Era, is mostly keeping quiet, but the website remains up and has been organizing occasional events including one on Nov. 15. Former campaign aides Maxwell Nunes and Michael Halle have been helping keep it afloat, according to filings and disbursement reports. Neither of them responded to messages.
As for the reports of an emerging rivalry with the vice president, Buttigieg said: “We work extremely well with the vice president’s team, and I’m proud to be part of the Biden-Harris team and this administration.”…
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I thought Buttigieg ran an effective presidential campaign. There is no one better in the country who can think on his feet as effectively as he can – even when he goes head to head with the righr’s most prominent antagonists.
Anyone here think Pete has a chance to actually win the Democratic nomination if Biden don’t run?
Yes – me
Anyone else on chances of Buttigieg for 2024 if no Biden?
Could be a bigger player than last time, but he isn’t going anywhere without substantial support from minorities.
My call is still, sans Biden, a Stacey Abrams/Roy Cooper ticket.
Buttigieg CANNOT win the South Carolina Democratic Primary and no win there means on nomination….
Biden…
I have no idea who would be able to succeed in place of him…
Harris would have a tough time
No Buttigieg cannot win the S.C. Primary.
No Pete won’t win SC, nut John Edwards won SC and he didn’t go that far. Did he?
I don’t think that winning the S.C. primary is a prerequisite to winning the nomination.
I CERTAINLY do Jack….
NO ONE has become the nominee without it in the last 32 years except for Jesse Jackson and John Edwards…
The last 4 times?
Winner gets the nomination….
This time frame ya gotta win it…..