He’s a great communicator, but putting forward a gay candidate, even if he’s white, would be a guaranteed loss at this point. It would galvanize the opposition. We’re still feeling the backlash to a half black man (Obama) being elected twice.
The Democrats should be thinking about putting forward the most visibly bland candidate possible. Think Biden but hopefully much, much younger.
I hate that identity politics has this much of an effect on American politics but given the nations history, its not suprising.
go away mayo pete
Is the DNC’s idea of a leftist just them but gayer??
Not interested in a McKinsey stooge, and he was ineffective at best as secretary of transportation.
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/mckinsey-garrison-lovely-whistleblower-consulting-firms
Please no.
He’s not in the race until he declares victory in Iowa.
Great, another guy I won’t vote for
Good. I like Pete, and he needs to be out there doing more stuff. Not sure about President, but we’ll see.
The guy who’s high, high hopes didn’t even include Medicare for all? No thanks.
For over 30 years, I’ve been saying that I won’t vote for any candidate who doesn’t support M4A, but I’ve broken that pledge in every election. I will support the pro-M4A candidate, but the next Democratic president is going to have the biggest clean-up job of any president in history, and M4A may have to take a backseat to rebuilding the government, and having the second Nuremburg Trials.
Same. I hate how dishonest liberal politicians are in how they pretend to care about the working class while secretly serving the donor class, but at the end of the day, if a liberal is the farthest left option I am given then that is what I will vote for. I would vote for Pete just like I voted for Hillary and Kamala
I think he would get smoked in the primaries. His qualifications are mayor of a small town; head of transportation during high profile, toxic train accidents; and part of the administration siding with the train company’s to break the union strike. At this point, he’s a joke.
This is a candidate I’m not personally interested in, but at least doesn’t make me question the very idea of the party (e.g., Rahm Emanuel, Gavin Newsome).
No thanks
