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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am totally blown away by Pete Buttigieg
I fervently hope he runs in 2024-- I think he'd be a fantastic president!!!
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Renew Deal
(81,897 posts)ailsagirl
(22,907 posts)I've fixed it
Aristus
(66,522 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)The OP originally read '2004.'
Me.
(35,454 posts)Aristus
(66,522 posts)He can check the 'openly gay' box.
James Buchanan was so deep in the closet he needed a periscope to see out.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I am sure Joe has a special place for him & Beto in cabinet.
Perhaps Kamala's VP in 2024?
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)😀
Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)PTWB
(4,131 posts)Hed have given Kerry a run for his money!
ThoughtCriminal
(14,052 posts)I'm hoping he will be popular and still healthy. Pete may have to wait.
Renew Deal
(81,897 posts)at 82
ailsagirl
(22,907 posts)tblue37
(65,528 posts)Response to ThoughtCriminal (Reply #9)
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Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)onecaliberal
(32,991 posts)Or Harris and someone else.
OneBro
(1,159 posts)Biden will bow out after a term of fixing the hell that Trumpvangelicalism hath wrought, allowing the next generations to take the wheel.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)spinbaby
(15,092 posts)What a team theyd make!
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ailsagirl
(22,907 posts)Biden will have his hands full trying to make even a dent in all the damage dump has perpetrated
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)In the meantime I hope President Biden duly appoints Pete in a suitable position.
tblue37
(65,528 posts)JanMichael
(24,899 posts)Wow.
Bettie
(16,145 posts)WTF?
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JI7
(89,287 posts)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
(52,172 posts)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.
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Yeehah
(4,601 posts)Why would you think that way?
JanMichael
(24,899 posts)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
(4,601 posts)How gauche!
JanMichael
(24,899 posts)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
(17,435 posts)I highly doubt that an incumbent VP will clear the field.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)moonscape
(4,676 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)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
(1,057 posts)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
(63,221 posts)state. I think he will have a much better chance.
carpetbagger
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FakeNoose
(32,884 posts)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
(36,748 posts)moof
(3,390 posts)correct ?
JI7
(89,287 posts)moof
(3,390 posts)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
(89,287 posts)moof
(3,390 posts)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
(89,287 posts)moof
(3,390 posts)dsc
(52,172 posts)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
(7,677 posts)Unfortunately, he withdrew from the race the next day
Blue Owl
(50,567 posts)Mayor Pete rules!