Inside Pete Buttigieg's Iowa surge: Loud crowds, strong ground game

[brooklynite]

Chicago Tribune


Deb Tekippe spent much of this year convinced she would support Joe Biden in his 2020 bid for president, but the more she has seen of him on the stump in Iowa and in debates on television, the less confident she has become.

So, on a recent rainy evening she found herself crammed up against the bleachers in Decorah’s high school gymnasium to see South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. She came away intrigued.

“I was all in for Joe Biden, but now I’m wondering what happened with him, you know? It’s obvious that he’s fading,” said Tekippe, 63, a retired nurse who now says she won’t caucus for Biden and is strongly considering Buttigieg. “Pete is on his way up. There is a lot of enthusiasm for him, and there are so many people who really want to believe in their candidate, and you have to see him in person to see how impressive he is.”

[ritapria]

1. Bernie drew a crowd of 1500 outside arena - not 1000

And they were not people drawn from outside of state ……. They came from all of Iowa's 99 counties - actually they formed a March to End Corporate Greed ………….This weekend Bernie and AOC drew 2400 in Council Bluffs , 2000 in Des Moines and 2200 in Coralville ……. Hey Tribune , report that ………...

[brooklynite]

2. Is there something newsworthy about Sanders' crowd sizes?

What appears to be newsworthy is that he’s drawing about half his support from 2016.

[SKKY]

3. Although I'm all in for Warren...

...I would love to see a debate between Mayor Pete and 45. Pete would absolutely eviscerate him.

[UniteFightBack]

7. How about a debate between Pete and Pence? The wit versus the witless. Biden/Buttigieg 2020

It has alliteration and everything. Winning ticket folks.

[UniteFightBack]

4. Biden/Buttigieg....and it's a wrap folks. Let's just do this and we can stop all the fighting all

the back and forth and start now for the general. Now doesn't that sound just a little bit appealing?

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Appealing ticket but it won't happen

We won't have two white men on the ticket.

[UniteFightBack]

6. Well that is my pick and I'm a woman. Can you imagine having Pete on a national stage & daily

zinging the fuck out the Russiapublicans? He always knows what to say and sometimes it ain't nice and we are gonna need that in spades.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. It would be great

And the v.p. debate would be a delight.

[Tipperary]

8. Go Pete!