WITH 218 FOREIGN POLICY ENDORSEMENTS, BUTTIGIEG TARGETS A BIG BIDEN ASSET

[TomCADem]

I guess I can see why PB was the focus of the last debate.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/23/election-2020-pete-buttigieg-gets-218-foreign-policy-endorsements/2712988001/

More than 200 foreign policy and national security professionals, including dozens of veterans of the Obama administration, on Monday are endorsing Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg for president.

The text of their joint letter targets President Donald Trump, but the subtext is aimed at former Vice President Joe Biden, who touts his foreign policy experience during the Obama administration as a major asset in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The endorsements are designed to burnish Buttigieg's credentials as a potential commander in chief and portray him as the leader of a new generation.

Among those from the Obama administration who signed the statement are former Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, former deputy CIA director David Cohen, former Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, former Under Secretary of Commerce Francisco Sanchez, former State Department adviser Vali Nasr, former White House associate counsel Tess Bridgeman and former National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.

The list of 218 names also includes Anthony Lake, national security adviser for President Clinton; Peter Galbraith, former deputy U.N. envoy to Afghanistan; Virginia Rep. Don Beyer; a dozen former U.S. ambassadors; and former officials from the State Department, Pentagon, CIA, NSC and elsewhere.

[tirebiter]

1. Lake and Galbtaith do matter

It doesn’t take away from Joe’s cred. Nor does it give more poc votes to Pete. We’ll see.

[Demsrule86]

2. Why? He was the mayor or a small city...