Buttigieg is the one to beat in New Hampshire but Klobuchar also surges as voters weigh electability

[TexasTowelie]

By Todd J. Gillman

5:25 PM on Feb 9, 2020

HANOVER, N.H. – Like many New Hampshire Democrats on the eve of Tuesday’s primary, Lisa Matthews is torn. She has an idealized agenda in mind for the next president. But more than anything, she wants that next president to be someone other than Donald Trump.

“Elizabeth Warren was my first love,” said Matthews, 65, a tax preparer from Lebanon, N.H., but it’s coming down to “electability versus their policies. ... Most of all, I want somebody who can beat Trump.”

Warren and Bernie Sanders: too radical? Joe Biden: too old? Pete Buttigieg: too young? Sen. Amy Klobuchar? The Minnesota senator could emerge as a Goldilocks candidate for voters seeking a tough moderate with enough time in Washington to know how it works but not so much that she has Hillary Clinton-sized baggage.

“Amy may be that sweet spot,” said Matthews, one of a number of voters who rushed from a Buttigieg rally in Lebanon to a Klobuchar rally 10 minutes away at Dartmouth College in Hanover -- due diligence before casting a ballot.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/02/09/buttigieg-is-the-one-to-beat-in-new-hampshire-but-klobuchar-also-surges-as-voters-weigh-electability/

[Cha]

1. hmmm.. we shall who emerges after

tons of speculation state by state.

[emmaverybo]

3. I don't think NH gets to decide for the nation.

[Cha]

4. Noooo or Caucusy Iowa..

[emmaverybo]

5. Hah hah. Caucusy Iowa!

[Cha]

6. And, all the voters that leaves out of the process.

to changing it in 2024! :

[krissey]

2. Sound reasoning. I might be changing my choice back to Klobuchar.

I love Warren too.

[cerebrate2006]

10. Rooting for Amy - our best bet

I have already switched from Warren to Klobuchar - Liz has great ideas but Amy is more electable. Both have brilliant minds - Klobuchar is Yale undergrad and U of Chicago law school grad with great Midwestern appeal. No baggage and no weaknesses. I’m voting for anyone with a D after their name, but Amy is our best bet to beat the Ahole in the WH.

[krissey]

11. If she can catch fire. I agree.

[BlueMTexpat]

12. "Electability" is

all too often in the mind of the beholder, as swayed by the pundits.

[C Moon]

7. Tonight, I have moved my vote from Biden to Pete Buttigieg.

After seeing this post, I started watching his speeches, etc. and I think he could beat Trump.

[Indepatriot]

8. By what metric is Pete "the one to beat"?

[TexasTowelie]

9. The article says momentum.

[evertonfc]

13. Amy

has zero path after NH. None. Even Biden, with a 5th place finish, has a path given the Demographics of the state's to follow.