don’t tell anti-Trump BBC DC guy, Anthony Zurcher.
btw never mind it’s Bernie who is surging:
9 Feb: BBC: Why a young former mayor is surging in US election
by Anthony Zurcher
Pete Buttigieg has surged towards the top of the pack ahead of New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Tuesday. He’s drawing more attention from voters - and more attacks from presidential rivals who view this newcomer to national politics as a serious threat.
There’s an old saying about the way the two parties pick their presidential nominees - Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line...
After a 2016 election that turned conventional wisdom on its head by producing iconoclastic Donald Trump and establishment-favourite Hillary Clinton as the nominees, that nostrum could be reasserting itself...
At a campaign rally in Keene, New Hampshire, on Saturday, actor Michael J Fox riffed on the candidate’s unorthodox political background, describing him as a “left-handed, Maltese-American, Episcopalian, millennial, gay war veteran”.
The crowd in a packed college auditorium erupted in laughter. They roared for Buttigieg, as he strode out onto the stage in his now-trademark jacket-less dress shirt and tie, abandoning the lectern to pace the stage with a wireless microphone.
“I absolutely love his energy,” said Susan Szyldo, a registered nurse from nearby Dublin. “I love his youthfulness. I just think it would be a whole new fresh perspective in Washington, which we need desperately.”...
Shane O’Keefe, a town administrator from Walpole: “He’s tells it like it is,” he said. “He’s a very thoughtful person. He’s a very knowledgeable and knows the issues that affect people like myself and others.”..
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51419301
TWEET: Anthony Zurcher, BBC
Only two non-incumbent Democrats have won Iowa and New Hampshire - Al Gore and John Kerry. Both went on to win their party’s nomination. Can Pete Buttigieg be the third?
PIC: Buttigieg’s Town Hall
9 Feb 2020
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Daniel Trubman: You’re over your skis claiming Buttigieg “won” Iowa.
Carol Livingston: I’m not a Sanders supporter, I’m for @EWarren, but Sanders is going to win NH, not Buttigieg...
Climate Clock: An entire piece exalting Buttigieg — when Sanders in fact won Iowa — and not a single mention of the IDP/DNC corruption and incompetence.
Update your bio, Anthony, you may be many things but a reporter, you’re not.
https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1226663015786917888
Being in a Military family, I am offended when JAGS are referred to as ‘war veterans’. Yes, they happen to be in the Military, but have never experienced combat, which the term ‘war veteran’ suggests. There is a candidate in North Carolina who touts his Bronze Star award. He is also a JAG who did serve in Iraq and was awarded the BRONZE STAR for his efforts in organizing the courts in Iraq. But his ads, because he is of course running for Congress, show pictures of ‘war veterans’ looking like they are in combat situations. Yes, he was in Iraq. But it doesn’t seem right to portray himself as a combat veteran......but then he’s a Dem. No surprise. PS-his name is Cal Cunningham. Anyone from NC want to comment?