Pete Buttgieg dropping out of race

nytimes ^

[SamAdams76]

Multiple sources breaking out on the Twitter. Beto seems happy.

[FLT-bird]

What were Buttplug’s qualifications - being a crappy unpopular mayor of a college town? His 15 minutes got extended only because the Lavendar Mafia in California threw large amounts of money at him.

[EvilCapitalist]

I see what you did there.

[VanShuyten]

“I sense a backroom deal somewhere. Otherwise, he would have waited until after Super Tuesday.”

I agree. Guaranteed VP slot or Senate run, or some such.

[CheshireTheCat]

I hope Mini Mike does well enough Tuesday to make it into future debates. Biden is not going to be able to handle that much unscripted talk time if it is just him and Bernie in a debate. Even if Bloomberg is added in and they all get 1/3 of the talk time, Biden will actually fare worse because he has to hold off two people and talk without a script for longer than he has had to do thus far.

Bloomberg is going to get a second look by many Dems. They will have no choice but to seriously consider voting for him in the primaries.

[tflabo]

Too bad Barry never had a drop out concession speech. Re Pete could have plagiarized that one too.

[bigbob]

In recognition of the momentary fame he brought to his hometown, it is being renamed “South Bendover”.

[glasseye]

That’s sad.
My ‘bootie-gig’ folder was just getting good.

[StAnDeliver]

The Democrats mashed his face into the curb ... take your f@ggotry and get bent ... aiming down-low now for Sec'y of Housing and Urban Development or maybe packing for Interior ...

Damn this is glorious, the dude was a total fraud, the campaign was run by a f@g hag with one pair of cowboy boots, f him, f her, f his queen hubby, f the whole lot of dirty sods who pranced around Iowa.

[mrsmith]

Did he get a flower?
Did they vote him off the island?

What a stupid reality show the Dem primary is!

[PGalt]

Pathetic Peter Buttsexual had no staying power? He went flaccid?

[EvilCapitalist]

Bye Bye Mare Pete.

[StAnDeliver]

"He’ll keep his dwindling war chest and start plotting to run in 2024."

16M a good start, figure Trump's 2nd term to double that on investment, Pete would be well positioned for #2024 if he can dump Lis and Chasten and renounce his f@ggotry, maybe after some reparative therapy.

[CheshireTheCat]

Klobuchar stays in to clean up in Minnesota on Tuesday and deny Bernie the motherlode of delegates there. Then she drops out.

Warren is delusional and desperate. She knows this is her last shot at the presidency. Unlike Peter, she does not have age on her side, and she is not aging well.

[MayflowerMadam]

“It still turns my stomach that he was ever in it to begin with.”

Definitely. If he thought he had a snowball’s chance in Hell in Bible Belt elections, he’s more screwed up than I thought.

[outofsalt]

"“I sense smell a backroom backdoor deal somewhere."

I translated your post

[sheehan]

I guess no more reach-around town halls for Chuck ‘chris’ wallace - buttplug’s media butt buddy.

[Candor7]

How will Pete ever just be mayor? LOL.

He wants his wife to be 1st lady?

[tflabo]

And so ends man lover’s bid for the Rainbow House.

[umgud]

Their still running Tom Steyer ads here in CA.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Pete may be a quitter, but he ain’t no spitter.