Posted on 10/18/2022 11:58:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A new CNN report found that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is more popular with Democratic candidates on the campaign trail than Vice President Kamala Harris, but what it really reveals are a set of gripes that Harris' allies have when it comes to her utilization on the stump.
The report found that Buttigieg — the young, articulate military veteran who ran for president in 2020 following two terms as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana — has become the most requested surrogate on the campaign trail for Democratic candidates in the midterms apart from President Joe Biden. It's clear that, when presented with this information, Harris' allies had to come up with excuses as for why a comparative political novice is more sought after than a career politician with a much larger national profile.
One is that Harris's security footprint is larger than Buttigieg's. Having the Secret Service and local police on scene creates financial and logistical problems that Buttigieg, who travels with just one bodyguard, doesn't have to worry about.
Another excuse is that Buttigieg is in charge of an agency that doles out billions of dollars in grants to states for infrastructure projects, which can be appealing to Democratic candidates.
Finally, Harris is — as one source in the CNN article put it — "in Biden's house." Buttigieg is not associated with Biden the way Harris is, which gives him more latitude with his remarks on the campaign trail.
Whether these excuses are justified is unclear. The reason for Buttigieg's popularity as a surrogate could be that candidates simply like him more than Harris.
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My porridge is too cold.
Bootyjudge likes to inject himself into where he doesn’t belong, doesn’t he? /rimshot (pun intended)
"Glib" is the word they were looking for.
There’s nothing articulate about Buttigeig as the article suggests.
That's the phrase that got me, I just couldn't come up with "glib" - that's gold!
SF Gate and it shows, BS from beginning to end.
“Harris allies” just have to accept that their heroine has negative campaign value. and everyone knows it. Who wants to invite someone to stump for them who will make their candidacy a laughingstock.
Someone call a Wambulance ,LOL
One would think Pete had other things to do besides jet from state to state making supportive speeches for other Dems.
Is he still the Trans. I mean Transportation Secretary or not? Last I checked, that itself was a full time job, especially for someone new to national politics.
Yep, that is probably the reason.
Some polls show Kamala has a lower job approval than Joe’s rating. She’s just not that popular in the first place.
So I can believe that these people don’t want Kamala. They rather take their chances with Buttgig(sp?)
Maybe Pete is better at what got Kamala her start in politics.
“Buttigieg — the young, articulate military veteran...”
BARFARAMA!!
And a gossamer thin resume with zero accomplishments to his name...other than butt forking.
He’s white she’s not and the Dims are the real party of “whie supremacy”. /sarc
Both Buttigeig and Harris can talk for minutes without saying anything sensical. They just do it differently.
Is buttjuice griping about his hemorrhoids ruining his sex life again?
Damn, Democrats are hard up. (methinks there is a joke in there)
You want pork, you have to talk to the farmer. Or at least the guy who owns the trough.
“...set of gripes that Harris’ allies have when it comes to her utilization on the stump.”
On who’s stump?
SF and the Gay Mafia has now officially made their pick for ‘24 and kicked Heels to the curb.
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