*Mayor Pete on MSNBC now.

[elleng]

[doc03]

1. Mayor Pete is very impressive but he doesn't have a chance

of getting elected in the rust belt.

[crazytown]

4. He's a proud son of the rust belt.

But he’s gay! Um, maybe I’m aware of that?

Obama was black and lost the Rust belt primaries to HRC. Then he slaughtered McCain there in the GE. He won Indiana, home of the KKK.

Mayor Pete was re-elected in a rust belt town with 80% of the vote. If you want to say ‘no chance’. will have to come up with better evidence than your prejudices against him. A poll maybe?

[elleng]

5. Thanks

[elfin]

8. In a way, that could be OK

I think he could be a good President, but it is a long shot given the bigotry despite so many consequential strides. And despite his own amazing abilities and knowledge and experience bank at such a young age.

However, if he needed to drop out tomorrow, he has succeeded in "normalizing" his experience that is so much like that of the heteros (as if Gays were not "normal" to begin with) that will bode him and so many others well in future races for important places.

I am with Inslee and slipping toward Biden, but Pete has my heart.

He and Chasten have already made a significant difference. I can see them in the White House. I can see him besting Putin. My comfort level is greater than most. Perhaps because there are three Gays in my family who have struggled with suicidal thoughts among other struggles in a hostile world.

The Rust Belt has built-in skepticism if not hostility toward him with the possible exception of some people (primarily women) with college educations.

If he can score the Battleground Rust Belt AND African-Americans in a big way there, that would be amazing. Rooting for him.

[murielm99]

13. He lives in the rust belt!

He was the mayor of a rust belt city.

[marlakay]

2. He asked him some tough questions

And he challenged him to be different than he is and I think it’s a strong sign of character that he didn’t back down a bit.

I liked his answer about how to handle a bully and he’s right most bullies I have met if you just respond to them with a lack of fear in their face they back off you don’t have to be like them.

[IndianaDave]

3. Just watched Pete on MSNBC --

He again demonstrated that he is positive, intelligent, genuine and analytical. Above all, he's a decent human being. Anyone who writes him off fails to grasp his personal magnetism and his appeal to ordinary people. I live in the rust belt; I grew up in the rust belt. His willingness to serve our nation in the military, his depth of understanding of childish bullies, his ability to out-think and out maneuver Trump is immediately evident.

Every time I see him, I find myself more committed to him. I have great confidence in his ability to win over anyone who is willing to give him a fair hearing. I will do everything in my power to assure that Pete Buttigieg is our next President.

[highplainsdem]

6. That was on Donny Deutsch's new show, which will rerun at 11 ET.

Want to get that in here for anyone who didn't see the OP in time.

[elleng]

7. Thanks.

I've never seen him.

[highplainsdem]

9. You're welcome! He's been a regular on Morning Joe for years. And lately he's been one of Trump's

sharpest critics, with what he says about Trump backed up by the years he's known him.

[elleng]

10. Glad to hear he knows and criticises trump.

I'm never awake to see morning joe!

[highplainsdem]

11. See this clip - ok, this is from Deadline White House, not MJ, but still shows Deutsch's bluntness:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/20/msnbcs_donny_deutsch_on_trump_whatever_you_can_imagine_a_human_doing_on_the_evil_side_he_is_capable_of.html

[elleng]

12. Thanks