Where was Pete?

[mobeau69]

[Democrats Ascendant]

1. Yeah, I expected him to speak....

Still sick?

[LAS14]

4. He flew to Dallas. Was he sick? nt

[Democrats Ascendant]

8. Had been sick over the weekend

Even canceled some fundraisers in FL because of it.

Dunno, I'm just speculating as to why he wasn't on the stage tonight.

[Leghorn21]

5. He spoke earlier this evening, DA - see below post for video

He was MAHvelous, of course!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He endorsed earlier at a press conference.

[eleny]

7. Nice still photo. Biden appears so avuncular

[MBS]

16. He was. He said that Pete reminded him of his son Beau

Which for Joe is the highest possible praise.so it was a kind of mutual endorsement.Pete endorsed Joe, but Joe also endorsed Pete. I found it a touching moment.

[Democrats Ascendant]

17. That still image is just SO symbolic!

[LAS14]

3. He gave a speech endorsing Biden in some small venue....

... somewhere I heard it was a restaurant. Biden mentioned Pete having "endorsed me earlier."

Very strange. Possibly a Klobuchar/Buttigieg conflict?

[helpisontheway]

10. Oh yeah I forgot that they had words at that one debate.nt

[Celerity]

12. could be, they do not like each other much, I am pretty sure of

Her falsely saying Pete would rather turn off the TV and watch cartoons (which was the exact opposite of what he said, and he was talking about potential voters, NOT himself) was a really tension point and made me drop her down my list, along with a few other things that are in the past now.

[relayerbob]

13. Honestly

those are all pretty small things. Pete got a full day of of press for his dropping out, and was praised by Biden. They may well be meeting off camera. I thin it's more of just letting her have her moment

[Celerity]

14. I am sure they will eventually bury the hatchet, but who knows, lol Pete doesn't seem like the type

to hold a lot of grudges.

[relayerbob]

6. Giving Amy her space

[Democrats Ascendant]

9. I think this might be it.

nt

[LAS14]

11. Maybe they thought if they gave Klobuchar the spotlight, it would help...

... Biden in Minnesota.

[Sloumeau]

15. Mayor Pete Spoke near the end of..

Chris Matthew's "Hardball" show (which runs from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST) on MSNBC, right before Chris Hayes' "All In Show" (which runs from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST). Mayor Pete was with Joe Biden at some chicken restaurant when they spoke, and this endorsement happened before the big rally later that night where Amy Klobuchar spoke.

Things were weird on "Hardball" because apparently Chris Matthews was force retired tonight. He spoke just until the first commercial break, saying that he had spoken with upper management and they had spoken about going younger. When the commercial break was over, we had Steve Kornacki doing the rest of the show. My guess is, that things like Chris Matthews going off on Bernie Sanders kind of pushed things to the brink.