The Democratic party continues its march to winnow out all the youth and diversity and narrow the field to the cranky old white people.
Booker’s exit was inevitable. He had no path to victory.
He’s the Jimmy Carter for a new millennium – nice man, smart, idealistic. He even has a better resume than Carter. In fact, he looks perfect on paper: football star and class president at Stanford; Yale Law School; Rhodes scholar; mayor; senator. People say he is a moving speaker as well, yet all of those credentials couldn’t gain him any traction.
I guess the time ain’t right for Carter 2.0.
That noted, Booker seems like a great V.P. choice when the eventual cranky old white person gets the nomination.
Awesome! Who’s next? MAGA forever!
Did you, just straight up endorse Trump as President for life?
Well, thanks for making -that- clear!
It is interesting to hear Republicans cheering hopefuls dropping out of consideration for the Democratic nomination. Do they not realize that this is not the general election, but just the process whereby the Democratic party chooses their candidate? The Dems are going to run somebody. Unless I guess the Reps are hoping they all just drop out and let Trump and kin have it forever.
Was it Washington or Jefferson that made the observation that, left to themselves, the American people would still vote in a King if given the chance?
Return of the Sock Puppets?
We aren’t used to trolls much here. We should just ignore this one, at least until he learns to make actual arguments.
I’ve been a big Booker fan just based on visiting Newark and seeing how he helped revitalize the place. He has all the credentials and generally a moving speaker and occasional attack dog. I just don’t get the indifference to him.
Booker came of age politically during the more moderate Clinton/Bush era, when everyone was trying to sound centrist (remembers all the “New Democrats” and “Compassionate Conservatives”?). Booker had a nice centrist, pro-business record as the Mayor of Newark, but that ended up being a liability in 2020 where being a centrist is a dirty word in both parties.
Buttigieg reminds me more of Jimmy Carter than Cory Booker.
Well, Booker certainly failed the comparison because of the “moving speaker” distinction. I don’t believe I ever stayed awake during a Jimmy Carter sentence, let alone an entire speech. If I remember his inauguration correctly, I never even made it to the address. I fell asleep during the oath. On the other hand, Buttigieg is sufficiently low in energy to evoke that whole 1970s cardigan-dad vibe of Jimmy Carter / Fred Rogers.
Similarities between Buttigieg and Carter:
1.Running as ‘Washington Outsiders.’
2.Limited political experience. Buttigieg as a two term mayor of a small city. Carter was a one term governor of Georgia from 1970-1974 (didn’t run for reelection), and a two term state senator (1962-1966) and previously a Plains school trustee. Compared to the 14 years in Congress for JFK, the Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and Vice President Richard Nixon, that was considered a very thin resume, especially during the Cold War.
(Carter lost the Democratic Primary to Lester Maddox in 1966.)
3.Both use their military background to bolster their foreign policy experience.
4.Both are using their outsider status to claim they can restore integrity to Washington D.C and both further bolster this claim with their religiosity although Carter’s was much more overt.