That’s the first I’m hearing that he was even running to begin with.
He kept saying he’d demonstrated he could win in a red state like Montana. OK, let him demonstrate it again by running for Senator.
This. Buttigieg’s not going to win the nomination due to his lack of African-American support, and if he won the nomination, it would throw the election to Trump because it would depress A-A turnout.
This is a good example of why betting markets are of limited predictive value.
If I’ve counted correctly, we’ve got 16 candidates now. Had been 17 for awhile, but then Bloomberg and Patrick entered the race, and Messam, Sestak, and Bullock dropped out. Net -1.
So who’s still in it?
Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Harris, Yang, Klobuchar, Gabbard, Booker, Bloomberg, Steyer, Castro, Bennet, Delaney (bet you’d forgotten about those last two!), Williamson, and Patrick.
I think I got that right. 
I actually like Mayor Pete - seems like a decent person. But his problem as a candidate isn’t the mere fact that he’s gay; it’s a lack of experience for one thing, and for another, his candidacy for the highest office in the land sends a pretty arrogant and tone-deaf message to people of color considering his controversies as mayor. He might be a white progressive darling, but he’s going to get confronted with hardcore reality if he is a real contender come primary season, and whatever happens to his candidacy could have ripple effects.
Could you actually describe which race-related controversies you’re referring to, without looking anything up? Even if you can, I sincerely doubt most people in America can.
Given that it would be hard to win the Dem nomination without at least decent support among African-Americans, the question is, do they have sufficient awareness of the controversies to put Mayor Pete on their shit-list, whether or not they can describe the controversies without looking stuff up.
ETA: I’m not going to discuss the controversies themselves in this thread, since we’ve already got an active thread specifically about Buttigieg. See you there if you’re interested.
It’s kinda silly to say “You wouldn’t know what the controversies are without looking it up.” If someone has issues, it’s not like their opponents are going to stay silent about them.
You know what’s scary about the Dem race? A dozen candidates have already dropped out, and we’ve still got 16 left.
The dropouts, in no particular order: deBlasio, Gillibrand, Messam, Hickenlooper, Moulton, O’Rourke, Inslee, Ojeda, Ryan, Sestak, Swalwell, and Bullock.
Yeah and it’s a shame because I think that some of the dropouts would ultimately have better chances in the election than the people who have stayed. Inslee for example, would crush it, IMO. Bullock wouldn’t fare too badly either.
They had months and months to make their impact on Dem voters. If they couldn’t do that, how would they do a good job in the general?
Especially given that, as Christopher Newport University election forecaster Rachel Bitecofer says, “in the age of polarization, elections are all about that base.” If they can’t get potential primary voters excited about them, they’re unlikely to boost Dem turnout in the general election either.
NBC reporting Kamala Harris is out. No linky yet.
Hate to be an I told you so.
Here’s a link to Politico - Kamala Harris Drops Out of Race
Link.
13 dropouts, 15 remaining.
If it weren’t for Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrick jumping in, we’d be up to .500.
Given her rapid descent into the single digits, I expected Harris to fade out and call it quits eventually, but I’m surprised that she’s doing it now; I figured she’d at least wait until the eve of the primaries just to see if she could pick up anyone else’s votes. It leads me to speculate that the pollsters have concluded that she’s never going to regain her mojo, and there must be some serious throat cutting within the campaign. I had read somewhere that Harris’ sister was the one who was essentially calling the shots (other than Kamala herself) and that this was beginning to be a real source of tension.
Given that Harris has dropped out, the other candidates who are scrubbing the floor with their poll numbers can’t be far behind, eh? Castro, Booker, Bennett gotta go sometime.
I’m guessing the Klobuchar might be waiting for Biden to have a stroke so she can trot out her moderate credentials, but something tells me that as much as the Dems love to hat Mayor Mike’s ass, Bloomberg may be in a position to make some noise.
It’s all about the money. I’m sure she was waiting to see how November fundraising came in. Harris had a large staff, although she’s been laying them off recently. She’s a sitting Senator from CA, she can’t just screw the staff over next payday when there’s not enough money. December sucks for political fundraising, and that next debate is way too close to Christmas to move the needle. So, she pulled the plug on a busy news day.