Ellison moving closer to the center is discouraging.
Unfamiliar with Buttigieg.
Regarding Buttigieg Background:
He is always on point & sharp as a tack (and he was the demeanor to give policy stances without coming across as overly partisan), He is not coming from DC, he didn't wade into the Hillary/Bernie debate, He's been Hugely successful turning around a failing MidWest City... And Most importantly - I think he has the sheer intellect & capability to successfully put together the infrastructure and game plan in place to allow Dems to win back elections across the country.
In High School- he won the JFK Profiles in Courage Essay (
for writing an essay about Bernie Sanders Courage), was Valedictorian & President of his High School
Then Graduated with Honor from Harvard & was President of the Harvard Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee..... Then went to Oxford as a
Rhodes Scholar earning a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics....
Post college- Was elected Mayor of his home town of South Bend at age 29 (the youngest 100k+ population mayor at the time) ... and has more than succeeded in completely Turning around a failing City (one of best failing city turnaround stories in the nation). He also served in Afghanistan. I can't see him not being just as successful in the role of DNC Chair & helping Dems start winning elections again.
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