Mayor Pete gains momentum ahead of 5th debate
Mayor Pete Buttigieg, one of
the initially least likely Democratic
presidential candidates
to endure through summer
and fall has gained momentum
and is now soaring towards
another winning season with
polls in Iowa besting the party’s
frontrunners former Vice
President Joe Biden, Vermont’s
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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onsidered unlikely when he
first entered the race for the
2020 leadership with a resume
that included being a married
gay man, veteran and moderate
Democrat, the 37-year-old
South Bend, Indiana mayor
tallied favorability among 25
percent of democratic voters
leaving his three closest contenders
sharing 15 percentage
figures and others grappling
at the low-end of the crowded
field.
Up from the nine percentage
margin he amassed in September,
the leader of the pack is
uniquely different by being a
Harvard and Oxford University
graduate, Rhodes scholar, committed
spouse, US Navy lieutenant,
veteran of Afghanistan
war, anti-gun advocate and a
defiant candidate to preserve
the DACA immigration program
that provides amnesty to
children of illegal immigrants.
Nov. 20, the fifth of 12
Democratic debates will find
the fresh-faced candidate on
the hotseat alongside a long
list of overzealous opponents
of the GOPs President Donald
Trump.
With impeachment hearings
against the president the breaking
news topic of each day,
Republicans will be eagle-eyed
with observance of the Atlanta,
Georgia televised broadcast
from the Tyler Perry Studios.
The top four made the cut
along with Sens. Amy Klobuchar,
Cory Booker and Kamala
Harris, Hawaiian Congresswoman
Telsi Gabbard, Cong.
Andrew Yang, and California,
billionaire Tom Steyer.
Incidentally, kudos must be
extended to Samoa-born Gabbard
who was the first Hindu
to be elected to Congress, the
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first woman to serve in combat
in Iraq and the first of her race
to be elected to the House of
Representatives.
Despite a Hillary Clinton
claim against her that Gabbard
might be a potential puppet
for the Russians she has sustained
national presence and
may have attracted increased
media attention because of the
suspicion and controversy.
Commentators of the debate
include MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell
and Rachel Maddow, Kristen
Welker and Ashley Parker.
Since the last debates when
New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio
eagerly campaigned to little
avail former Mayor Michael
Bloomberg recently announced
his interest in unseating the
ex-pat New York resident and
tax-evasive president.
The billionaire, former
12-year mayor of NYC, reportedly
filed papers to appear
in ballots in Alabama and
Arkansas but has not formally
Mayor Pete Buttigieg in uniform. South Bend Tribune
announced a 2020 run for
president.
Dogged himself by his relentless
support for a “stop and
frisk” racist police policy that
targeted Blacks and Latinos
during his tenure, the 77-yearold
billionaire apologized on
Sunday saying: “I was wrong…
I am sorry.”
Under Bloomberg’s regime,
87 percent of New Yorkers targeted
were either Black or Latino.
“Our focus was on saving
lives,” Bloomberg explained.
“But the fact is far too many
innocent people were being
stopped while we tried to do
that. And the overwhelming
majority of them were Black
and Latino. That may have
included, I’m sorry to say,
some of you here today, perhaps
yourself, or your children,
or your grandchildren, or your
neighbors or your relatives.”
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Inside Life
By Vinette K. Pryce