Mayor Pete Should Probably Drop Out Already
Many agree that there are
way too many white dudes running for president in the Democratic primary. As the third round of debates draws near, some Democrats are beginning to wonder why some of the low-polling vanity candidates shouldn't quit the presidential race and run for a statewide office they might actually have a shot at winning.
Buttigieg is the ideal vanity candidate for rich white liberals with graduate degrees. He dominates in the "boat shoe" strongholds of
Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape Cod. He speaks obscure languages and
plays the didgeridoo, because of course he does. And yet he's still trailing frontrunner Joe Biden by 25 points, according to the Real Clear Politics
polling average. In fact, Mayor Pete is only a couple points ahead of Beto at this point. The latest Fox News
poll has him tied with Andrew Yang at 3 percent.
Buttigieg doesn't have to stay in Indiana and run for governor, but if Democrats are interested in aggressively winnowing the enormous field of presidential candidates, what exactly is the point of keeping Buttigieg over Yang? Why not just accept the fact that they're probably going to be stuck with Biden and hope he doesn't blow it like Hillary did?
Mayor Pete Should Probably Drop Out Already