Monday, March 2, 2020

Mayor ObaPete departs the scene

'Mayor' Pete Runs Out of Obama Speeches to Pilfer. Drops Out of Democratic President Race.
. . . By "suspending" his campaign there's more latitude in how to deal with campaign donations.
In South Carolina, Buttigieg came in behind billionaire Tom Steyer, who has also dropped out of the race.
Political Twitter urged the Democrat and veteran to get out. "Drop Out Pete" was trending on Twitter until news leaked, and then "Thank You, Pete" became a trending hashtag.
"The thank you's for Buttigieg were an endorsement of him getting out to make room for Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden. Many people thought a brokered convention was a very real possibility.
"Expect more dropouts as the March 3 Super Tuesday gauntlet gets closer."

This Fox video is a bit too CNN-ish for me, but gives an interesting comparison of Pete-Obama speeches: 

. . . "Barnett, reached Sunday night, told True Pundit that Buttigieg left a message for Biden on his voicemail asking the vice president to call him back to discuss Buttigieg’s “plans” for his campaign — about five hours before Mayor Pete announced he was dropping out of the presidential race late Sunday. Buttigieg had apparently called the wrong number." . . .

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