An exceptionally long update this week, and scheduled for last Friday, gets split up with so much to cover and so many late-breaking developments.
There is to be a debate this Thursday, with just these on stage.
Tulsi Gabbard decided she wasn't going to play even before the checkered flag came down. (You might remember that she threatened to do this before the last debate, then changed her mind.) Cory Booker joins her, and Julián Castro, on the sidelines. Andrew Yang's last-minute qualification only slightly ameliorated the #DebatesSoWhite issue.
The debate -- or its location, at least -- is up in the air, though, because the debaters will respect striking food service employees.
Assuming the debate happens ... those relegated to watching the festivities with the rest of us have been fireworks-starters in past debates, so who could initiate the sparring? We might look to the escalating feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg for a flashpoint.
#WallStreetPete has really caught the heat lately for his McKinsey ties, what they are revealing about his work there, his smirky, dodgy responses about being the big corporate donor/bundler money magnet in the race, and more. A sampling of recent Tweets:
That was a brief snark break.
This was BootEdgeEdge's week, all week.
Can you stand some more, Pete stans? Can he stand some more?
Just a couple more living horses to beat here.
#MerlotWithTheMayo #PinotWithPete #SauvignonBlancAndWhiteBread #DontSpareTheDough
Yummy.
Everybody understands that Buttigieg and his 6% polling is hanging around in this race because of Joe Biden's pending psychological breakdown.
Yes, even sitting Republicans are trying to convince Joe -- and Pete -- that post-election partisanship is a pipe dream. "Pie in the sky", I believe some would say.
Oh well. There are many who are encouraged by the outcome of last Friday's UK elections with respect to centrism's chances next year. Or maybe it's leftism's chances.
To be continued in Part 2.
There is to be a debate this Thursday, with just these on stage.
It is midnight, so the qualification window for the December debate has passed! The DNC will make it official later, but expect seven candidates on stage: @JoeBiden, @PeteButtigieg, @amyklobuchar, @BernieSanders, @TomSteyer, @ewarren and @AndrewYang https://t.co/vSTthvpdGq— Zach Montellaro (@ZachMontellaro) December 13, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard decided she wasn't going to play even before the checkered flag came down. (You might remember that she threatened to do this before the last debate, then changed her mind.) Cory Booker joins her, and Julián Castro, on the sidelines. Andrew Yang's last-minute qualification only slightly ameliorated the #DebatesSoWhite issue.
Cory Booker asked his fellow contenders to sign a letter requesting the Democratic National Committee to make its debate qualification rules less exclusionary, BuzzFeed News reported.
“All seven participants in next week’s debate, as well as Julián Castro, who also has not qualified, have signed the letter.”
But Politico notes the DNC is pushing back.
The debate -- or its location, at least -- is up in the air, though, because the debaters will respect striking food service employees.
All seven of the Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s debate at Loyola Marymount University in California have said they refuse to cross the picket line resulting from a culinary worker strike at the university. [...] This puts the Democratic National Committee in the tough position. Sodexo, the company that employs the campus’ culinary workers, is in negotiations with the union that represents them, Unite Here Local 11.
“We had hoped that workers would have a contract with wages and affordable health insurance before the debate next week,” the union said in a statement. “Instead, workers will be picketing when the candidates come to campus.”
The DNC, through spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa, said on Friday that its chairman Tom Perez “would absolutely not cross a picket line and would never expect our candidates to either,” adding that the DNC is “working with all stakeholders to find an acceptable resolution.”
Assuming the debate happens ... those relegated to watching the festivities with the rest of us have been fireworks-starters in past debates, so who could initiate the sparring? We might look to the escalating feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg for a flashpoint.
#WallStreetPete has really caught the heat lately for his McKinsey ties, what they are revealing about his work there, his smirky, dodgy responses about being the big corporate donor/bundler money magnet in the race, and more. A sampling of recent Tweets:
Cool story bro https://t.co/FMakhMCDDQ— Jules Ehrhardt (@ezyjules) December 6, 2019
A review of Buttigieg’s campaign disclosure records finds that his presidential campaign is awash in cash from bank executives — many of them heavily involved in financing the fossil fuel industry https://t.co/nNwjpV82Qv by @aidachavez, @ryangrim— The Intercept (@theintercept) December 11, 2019
The white bread candidate has a bread scandal. I quit. https://t.co/qXdjoDnmVj— Nate's Liver - Commentary (@SilERabbit) December 11, 2019
That was a brief snark break.
NEW with @danielmarans — Buttigieg is struggling to explain his lack of transparency on his fundraising. Released bundlers in Q1 but not since. Won’t commit to doing so. Won’t allow press into closed-door fundraisers (which Biden does) https://t.co/mQpnjCVYc8— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 7, 2019
This clip of @PeteButtigieg, responding to questions about why he won’t open his fundraisers to the press, is devastating. Wow. pic.twitter.com/mZ2HipoQXA— phil (@PrettyGoodPhil) December 7, 2019
"Despite his smiling persona, Buttigieg, like Amy Klobuchar, is all about falsely telling the American people what they can't have. Call it the audacity of nope." https://t.co/Hvx2qf6njm— Sir Arthur "Come on, man" Streeb-Greebling 🌹📽️ (@tdoyleft) December 8, 2019
This was BootEdgeEdge's week, all week.
#BREAKING: @PeteButtigieg consulted for Blue Cross Blue Shield (involved in multiple corruption scandals) and Pentagon while it valiantly wasted a trillion dollars in Afghanistan. He’s PERFECT to lead the United Corporations of America https://t.co/HgTetEsfnM— Jordan (@JordanChariton) December 10, 2019
Former healthy industry exec @wendellpotter w/ experience w/ McKinsey rings the alarm re Buttigieg's "analytical work" at a MI "health insurance provider": did PB recommend "layoffs, restructuring, and potentially denying health coverage to those in need" using "code words"? https://t.co/AkGTRvYXKJ— Murshed Zaheed 🐢 (@murshedz) December 9, 2019
Asked by @maddow about a McKinsey client laying off thousands of insurance company workers — and whether Buttigieg’s work played a role — Buttigieg turns it around and warns that Medicare for All advocates would end every insurance worker’s job. pic.twitter.com/hbTGbkcFRR— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) December 11, 2019
New tidbit in this story with @AliceOllstein: Pete Buttigieg has poured more than $1.5 million into airing TV ads in Iowa criticizing Medicare for All and free college. https://t.co/MiuwDZ60UY— Holly Otterbein (@hollyotterbein) December 12, 2019
Can you stand some more, Pete stans? Can he stand some more?
I'm disappointed in @PeteButtigieg - getting money out of politics is essential to a functioning democracy. That's why I emailed his campaign today for a refund of my March contribution.— Conor Bronsdon (@ConorBronsdon) December 10, 2019
Think Pete is failing to represent your values? Email info@peteforamerica.com #RefundPete https://t.co/VVua6Pjsqb
Disenfranchised Pete Buttigieg Supporters Trend 'Refund Pete,' Ask For Donations Back. #USPolitics #Politics https://t.co/tN24PIimpS— INQUISITR (@theinquisitr) December 11, 2019
Just a couple more living horses to beat here.
NEW: as @PeteButtigieg stops releasing his campaign bundlers' names and blocks press from high-dollar fundraising events, meet the lobbyists and executives gathering big checks for Mayor Pete: https://t.co/cuIE7n2f3R— Sludge (@Sludge) December 9, 2019
This is part of a four-event swing by Buttigieg across the Bay Area on December 15 and 16.— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) November 20, 2019
Other fundraisers are hosted in Palo Alto, San Francisco and Portola Valley.
Two of the four events are $2,800-or-bust. You can't attend for less.
Invites here --> pic.twitter.com/iXhgqDDl9F
#MerlotWithTheMayo #PinotWithPete #SauvignonBlancAndWhiteBread #DontSpareTheDough
Yummy.
Everybody understands that Buttigieg and his 6% polling is hanging around in this race because of Joe Biden's pending psychological breakdown.
Is everything okay, Joe? Stacking spaghetti sauce with Joe Biden.— Florian 🥁 (@BetaODork) December 7, 2019
Joe Biden: "So you go ahead and you stack spaghetti sauce in the store, in, in, in the supermarket. You control the guy or the woman who runs the, r-r-r-runs the, brings out the carts on, on, on, on a forklift." pic.twitter.com/WUeo7xZ8st
— Nate's Liver - Commentary (@SilERabbit) December 9, 2019
Imagine running for president at a time when the country is facing impending climate disaster and thinking, "Gosh, I hope the far-right, science-denying political party doesn't lose too much power." https://t.co/iRosgeVIQi— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) December 8, 2019
Yes, even sitting Republicans are trying to convince Joe -- and Pete -- that post-election partisanship is a pipe dream. "Pie in the sky", I believe some would say.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn says the Biden and Buttigieg agendas are incompatible with bipartisanship and calls their rhetoric hollow. Ted Cruz blames Democratic "anger" and "rage" for polarization and doubts it'll change.https://t.co/hl7cPf5PA1— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 9, 2019
Oh well. There are many who are encouraged by the outcome of last Friday's UK elections with respect to centrism's chances next year. Or maybe it's leftism's chances.
To be continued in Part 2.
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