Subject: Best Pete Interview yet!!!
The interview was conducted by Vox’s tech reporter. Many of the questions and answers will be familiar to those who have been following the campaigns closely. But what particularly blew Bobbi away was Pete’s facility in discussing tech matters (a discussion which comes in the latter part of the interview). I was less excited, but only because his ability to intelligently and wisely discuss any matter important to the governance is something I now take as a given.
There has been much interest in the fact that, in the last quarter, Pete Buttigieg out fund-raised every other Democratic presidential candidate. The talking heads note that Pete’s poll numbers lag behind his fund-raising, noting that he will still have to turn his resources into much wider-spread support. True, but I think they are failing to focus on a more interesting, and more significant, question: Why has such a national political newcomer been able to raise so much money, mostly in modest individual amounts?
Here is my hypothesis: Pete is so impressive to those who take the opportunity to listen to him, that they quickly become supporters. As he talks with more and more people, his support will grow. And given the fact that none of his better-known competitors are creating huge public support in the nominating process, the dynamic of this national job interview to be the Democratic Presidential nominee may well turn his way. For the sake of our future, I hope I am right.
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