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'Just Tell Us What You Believe': Buttigieg Torched Over Non-Answer on Israel-Palestine (www.commondreams.org)
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2028 frontrunner Pete Buttigieg's answer to a question on how Democrats should handle Israel has been described as "a beautiful example of sounding like you care about genocide while actually saying nothing at all."

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The media won't settle on their candidates until after the 2026 mid-terms.

But as of right now... Yeah, not the front runner:

https://www.racetothewh.com/president/2028/dem

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Actually, per your link, in polls where Kamala Harris wasn't an option, Buttigieg is the frontrunner with Newsom close behind. When Harris is included he is number 2.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Harris hasn't said she's not running, other than not running for governor. I think it's safe to say she'll try and fail a 3rd time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/31/kamala-harris-california-governor-2028-president/85449652007/

[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that's what 'not the front runner' means, harris is the front runner. the runner at the front.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

But Buttigieg is the runner at the front in polls where they don't ask about Kamala. I'm just saying we shouldn't rule him out as a serious contender for the Primary, because he does lead some of the polling.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As someone who is left of center, I will actively campaign against buttiegieg if he is the nominee. He’s worse than a bowl of shit

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think he has a lot of potential to win the primary because he is a classic NPR lib type. Even has the cadence. He is a very good speaker - a shame he has horribly lib politics.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Neolib, thankfully Israeli government has made this a litmus test.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

What they are doing now is test balloons. They just start hyping particular establishment candidates to see which ones and what framing works best.

Bernie has declined to rule out a run, and he is by far the most popular. Yet I don't think they even include him in the surveys. (Not that I'm saying he will/should run. Despite still being as sharp as ever, he is getting pretty old.)