Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gato malo
(57 posts)He could say yes or no and still be nuanced.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Perrenial Voter
(173 posts)You might want to look at this profile of him before deciding whether he has credibility on this issue as someone who will seriously fight for this issue (because it will take a massive struggle to make it happen):
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete
Although i think the author is overly-critical, his point is that Buttgieg has done nothing for the poor blacks that constitute about a quarter of his city and that, based on his book, he has barely noticed them.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
IndyOp
(15,525 posts)The 50-year-old South Bend Charles Black Community Center was refurbished and doubled in size.
His evidence-based government discovered that people receiving the worst service from the city - think trash pick up and potholes - rarely called in complaints. Service was improved.
SB installed equipment to detect shots fired. He thought that probably 20% were not reported to the police. It turned out that 80% were not called in. The police are now dispatched anytime a shot is detected to interview neighbors.
He is with Senator Booker on criminal justice reform also on the 10-20-30 rule - 10% of federal money should be spent in communities in which more than 20% of the population has lived below the poverty level for 30 years.
He wants to double teacher salaries starting with disadvantaged schools because the evidence shows that excellent teachers have a huge impact on the lives of children who attend.
I need to learn more about his plans, but he is off to a good start. I hope hell present more info on programs in South Bend.
The Current Affairs article is a hit job. Would he have come off better if he had a chapter in which he bragged about everything he has done for them? He does talk about working with the minority communities.
In his re-election he won every district - including the majority minority districts.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Perrenial Voter
(173 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crimycarny
(1,351 posts)A total hit piece. "Pete is all about Pete" ? Seriously? The vehemence with which this article was written was off putting, to say the least, and made me dismiss it almost immediately. Sounds like the author sees Buttigieg as a threat, I wonder against who/what?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)So apparently he is doing something right.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)other than the way Pete did in those clips, is going to get trounced in the general election. Call for cash payments and an unwieldy scheme for distributing them, and Trump will eat us alive. Dismiss the question with a flat no, or even a wordy no, and our base is gone.
President Obama managed very well to walk the fine line between the two extremes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mobeau69
(11,145 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Celerity
(43,416 posts)as evidence
http://superpredatorbook.com/
SUPERPREDATOR
BILL CLINTON'S USE AND ABUSE OF BLACK AMERICA
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Perrenial Voter
(173 posts)on the prison industrial complex, along with "The New Jim Crow" (which I have read and which is impeccably resarched) The author is a Ph. D. student in sociology at Harvard.
I suppose this is a little ironic, since much of his criticism in the article is his association with Harvard and other elite institutions, which he says blinds its participants to the experiences of the non-elite world.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
mobeau69
(11,145 posts)What a dick.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)and General of his reelection race. How could that be if he ignored Black and Briwn people? How could that be? I ask again, how could that be?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RLG
(314 posts)Nothing more, nothing less.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)But anyone close or ahead get smeared by supporters of that candidate. It is always find a "hit" article or selectively leave out exculpatory information.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(43,416 posts)you are spot on overall.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Quixote1818
(28,946 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden