Pete Buttigieg

(UPDATED) Granholm, McCarthy, and Buttigieg are Reported to be the Newest Additions to the Biden/Harris Team

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Former Presidential Candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to serve as the next Secretary of Transportation. If confirmed, Mayor Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person to serve in an American Presidential Administration. His portfolio would include overseeing the modernization of the nations transportation infrastructure … Read more

Is Joe Biden the 2020 Political Phoenix

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All Arizonans should know the story of the Phoenix: a bird that died on a funeral pyre but rose reanimated from its ashes to vibrantly fly again. Is Joe Biden the 2020 Political Phoenix? Just one week ago, he was declared virtually politically dead by many pundits after faring poorly in Iowa, New Hampshire, and … Read more

(UPDATED) And Then there Were Five Democratic Presidential Candidates; It is important to Unite

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With the withdrawals of Tom Steyer on Saturday, Pete Buttigieg on Sunday, and Amy Klobuchar today (Monday,) the Democratic Primary Race has shrunk to five candidates. Actually, four because Tulsi Gabbard has largely been a nonfactor for several months. The race for the Democratic Nomination now pits two more liberal progressive candidates (Elizabeth Warren and … Read more

Does Bernie Sanders help Mark Kelly Win and turn Arizona Blue

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One of the considerations voters must evaluate when selecting the candidate best able to be the Democratic Presidential Nominee is the ability to build a governing coalition. In other words, does the candidate have coattails that can solidify and expand Democratic control in the House of Representatives and enable them to take control of the … Read more

Reactions by Democratic Presidential Candidates to Suleimani Killing

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There has been virtual unanimity in the political world that Qassim Suleimani was a murdering terrorist that no one should mourn. Thomas Friedman, in a piece for the New York Times, offered an interesting perspective, that Suleimani was also dumb and overrated with his actions resulting in blowback against Iran by anti-Iranian-pro Democracy citizens in … Read more