Buttigieg Pitches Himself as Biden Alternative

“Pete Buttigieg is pitching himself as an alternative to moderate Democrats who might not be sold on Joe Biden,” Bloomberg reports.

“Despite raising a staggering $51 million in 2019, Buttigieg has been stuck in fourth place, between 5% and 7% in national polls. Part of that’s because he’s hard to define. He’s a little-known mayor of a small city. He eschews ideological labels. He blends a message that sounds like Elizabeth Warren with a platform that looks like Biden’s and a courteous Midwestern demeanor that calls for national unity.”

“His ‘re-centering’ message is designed to counter Republican caricatures of Democrats — he told Iowans that ‘freedom’ isn’t just about businesses having fewer regulations, it’s about being free of crippling health care costs; and he says big government should get out of the way of women making reproductive choices.”