Mayor Pete is the latest in a long line of presidential candidates to learn that dollars aren't votes
, Buttigieg appeared to grasp the size of his challenge, candidly concluding: “Good intentions are not enough. Just ’cause I seek to heal, and move beyond racism, and act accordingly, doesn’t mean, A) people are gonna trust me even — or especially — if I’m tellin’ the truth. And B) that we’re gonna get the results we’re after.” But he hasn’t shown he knows how to overcome that challenge.
Candidates with better résumés—such as the forgotten governors Steve Bullock, John Hickenlooper and Jay Inslee—made their own mistakes and maybe are inherently limp performers. But they didn’t get the same opportunities as Buttigieg to prove themselves because the whims of a very small, disproportionately white, disproportionately wealthy faction of Democrats can determine who gets critical early attention.
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