concordtom said:In Congress, he'd be a mere vote. At the bottom of the hierarchy which directs who becomes chairman of a committee.dimitrig said:concordtom said:Not "the future". But he is intelligent and talented. Would be good to put that to use, somewhere, somehow. That's all we are talking about here.Kaworu said:Yang needs to run for something else first. Congress, mayor, governor. Show he can govern.golden sloth said:concordtom said:No way on Sec of Defense.Big C said:
Yeah, if Mayor Pete is going to continue his rise, he needs a bigger govt. job, which he probably can't get in a state-wide election in Indiana, so Biden appoints him to something at the federal level (especially after he conveniently dropped out when he did).
He served in the Army: Secretary of Defense! (fun to watch some heads explode there)
He's glib, bright and polished enough for Secretary of State (but probably a little young).
VP would be a good training ground for him, but I hear that might be taken already. Just realized he reminds me of France's Macron in a number of ways.
Interesting Sec of State!
Macron - yeah, except that Pete isn't going to marry some lady twice his age.
BTW: What on earth is Kamala actually going to do?
I'm curious to see how Andrew Yang gets worked into the fold. If I'm honest, I kind of want to see a Yang / Buttigieg ticket in 2024.
Buttigieg is the future in some folks' eyes, but not mine.
If I was him I'd move to a more blue area (in his current state or another one - some areas of Colorado seem to be a good fit for him given his military background) and run for Congress.
The congressional district he is in now might be tough to win.
I'd rather see if he can be an administrator. Give him a bureaucracy to run and see how he does. I mean, that's the job of government, right? Can he lead a staff under him well? That requires relationships, organizational order. Or is he just a talking head?
AOC seems to have found a platform for herself by being just a Congresswoman. There are lots of powerful people in the House.