He knows better than to give a name.
Well, that's right. In both parties, but especially the Dems this time around, the tendency is appeal to the partisans to get the nomination, and then try to pivot to the center during the general election. Dem partisans hate Republicans and have no interest to even break bread with them, but that's no different from some conservative ideologues. Neither
@roamer_1 nor
@berdie can think of a single Dem they respect, and I suspect they are hardly alone on this board.
Right now the Dem foamers attack those who note, accurately, that legislation requires working across the aisle. The Dems' pearl-clutching about the plight of migrant children at the border doesn't extend to appropriating funds for their relief. That would require working with Republicans. The Dems' cries about the Dreamers doesn't extend to enacting legislation that would normalize their situation. That would require working with Republicans. And there are Republicans who wouldn't take a good deal on border security if they had one if it meant "amnesty" for Dreamers. That would require giving Dems some of what they want.
Buttigieg is nothing unique. He is a symptom of the larger problems of rampant partisanship, and partisan warfare as the end in itself. Those who view politics as merely the means to the end of responsible public service are mocked and marginalized.
It will take a peoples' revolution to kick both sides' crazies in the balls.
