Pete Buttigieg should immediately put his impressive communication skills to good use by becoming a loud and often-heard voice in the Democratic opposition to Trump’s implementation of his Project 2025 agenda.
I support Timothy Snyder’s idea of Democrats launching a Shadow Cabinet, which is common practice in numerous European countries. Buttigieg needs to be an integral part of that effort.
Pete Buttigieg should immediately put his impressive communication skills to good use by becoming a loud and often-heard voice in the Democratic opposition to Trump’s implementation of his Project 2025 agenda.
I support Timothy Snyder’s idea of Democrats launching a Shadow Cabinet, which is common practice in numerous European countries. Buttigieg needs to be an integral part of that effort.
It's a common practice in our brethren Anglosphere countries. It just never took hold here because we are a presidential country and not a parliamentary country.
Imho, forming a Shadow Cabinet is a way for Democrats to have a stronger voice and be heard. Exceptional times call for exceptional measures – including borrowing what works in parliamentary systems.
Today, Democratic voices have an exceptionally hard time competing with the narrative that is set by a powerful right-wing ecosphere and the infotainment news media.
I love this idea. We need to show the contrast between the two sides. Having an actual Doctor as HHS (Although I know Becerra wasn't a doctor) would be a great juxtaposition with a psycho like RFK Jr. We need to find ways to combat the Conservative Media Machine and this is a start.
As the name indicates, the Shadow Cabinet can and should consist of multiple people, each with expertise and credibility on different topics. An absolute requirement is that all of them highly articulate and able to speak in a manner that connects with ordinary Americans.
That said, I would love to see the Democratic Party engage Pete Buttigieg as a general ad-hoc, go-to spokesman.
Absolutely not Buttigieg. He’s not from Michigan, periodt. As great as he is to politicos, it’s not going to translate well to regular voters. He can explain policy all he wants but this last election should have taught us that people don’t understand or care about policy. He can’t rely on Michigan charm bc he doesn’t have a childhood from there and no anecdotal stories.
He’s just gonna be some really smart, good talking white guy. That’s so boring. Does he even swear? Even a little?
Pete Buttigieg should immediately put his impressive communication skills to good use by becoming a loud and often-heard voice in the Democratic opposition to Trump’s implementation of his Project 2025 agenda.
I support Timothy Snyder’s idea of Democrats launching a Shadow Cabinet, which is common practice in numerous European countries. Buttigieg needs to be an integral part of that effort.
It's a common practice in our brethren Anglosphere countries. It just never took hold here because we are a presidential country and not a parliamentary country.
Imho, forming a Shadow Cabinet is a way for Democrats to have a stronger voice and be heard. Exceptional times call for exceptional measures – including borrowing what works in parliamentary systems.
Today, Democratic voices have an exceptionally hard time competing with the narrative that is set by a powerful right-wing ecosphere and the infotainment news media.
Believe me, as both a lifelong Anglophile and (constitutional) monarchist, you won't find ANY objection from yours truly about that.
I love this idea. We need to show the contrast between the two sides. Having an actual Doctor as HHS (Although I know Becerra wasn't a doctor) would be a great juxtaposition with a psycho like RFK Jr. We need to find ways to combat the Conservative Media Machine and this is a start.
The idea is a good one and has been suggested by others. Go course, it has gone nowhere with the Democratic “leadership” in Washington.
Democratic Leadership is an oxymoron.
This needs to be done. It will draw a distinctive contrast and give the media a go to person from the Democratic Party for a response.
As the name indicates, the Shadow Cabinet can and should consist of multiple people, each with expertise and credibility on different topics. An absolute requirement is that all of them highly articulate and able to speak in a manner that connects with ordinary Americans.
That said, I would love to see the Democratic Party engage Pete Buttigieg as a general ad-hoc, go-to spokesman.
Absolutely not Buttigieg. He’s not from Michigan, periodt. As great as he is to politicos, it’s not going to translate well to regular voters. He can explain policy all he wants but this last election should have taught us that people don’t understand or care about policy. He can’t rely on Michigan charm bc he doesn’t have a childhood from there and no anecdotal stories.
He’s just gonna be some really smart, good talking white guy. That’s so boring. Does he even swear? Even a little?