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8. Whitmer and Pete Buttigieg are both Michigan residents now

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:31 PM

Feb 2025

That precludes a ticket with both of them (unless Secretary Pete moves, since Whitmer is Governor and so can't). Rats!

Still, our bench is deep. Swalwell, Schiff, we have a wealth to choose from, and no moral obligation to anyone this time.

I would hope that by this time in 2026, we have a shining, irreproachable candidate we can unite behind, with no distracting sniping from the wings as we had in 2016 and 2020. That's a wish that probably won't come true, but I can dream, can't I?

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