Jennifer Rubin on Pete

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4. Agreed.

First of all, it's vital that our candidate either be from the midwest, or can "connect" to the midwest.
In part for that reason (and also because she has a hilarious sense of humor, another requirement for the next president IMO),Amy was my original choice, before Pete got into the race. Once Buttigieg declared, though, I pretty quickly went all in for Pete (who also has an excellent sense of humor), because I think he's got a fresher, deeper and broader vision.
But I like Amy, too. (But I strongly favor Pete on the top of the ticket because of that "vision thing" and several other of his qualities. Although many of our candidates are smart and talented, IMO only Pete is the full package).(I've eliminated several candidates right off the bat because I also feel strongly that, no only does our nominee/next president have to have a fresh vision for the country: he/she also has to be young and sharp enough to serve two full terms at full throttle. The next president is going to face a mountain of national and international crises– what is essentially a national emergency– and will need more than one term to begin to get us out of this mess and lead us forward. can't afford to have an interim or caretaker president.