“If you can’t keep that situation under control in that pissant town, why on earth are we gonna put you in the presidency?”
of the city’s black police chief just before a local protest of Trayvon Martin’s killing in Florida.
“Mayor Buttigieg might be as close as anyone in this field to having the charisma, the magic, that a presidential candidate needs,” saysa pollster on both of Obama’s successful White House runs. “But he’s flawed because of the police situation in South Bend. To a lot of African Americans, it’s damn near disqualifying, because it’s a front and center issue that’s on the minds of a lot of African American voters and Hispanic voters.
Buttigieg is also gay and married. Attitudes are shifting with the generations in South Carolina, but for many older, churchgoing black voters, Buttigieg’s sexual orientation goes against their religious beliefs. “The personal stuff is a distraction,” saysa South Carolina Democratic political strategist and a CBS News contributor. “It presents a challenge. But the Chinese symbol for crisis is the same one for opportunity.
Buttigieg’s campaign knows it has a significant problem. It will soon be hiring a “director of black engagement” to help boost his efforts, and not just in South Carolina.
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