Much of Pete Buttigieg’s interview with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” Monday night was consumed with Stewart’s speculation that Buttigieg is being vetted as a potential vice-presidential candidate. Buttigieg did not deny the notion, but parried by saying that, generally, being vetted for a political post is like being vetted to become a parent through adoption, as he and his husband had.
It was yet another example of the very particular skill Buttigieg has; more than any of his peers, he’s effectively a made-for-TV politician. This isn’t to say he’s, necessarily, callow or slick, though he certainly has a preternatural smoothness. He simply has the debater’s skill of
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