MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Mayor Pete Is the Golden State’s New Golden Boy. “So does a 37-year-old mayor of a not-major midwestern berg have real staying power? That’s the question donors don’t seem to be asking, at least not yet. Like Obama in ’08, Buttigieg is running less on policy & experience and more on biography & minority status. That proved twice to be a potent mix.”