Biden Slashes Into Buttigieg: ‘This Guy’s Not a Barack Obama!’ – The New York Times

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Yet he did not just push back against Mr. Biden and Ms. Klobuchar, who attacked him even more aggressively during Friday’s debate. Mr. Buttigieg also went on the offensive in hopes of coalescing moderate Democrats and displacing Mr. Sanders from his lead here.

“There’s another approach out there that says you can be for a revolution, or you must be for the status quo, those are your two choices,” Mr. Buttigieg said in Hanover. “My concern is that in a divided nation, that leaves a lot of people with nowhere to go.”

That line did not sit well with Mr. Sanders’s supporters, who were ready to pounce when Mr. Buttigieg repeated it at a state party dinner Saturday night. When Mr. Buttigieg got to the word “revolution,” Mr. Sanders’s cheering section in the arena showered him with boos.

If Mr. Buttigieg is to win here Tuesday, he will have overcome not just Mr. Biden’s assault but also signs of political momentum for Ms. Klobuchar, who appeared to have gained some converts at her Saturday rallies following her confident debate performance. And the former mayor will also have to withstand direct attacks from Mr. Sanders, whose campaign has shifted its fire away from Mr. Biden and trained its sights on Mr. Buttigieg.

Addressing supporters in Dover, near New Hampshire’s coastline, before they went out for afternoon door-knocking, Mr. Sanders attacked Mr. Buttigieg by name.

“Billionaires by the dozen are contributing to Pete Buttigieg’s campaign,” said Mr. Sanders, who typically does not use his stump speech to lash his Democratic opponents.

“Now, I like Pete, he’s a smart guy, he’s a nice guy,” he continued. “But if we are serious about political change in America, that change is not going to be coming from somebody who gets a lot of money from the C.E.O.s of the pharmaceutical industry.”

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