“Where I am right now in the mix is roughly where the eventual nominee almost always has been in the year before the vote, if history is any guide. And I think where this is going to shake out is, if you really do want the candidate with the most years of Washington experience, the most familiar face…”— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com
“I love Beto, right? I couldn’t get enough of that lanky Texan just a few months ago. So why does this feel ill-timed, or like a misstep on his part?”— Cady Drell, marieclaire.com
“I will be the nominee for my party. That is already done, in effect. There is no way I won't be.”— Hillary Clinton, cnn.com