Eugene Robinson: Digging up Dirt on Mayor Pete Is Not Going To Stop His Momentum

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ROBINSON: "Look, he is the story of the campaign so far, right? We kind of expected Bernie Sanders to do well because of how well he did the last time. People didn't expect Mayor Pete to come out of nowhere. He is Mayor Pete, he’s not St. Pete. So, you know, this sort of oppo research is in a sense vetting. And if he were to get a nomination, surely the Republicans would go after him this way. So I assume he’s ready for this. I hope he’s ready for this and we’ll see what they come up with. So far they haven’t really laid a glove on him. If all they have on him is he tore down some abandoned houses and demoted a police chief. I don’t think that’s going to stop his momentum or slow it, but we’ll see how he handles the criticism and how he handles the oppo, and that's part of the process."