Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE’s campaign drew comparisons between the South Bend, Ind., mayor’s 2020 presidential bid and former President Obama’s 2007 presidential bid on Wednesday ahead of a key Iowa campaign event. 

Buttigieg’s senior messaging adviser, Larry Grisolano, who held the same position in Obama’s 2007 campaign, drew the comparison in a fundraising email to supporters ahead of Friday’s Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines.

“Voters yearned for change, for someone genuine and sincere,” Grisolano wrote. “They were well aware of the country’s mounting challenges, and they were prepared to take a chance on a new approach and new leadership because the same old ways just were not working.”

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He then cited Obama’s speech at the event, calling it “the moment that changed everything for the Obama campaign and, ultimately, for the country.”

“That same moment for Pete, and for America, is this Friday night,” he continued. 

Obama’s address at the Iowa dinner was largely seen as a turning point for the campaign before the then-Illinois senator went on to win the 2008 Iowa caucuses. 

While Buttigieg has struggled to break out of the Democratic primary’s middle tier, recent polling shows some hope for the Midwestern mayor in the Hawkeye State. 

A USA Today-Suffolk University survey released Wednesday shows Buttigieg in fourth place behind former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE, Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.).

The poll shows Biden with 26 percent support, Warren with 17 percent, Sanders with 13 percent and Buttigieg with 10 percent.

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