“…it was clear where many erstwhile candidates’ heads are — and what the audience was looking for.”
Erstwhile is a very nice word.
But maybe not the right word in this sentence.
Eyes on the prize folks. We have a midterm election. We need to crush the GOP to save our country. Let’s put talk of the 2020 election off until after November.
Please stop lumping Bernie Sanders in as a “Top Dem”. He’s not a Dem so please stop referring to him as one. Stop confusing him with actual party members.
And I agree this is a magpie story in the worst way. There’s a gotdamn midterm to deal with first, and a VERY IMPORTANT one. You would like to think the media would after the last 18+ months have figured out that much.
If the Dems want to win the Presidency in 2020, they ought to nominate a white male.
I take no pleasure in stating this.
If they want to win the presidency in 2020, they should elect whomever gets the most bloody votes and support in the primary.
AFTER the midterms are addressed this November.
And that person should be a white male, if the Dems want to win in November. I’m not happy about this either, OK?
I disagree.
Let’s put Sanders in his own category - Top Candidate for President 2020
Definitely the top asshat for President in 2020
Bernie Sanders will not win. He doesn’t deserve to, he doesn’t have the votes to, and his narcissism is only outflanked by the oompa loompa currently occupying the White House. He isn’t owed a fucking thing after his behaviour the last 2.5 years other than scorn and ridicule.
Why?
And who do you favor?
Really? He couldn’t beat Clinton in 2016. Does that mean that he is next in line?
Well you have to something with him. He is the most popular politician in America today.
Can’t make like he doesn’t matter.
Why what? Why do I disagree that it should be a mandated white male nominee?
Because it completely and utterly erases the possibility that there is another candidate who is better and could win, that’s why. What if the best candidate is an Hispanic male? Black male? Or a female of any colour? There could still be a dark horse out there nobody has even thought of, or one that hasn’t yet made their position known.
I think it’s still WAY too early to “whitewash” the field. Midterms are not only crucial, they are life threatening. Deal with that first. Once that is done, IF the best candidate with the most support happens to be a white guy then he would get my support. But that train hasn’t even left the station.
Sweets, you have to update your media feed. The “most popular politican” poll is now well over a year old, and he’s since been swamped by Liz Warren and Uncle Joe in that category.
But here’s your cookie for trying. Or better yet - go ask a black woman (aka the Dem party base) how they feel about the junior senator from lily white Vermont. If he runs, nobody’s going to be afraid to use the dirt this time…and there’s plenty to use.
I think President Obama deserves that accolade.
I’m falling asleep reading this article. I don’t know how these boiled potatoes are going to follow the extreme spice nacho cheese flavor explosion of the current administration.
We got any Democrats who are good at TV?
No, I am not mandating (sic) anything. I’m talking about political reality.
I doubt that a a non-white female could win in 2020. I’m not talking about my preference, of course. I’m saying that the best candidate has to be a white male, given present political reality.
Instead, I’m hoping that the Dems can win the Presidency in 2020.
Oprah could win
“And while there was remarkable unity on policy views among the potential candidates…”
“…it was mere nanoseconds before firebaggers and Russian bots alike began tearing them apart for being corporate shills, being too old, accepting incremental change over no change, being open to compromise, being tools of the DNC, and just not being pure enough.”