"2020 Democratic presidential primary hung a left turn out of the gate, leaving the middle of the field wide open for ... someone. But who?" Search party: Moderate Dems seek one of their own to win 2020 primary, topple Trump Biden, Klobuchar, Brown, O'Rourke, Bloomberg, someone else? Who can own the middle as other candidates tack hard to the left. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...rate-dems-seek-one-their-own-win-2020-n969146 The 2020 Democratic presidential primary hung a left turn out of the gate, leaving the middle of the field wide open for ... someone. But who? "We really, really don't know yet," said Matt Bennett, a vice president of the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way. He's not panicking this early in the election cycle. "This year will be about playing to the activists on Twitter and online donor universe. Next year will be about winning votes, and those are very different universes," Bennett said. In 2016, it was progressives who were left waiting, begging even, for a champion to enter the ring against the front-runner, Hillary Clinton. First, they tried to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, then they rallied around Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont as the non-Clinton alternative. This year, though, progressives have an embarrassment of riches, with Warren and perhaps Sanders back to set the pace and fresher faces like Sen. Kamala Harris of California, among others, embracing single-payer health care and other left causes with a convert's zeal. Now it's moderate Democrats who are left waiting and worrying about finding a nominee who they think can beat President Donald Trump. One potential contender for those unsatisfied with their current options is Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who announced her candidacy on Sunday. (Much more at above url)
I see that even the dem leadership is condemning antisemitic comments by a newly-elected member of the Palestinian bomber wing of the Dem Party. Gee. who woulda ever thunk that if you did not call her out for that language in her campaign, that she would continue to use it while in office? Amazing how that works. Hey Howard, speaking of moderates and jews, tell us again why you do not feel welcome in the Dem Party. Other than the fact that they have a problem with blacks and jews. C'mon, lighten up a bit. edit. just saw a thread on the palestinian bomber dem. sorry bout dat.
Driving the party hard left is the plan. None of the nitwits in the current line up have a chance in hell of winning a national election. Best they're hoping for is a V.P. spot, or top cabinet position. The real goal here is to drive the actual contenders further left than they would normally go.