This is what a progressive thinks of the DFL candidates for 2020.
If the economy continues strong, Trump will be reelected. The Democrats (my party) have been in chaos since the 2016 election and have no coherent message except Trump hatred. Despite the vast pack of potential candidates, no one yet seems to have the edge. I had high hopes for Kamala Harris, but she missed a huge opportunity to play a moderating, statesmanlike role and has already imprinted an image of herself as a ruthless inquisitor that will make it hard for her to pull voters across party lines.Screechy Elizabeth Warren has never had a snowball’s chance in hell to appeal beyond upper-middle-class professionals of her glossy stripe. Kirsten Gillibrand is a wobbly mediocrity. Cory Booker has all the gravitas of a cork. Andrew Cuomo is a yapping puppy with a long, muddy bullyboy tail. Both Bernie Sanders (for whom I voted in the 2016 primaries) and Joe Biden (who would have won the election had Obama not cut him off at the knees) are way too old and creaky.
I’d be shocked to see it be successful, but hopefully there will be an actual conservative from the GOP who can take Trump down in the primary.
Fortunately, up here in the People’s Republic, it doesn’t matter what the DFL runs, they’ll vote like sheep for the party.
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Trump has done far too much good for anyone to dare run against him in the primaries,though no doubt a few may. I've already heard jokers like Kascich and Flake suggest they might. Might as well just vote Dem if that's the case. Actual conservatives support Trump because of his successes, despite not being on board with absolutely everything. And here, I refer to real conservatives...not those the ignorant like Dan believe are conservative...or "good" conservatives simply because they're NeverTrumpers.
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