Monday, February 4, 2019

DEMs 2020 Summary

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

If capitalism wants to continue to be our economic system of choice, it needs to get it's act together.

--Hiram

Anonymous said...

How far across the map did the 500 or so Republican candidates range in 2015-6?

Moose

John said...

Apparently there were 15.

I wonder if the DEMs will field more for 2020...

Laurie said...

I think the dems will field more than 15 candidates. Right now I favor someone who seems more moderate or realistic about how far left we can go and how much $ we can spend. Maybe someone like Amy K.

Sean said...

I don't think the field is going to get too much bigger. Among major candidates, only Klobuchar, Biden, and Sanders are left to decide -- and I think it's distinctly possible that any of those three might choose not to run. The path for Klobuchar to win the nomination gets a whole lot harder if Biden gets in. Biden may not choose to run (and I hope he doesn't). I think Bernie will probably run, but there are too many progressive alternatives this time around for him to get to the nomination.

Ultimately, I don't think Bloomberg will run either -- he can be a lot more effective doing what he did in 2018 and backing Congressional candidates. His preferred candidate won in 21 of the 24 races he targeted, even in places like Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Georgia.

Sean said...

Speaking of AKlo, the Strib has found a permit application with the Mpls Park Board that looks like it could be her announcement.

Anonymous said...

Even Fox News is becoming disillusioned with capitalism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/tucker-carlson-republicans-democrats.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

==Hiram