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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: koan who wrote (423189)11/11/2019 11:11:13 AM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (2) of 542647
 
There is a much different way to frame this. The problem Bloomberg's candidacy represents is that he might lose the liberal base, Or better put, more than a few would stay home. The problem with Warren's and Sanders' candidacy is the inverse. That's the opening for candidates who could both get the full base and keep the other portions of the party enthusiastic.

I don't see anyone yet who could do that. I thought, at first, that Kamela Harris might be able. But her campaign has, at best, floundered. So I don't see any prominent candidate at the moment who fills that role.

I've staked out my interest in Michael Bennett (because he says campaign finance reform as the root danger that needs to be addressed and because he's reasonably pragmatic) and Sherrod Brown (because he's a pragmatic leftist from Ohio). But I don't see a path for either to get the nomination.
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