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Originally Posted by vienna
I think too much is being made of the DEM Left;
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Possibly. But it isn't the stated position of the candidate that matters here. It may be the necessity to defend certain hard left positions by moderate (or so that they claim to be) candidates that will be a problem. Failure to do so could be an issue . The Democratic party has to appeal to an ever increasing broad base of special interest groups. The GOP doesn't have that problem.
The Democratic party has a clear path to victory in 2020. Trump's numbers right now do not suggest his reelection but then there are the incredibly stupid things that the Dems do. And they just keep doing them. Their increasingly extreme position on abortion is one. A large part of their base is African American and Latino. That is evangelical Christian or Roman Catholic and they are usually opposed to abortion or at least the extreme measures passed by some states recently. That will leave Democratic Presidential candidates possibly having to defend those positions and risk offending those voters. Most polls show about 60 percent of Americans support abortion in the first trimester. But the numbers drop off significantly for second and third term abortions. Just 28 and 13 percent. And you can bet that Trump and the GOP candidates will remind voters of that and who voted how on that issue.
Then there is the recent antisemitism debacle going on right now. Pretty awkward to say the least. Nancy Pelosi and some Dem Presidential candidates have actually defended Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about Israel. It's going to be hard to keep up the claim that Trump is somehow a white supremacist and at the same time defend this woman's blatant antisemitic comments. Jews have traditionally supported the Dems. It wont matter much in California or New York but in a swing state like Florida.....
Another problem will be the final Dem ticket and the growing demand for diversity. There is no way that two white guys can be on that ticket without offending an increasingly diverse Dem base. So then the inter sectional shuffling of chairs will begin. Race and gender, a Democrat minefield. Someone is gonna be triggered.
And then there is the Trump investigations and possibly impeachment. In my humble opinion this is a dangerous road to go down. A diverse ticket with a moderate and appealing presidential candidate would easily beat Trump. But I don't see a Barrack Obama on that declared list. Instead the ridiculous amount of congressional investigations suggest (possibly suggest) that the DNC thinks Trump can win. The wise thing to do would be to let it go and concentrate on winning an election with policy and an appeal to a broad base. And finding a candidate who can do that. That other path, if it fails will play right into Trump's wheelhouse.