“awesome... this will split the democrat vote.”
I don’t think so; more likely it will rope in a certain demographic, and in the end the party will determine that the Dem candidate best represents their views (against the Republican candidate).
Dems need to set up a few of these groups, to convince various demographics (especially those at odds with each other - like blacks and Hispanics fighting for the same affirmative action freebies) to vote for the Dem candidate. It is to prevent any rational “preferred minorities” from abandoning the Dems, no matter how much worse their lots in life have become under the Obama/Dem regime.
We need to run the candidates and serious ones that want to stay in the race until the end. That will force the Dem to hold the base by going hard Left or lose.