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Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020
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Posted on 03/19/2018 11:17:45 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Throughout the 2016 election cycle and ever since, I’ve been hearing that the Democratic Party has no bench. This is 100 percent true. When it comes to credible presidential prospects, the Democratic Party has several rows of benches. The Democratic Party has bleachers.

Dozens of prominent Democrats are at least flirting with running in 2020, and while it’s easy to look at them and play Goldilocks — too cold, too hot, too bald, too blond, too Wall Street, too wordy — it’s just as easy to believe. The perfect person? The party certainly lacks that. But potentially effective candidates? It’s lousy with them, though we chromosomally dyspeptic pundits prefer to shake our heads and sigh.

Republicans crowed about their supposed bounty in 2016 even as Donald Trump laid waste to it. Democrats bemoan their slim pickings in 2020 even though the field is positively obese. There are elders in their 70s and whippersnappers below 50; governors who can present themselves as Washington outsiders and senators who can tout their inside game; show horses and workhorses; progressives who didn’t just conveniently rechristen themselves that way and moderates who’d probably be potent in the general election if they could just survive the primaries. There are Westerners and Easterners and, in happy contrast to cycles past, more than a few women and people of color.

To worry that there’s no obvious winner is to ignore history. Presidents aren’t obvious until they’re sitting at the Resolute Desk (and sometimes not even then). Consider the last three.

Back in 2000, George W. Bush didn’t have gobs of governance under his cowboy belt; he wasn’t any dynamo on the stump; and his chief primary opponents included Orrin Hatch, Steve Forbes, Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes. If that’s a bench, give me a toadstool.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018; 2018midterms; 2020; bluewave; deomcrats; fakenews; midterms
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1 posted on 03/19/2018 11:17:45 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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the Democratic Party has several rows of benches. The Democratic Party has bleachers.

If you say so. I only see these people:

2 posted on 03/19/2018 11:20:58 AM PDT by relictele
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Considering that the last FOUR Presidents refused to enforce the laws and borders and this one is on our side, I doubt it matters who the Democrats run.

Some of us have been waiting for 30 years for a President who sided with the citizens and the rule of law.


3 posted on 03/19/2018 11:22:38 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This sort of arrogant snarking attitude is exactly how Dems crashed and burned in 2016. Why, in 2016 Hillary was a given. It was time for a women president. The “glass ceiling” was going to be shattered. Trump? Ha, ha, ha! He has zero chance of winning as all the experts will tell you.


4 posted on 03/19/2018 11:22:58 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: ChicagoConservative27
President Trump has to get back to the Deplorable Agenda and surround himself with people who actually support it. It turns out trying to work with traitor-'pubs isn't stopping the Democratic onslaught.

The Mueller investigation should have ended first thing this AM. There's plenty of cause to do so with this past weekends revelations. If he waits much longer to end it, he'll miss this window of opportunity.

JMHO

5 posted on 03/19/2018 11:23:51 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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6 posted on 03/19/2018 11:25:01 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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From a couple of days ago:

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As of yesterday, there are 46 seats without a Republican candidate to run against Democrats. Remember the Dems only need 24 seats to control the house. Where are the RNC, @GOP, and @GOPChairwoman? Do you really want to “WIN” or is this a deliberate setup to lose?


7 posted on 03/19/2018 11:28:12 AM PDT by Revel
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Didn't they write something like, "Democrats Are Primed for 2016 and Looking Pretty in 2018" around this time in 2016?

The Smartest Woman in the World would be running against a reality TV star, World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer and real estate developer?

How could she possibly lose?

8 posted on 03/19/2018 11:28:53 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.")
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They have no platform


9 posted on 03/19/2018 11:30:54 AM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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Keep in mind who these Progressives are:


10 posted on 03/19/2018 11:32:16 AM PDT by yoe
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I guess it’s never too early for the “Surrender Dorothy!” stories. At least half of the media support for the Russia-Russia-Russia silliness is embarrassment that they were so completely wrong in ‘16. “Russians, see? Had to be Russians. Russians, yeah, that’s the ticket.” Sure, pal. And the Dems have such a deep bench that they’re going to run Hillary again. And Trump will never break the Blue Wall. Blahblahfricketyblah.


11 posted on 03/19/2018 11:38:18 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Progressives are the modern Democrat:

1. Equality, Founding Fathers – “All men are created equal” (Declaration of Independence). Men are not created with the same abilities or circumstances and it is not government’s role to attempt to make them the same. They are born with the same rights.

Progressives – It is the government’s responsibility to correct inequality through redistribution & control.

12 posted on 03/19/2018 11:39:49 AM PDT by yoe
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Where are those 46 seats? For example, heavily black districts sometimes don’t have a Republican nominee because, for unknown reasons, blacks vote Democrat 90+% of the time.

If there are any competitive districts with no GOP nominees, that is a travesty.


13 posted on 03/19/2018 11:43:02 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Their platform is hate.


14 posted on 03/19/2018 11:45:31 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...and Hillary has a 98% chance of winning in 2016.


15 posted on 03/19/2018 11:45:51 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: relictele

They don’t look so pretty to me.


16 posted on 03/19/2018 11:47:47 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How is President Hillary doing?


17 posted on 03/19/2018 11:51:01 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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We make a huge mistake if ignore the tremendous turnout of baby-killers on election day. We simply have to have a plan to vote, as well. A new Contract With America would do the trick, I think.


18 posted on 03/19/2018 12:02:34 PM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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And Moore and Saccone were going to win......eye roll.


19 posted on 03/19/2018 12:07:30 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Rats were telling us on Election Day 2016 they had a 99% chance of victory.

If anyone things whichever Marxist loser the Rats dredge up in 2020will beat The Trump they are sorely mistaken


20 posted on 03/19/2018 12:12:19 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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