Democrats face identity crisis in next phase of 2020 race

Associated Press ^ | September 3, 2019 | Steve Peoples

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Doug Ogden doesn’t know what to do.

The 75-year-old retired law enforcement officer is disgusted by President Donald Trump. But he can’t imagine voting for a Democrat in 2020, either. A self-described independent in South Carolina, Ogden doesn’t recognize the modern-day Democratic Party.

“The state of the Democratic Party is wild against wilder,” says Ogden, standing with his arms crossed at a recent town hall meeting for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg. “It scares me.”

At the core of Ogden’s concern is a broader question about the direction of the Democratic Party and its values in the age of Trump. While Democrats are united in their fierce opposition to the Republican president, most party leaders agree that Democrats will not reclaim the White House simply by running against him; they must give people something to vote for.

But nine months into the first year of the 2020 campaign season, Democrats are no closer to resolving the big questions dividing their party by race, generation and ideology than they were on the day of Trump’s inauguration. And as the campaign enters a new heightened phase after Labor Day when far more voters begin paying closer attention, there is increasing pressure on Democrats to answer the questions behind their extended identity crisis. …

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Police chiefs answer to their political leaders. Look at the police in Portland, Oregon allowing Antifa to assault innocent people while they just stand by and do nothing.

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George H. W. Bush was the son of Prescott Bush, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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I think the reason that Biden has held on for as long as he has is because people are used to him being in politics for a very long time. There is a feeling like they know him and trust him and they see him as moderate. Well, he just blew his last chance by going along with the rest of the Marxists.

Biden has had a long political career only because he lived in a Democrat area and he had a D after his name. Once he won his first election his career was guaranteed for the rest of his life.