Indeed, Democrats want no campaign at all. Hardly anyone engaged in today's politics remembers it, but campaigning never was Fritz Mondale's long suit. He was selected for all his public offices -- state attorney general, U.S. senator and vice president -- without entering a primary. He ran on his own for the presidency in 1984 in a campaign of unmatched confusion and mistakes.
AND a 49 state loss. Mondale came within about 3000 votes, out of 2 million cast, of losing Minnesota. And the Minnesota of 1984 was a lot more liberal than the Minnesota of today.